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Ljiingman's type was gathered by Kinberg, at lat. 22° 30' S. and long. 40° 

 55' W.; as there is no indication of the depth, the example most Hkely came from a 

 littoral station; we see (hat this station is ver}' near the one where the Albatross 

 found the species. I do not tliink that A. ccmplanata has been met ^vith elsewhere 

 since the time when Ljungman described it. 



AMPHIURA OTTERI Ljungman. 



Plate 8, figs. 5-9. 



Amphiura oUeri Ljvi^oiiAti (71), p. G31. 

 Amphiura otteri Lym.\n (78), p. 32. 

 Amphiura otteri Lym.^n (82), p. 128. 

 Amphiura otteri Lyman (83), p. 252. 

 Amphiura otteri Verrill (85), p. 548. 

 Amphiura otteri Kcehler (07), p. 302. 



Albatross station 2003. Off Cape Ilatteras; 641 fathoms. Three small speci- 

 mens the diameter of the disks of which ranges between 6 and 7 mm.; the arms 

 are about 50 to 60 mm. long, but they are generally incomplete; the disks are, 

 however, in good condition. 



^Ziaiross station 2S38. May 5, 1888. Off Lower California, lat. 28° 12' 00" N., 

 long. 115° 09' 00" W.; 44 fathoms; gn. m. Two specimens. In one of them 

 the disk is 12 mm. in diameter and the arms arc broken off near the basis. The 

 second sample is in a better state, the diameter of the disk is 10 mm., the arms are 

 preserved to about 90 mm.; besides, there are in the jar some arm pieces which 

 are 170 mm. long. 



Fish Hawk station 898. Off mouth of Chesapeake Bay; 300 fathoms; mud; 

 temp. 44° F. Two specimens. The diameter of the more or less damaged disks 

 ranges between 9 and 10 mm. ; and the arms are preserved to lengths varying between 

 15 and 50 mm. 



Speedwell station 186. August 31, 1S78. Eastern pomt of Gloucester Harbor; 

 about 110 fathoms; muddy. One dry specimen from which the upper face has been 

 taken away; the arms are broken about 20 mm. from their basis. 



If we look over the bibliography of A. otteri we will ascertain that we do not 

 possess very complete information concerning this species. Ljungmau's description 

 is, as usual, rather concise and very short; Verrill added some remarks in 1885. 

 Lyman, who had several specimens of this same species at his disposal and who was 

 able to compare it with Ljimgman's tj-pe, added nothing to our knowledge. In his 

 synoptical table of AmpMurse pubhshed in the Reports of the Cliallenger (82, p. 123) 

 this author classifies A. otteri among the species of Amplnurse, s. str., in which 

 both faces of the disk are covered with plates and which at the same time possess 

 two tentacular scales and elongated arms; he characterizes it by the presence of 

 six spines, the most inferior of which is the longest, and one of which is bent. I 

 should like to have given in 1907 more complete information about this species 

 when reviewing the ophiurans of the Paris Museum, which ownis a specimen of A. 

 otteri from the dredgings of the Blake, but owing to the poor state of the under 

 face, which had been damaged by foreign bodies, I was unable to completely recog- 

 nize the characters of this specimen, and could do no more than represent its uj>Der 

 face. (07, pi. 11, fig. 19.) ^' 



