AMPHIURA. a 
Distribution. North Atlantic (east side); Mediterranean. To 
20 fms. 
a, b. Kenmare River. Sir P. Egerton. 
e. Dundrum, co. Down, August 1836. Belfast Nat. Hist. Soc. 
d. Tenby. 
e. Old British Collection. 
Fj. No history. 
3. AMPHIURA. 
Amphiura, Forbes, Linn. Trans. xix. (1845) p. 149; Liitk. K. Dansk. 
Selsk. Skrift. v. (1859) p. 54; Norm. Ann. §& Mag. xv. (1865) 
p. 107; Lyman, Ill. Cat. M. C. Z. i. (1865) p. 115; ad. Chall. Rep. 
Oph. (1882) p. 122. 
No tooth-papille ; teeth; mouth-papille small, not numerous. 
Disk small, with naked radial shields and imbricating scales. Arms 
long, sometimes very long; arm-spines short, stout and solid. 
Key to the Species. 
A. Two mouth-papille on each side. 
i. Two tentacle-scales, 
PE SPHEIE Ap EON fs chine aids cain dey oes 1. A. chiajit. 
PRIVAT actos octet eee es ¢ ays e < econ 6. A. bellis. 
ii. No tentacle-scales, 
BETIGRVEDY, LOH Dieta caicls ols eit iers Wea tis abeje nn 2. A. filiformis. 
EMA UNIS? ca Lic yaiaisd Satis clas a cities» 5. A. borealis. 
B. Three mouth-papille on each side. 
et WOVRRISCIO=SCAIOS) < ciciels vie « Alave «isle eiene ovale ws 3. A. elegans. 
MING tGHtACIG-SERICS 5 cia cisie cece cetie eres at 4, A, securigera. 
1. Amphiura chiajii. 
Asterias filiformis, Delle Chiaje, Mem. An. Nap. ii. (1825) p. 359 
(non Asterias filiformis, O. F. M.). 
Amphiura chiajii, Forbes, Trans. Linn. Soc. xix. (1845) p. 151, 
pl. xiv. figs. 14-18; Liitk. Vid. Medd. 1856 (1857), p. 109; Sars, 
Nyt Mag. x. (1859) p. 30, pl. i. figs. 8-10; Lith. Vid. Selsk. 
Skrif. Kjébenh. v. (1859) pl. 57, pl. ii. figs. 12 a & 6; Sars, Norg. 
Ech, (1861) p.17; Duj. § Hupé, Echin. (1862) p. 253; Heller, 
SB. Akad. Wien, xivi. (1863) pp. 425 & 444; Lyman, Ill. 
Cat. Mus. C. Z. i. (1865) p. 119; Norman, Ann. § Mag. xv. 
(1865) p. 107; Ljungman, Gifv. Vet.-Akad. Forh, 1866 (1867), 
p. 318; Heller, Zooph. u. Echin. Adriat. 1868, p. 61; Lyman, Lil. 
Cat. Mus. C. Z. viii. (1875) pl. v. fig. 61; Mobius § Biitschhi, 
JB. Comm. deutsch. Meer. ii. & iii. (1875) p. 145; Ludwig, Mitth. 
zool. Stat. Neap. i. (1879) p. 550; Lyman, Chall. Rep. Oph. (1882) 
p. 123; Hoyle, Proc. R. Soc. Ed. xii. (1884) pp. 709, 711, 715; 
ad. Proc. R. Phys. Soc. vii. (1884) p. 189; Bell, Ann. N. H. xx. 
(1887) p. 411; Fjelstrup, Zool. Dan. Pigh. (1890) p. 27, pl. iii. 
fig. 2. 
Amphiura florifera, Forbes, Trans. Linn. Soc. xix. (1845) pl. xiv. 
figs. 14-18; Du. § Hupé, Echin. (1862) p. 235 ; Lyman, Ill. Cat. 
_M. C. Z. i. (1865) p. 12. 
