102 ASTEROIDEA. 
Colour red, orange, or purple. 
Distribution. astern side of North Atlantic (Senegal to Fin- 
mark); Japanese Seas. Presence in Arctic Ocean uncertain, 1n 
Mediterranean very doubtful. 0-110 fms. 
a-c. Off Island of North Rona, 
d. Gairloch. 
e. Loch Etive. 
JF. Upper Loch Torridon. 
g. Sound of Lorn, 5-110 fms. 
h. Loch Craignish. 
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a 
Loch Goil, 45 fms. 
1. Mouth of Kilbrennan Sound. 
m,n. Mouth of Kilbrennan Sound, 22 fins, 
o-r. Mouth of Kilbrennan Sound, 10-20 fms. 
s. Near Trench and Kilbrennan Sound, 
t. Between Great Cumbrae and Wemyss 
Ground. 
u—w. Between Sanda and Ailsa Craig, 24 fms, 
av. Kenmare River, 
y-a’, Willdjerran Bay. 
. Roundstone Bay. 
g', Galway Bay. 
h', S.W. Treland, 100 fms, 
7. S.W. Ireland, 55 fms. 
jl. S.W. Ireland. 
am’, Donaghadee. 
n',o'. Tenby, low-water. 
p'-r', Falmouth, 
s'-w. Plymouth, 
v'-c’", Sheerness. 
d'-r"". Cullercoats. 
s"'-w". Firth of Forth. 
wv", Firth of Forth. 
y", s". St. Andrew’s Bay. 
a®-z°, Montrose, June 13, 18, 20, 2] 
July 20, 1889. 
—~m’, Aberdeen. 
n', v4, Moussa, Shetland. 
p'-«*, Shetland. 
«. British. 
oR. 
, =65 
Var, attenuata. 
Exp. ‘ Knight Errant.’ 
John Murray, Esq. 
John Murray, Esq. 
John Murray, Esq. 
John Murray, Esq. 
Hon, A. E. Gathorne 
Hardy. 
John Murray, Esq. 
John Murray, Esq. 
John Murray, Esq. 
John Murray, Esq. 
John Murray, Esq. 
John Murray, Esq. 
John Murray, Esq. 
R. Dublin Soe. 
R. Dublin Soc. 
R. Dublin Soe. 
‘Flying Fox’ Exp. 
‘Flying Fox’ Exp. 
R. Ivish Acad. 
Belfast Nat. Hist. Soe. 
W. P. Cocks, Esq. 
Miss F’, Buchanan. 
hi. Howse, Esq. 
Dr. Leach. 
Prof. EK. Forbes. 
Dr. MacDonald. 
W. Duncan, lsq. 
G. Sim, Esq. 
EK. M. Nelson, Esq. 
KE. M. Nelson, Esq. 
Asterias rubens, var. attenuata, Hodge, Trans. Northumb. § Durh. 
iv. (1872) p. 187. 
Ri=7rto R= 5dr. 
Arms long in proportion to diameter of disk, narrow at base ; 
spines not numerous and sometimes feebly developed. 
Breadth of arm 
R 
. i 
105 15 
15 13 
at base, 
14 
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