ECHINODERMS COLLECTED BY THE "HUXLEY," AUGUST, 1906. 531 



Dorigotia suhspinosa. E. Perrier, Travailleur d Talisman. 

 Echinoderms, p. 375. 1896. 



Station XIII. One specimen. 412 fatlioms. 



A fine specimen. E= 102 mm., r = 25 mm. Breadth at base of arm 

 16 mm. Very few pedicellaria;. Colour in alcohol, light biscuit- 

 brown. 



Fam. ASTERIIDiE. 



Asterias rubens, Linnaeus. 



Station II. One specimen. 75 fathoms. 



OPHIUROIDEA. 

 Fam. OPHIOLEPIDID.ffi. 



Ophiura ciliaris, Linn. 



Station V. 109 fatlioms. 60 specimens. 

 Station IX. 240 fathoms. 6 specimens. 

 Station XII. 246 fathoms. 3 specimens. 



The specimens dredged from Stations IX and XII are small, the 

 largest having a disc only 5 mm. in diameter. They are remarkable 

 for the thick cushion-like appearance of the discs, which were very 

 convex above, and 2| to 3 mm. thick. This may be due to their 

 removal from a considerable depth. 



Ophiura albida, Forbes. 



Station I. 75 fathoms. 1 specimen. 

 Station II. 75 fatlioms. 1 specimen. 

 Station V. 109 fathoms. 1 specimen. 



Ophiura affinis, Liitken, 1859. 



Ophiura Gruhei. Heller. SB. AK. Wien, XLVI, p. 431. PI. II, 

 Figs. 13-16. 1863. 



Opliiitra Normani. Hodge. Trans. Tyncs. Nat. Field Club,\, p. 296. 

 PL XVI. 1863. 



Ophioglypha ajffinis. Lyman. ///. Cat.Mus. C.Z., I, p. 52. 1865. 



Ophioylypha ajffinis. Lyman. Cliall. Bep. Oph., p. 77. 1882. 



Ophiura affinis. Bell. Brit. Mus. Cat., ^. 111. 1892. 



