PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



Vol. VIII, pp. m-139. August 14, 1906. 



NEW STARFISHES FROM THE PACIFIC COAST OF 

 NORTH AMERICA. 



By Walter K. Fisher, 



Leland Stanford Junior University. 



The United States National Museum recently sent the writer 

 most of the starfishes in its collections from the west coast of 

 North America. These collections comprise material dredged 

 by the Fisheries Steamer Albatross, as well as specimens from 

 other sources. As it will be some time before the final report 

 can be completed and published, the following species are 

 described in advance: 



Lepty chaster pacijicus. 



Lepty chaster anomalus. 



Astropecten ornatissimus. 



Ltiidia ludwigi. 



Luidia asthenosoma. 



Henricia aspera. 



Hcnricia polyacantha. 



Crossaster alternatus. 



Crossaster boreal is. 



Rathbunaster calij vrntcus, new genus and species. 



In the Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries for 1904, Vol. 

 XXIV, June 10, 1905, pp. 291 to 320, the writer published 1 

 new genus, 2 new subgenera, and 24 new species, based on 

 material collected by the Albatross in Alaska in 1903, and off 



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