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Pacific fauna is therefore not certain. Asterias scaber, Asterias fragilis, 
and Asterias mollis, from New Zealand. <Asterias sinusoida, from 
Tasmania. *Asterias (Stolasterias) gemmifera, from the Fiji Islands, 
and extending to Chili. Asterias rodolphi, from the Kermadec Islands. 
Passing to the northern area on the eastern side, Asterias ept- 
chlora, Astervas janthina, and Asterias ochracea, from the Island of 
Sitcha, the first extending to Puget Sound and the coast of Oregon, 
and the last to San Francisco. Asterias vancowveri, from Vancouver 
Island. Asterias conferta, Asterias hexactis, Asterias paucispina, 
and Asterias troschelii, from Puget Sound. Asterias fissispina, 
Asterias katherine, and Asterias litkeni, from the coast of Oregon. 
Asterias xqualis, Asterias brevispina, Asterias capitata, Asterias 
sertulifera, Asterias forreri, and Asterias exquisita, from the coast of 
California. Asterias inermis and Asterias nautarum, from Ecuador. 
Asterias gelatinosa, Asterias fulua, Asterias germaini, Asterias lurida, 
Asterias mitis, Asterias spectabilis, *Asterias (Cosmasterias) sulci- 
Jera, Asterias varia, Asterias clavata, and Asterias fulgens, from 
the coast of Chili. *Asterias (Cosmasterias) tomidata, from the Gulf 
of Pefias. *Asterias cunningham, off the coast of Patagonia, and 
extending through the Strait of Magellan into the Atlantic as far as 
the Falkland Islands. Asterias brandti and Asterias neglecta, from 
the Strait of Magellan. Asterias philippi has only the vague record 
of South America as a locality, and it may not, therefore, be correctly 
included in the Pacific fauna. 
B. Bathymetrical range: Shallow water to 1250 fathoms. 
Greatest range of one species: Asterias contorta, 11 to 860 fathoms (fide 
Perrier). 
The majority of the species are confined to the Littoral zone. Asterias 
(Leptasterias) miilleri, Asterias (Cosmasterias) sulcifera, Asterias vulgaris, 
Asterias panopla, Asterias contorta, Asterias fascicularis, Asterias gracilis, 
Asterias tanneri, Asterias briareus, Asterias richardi, and Asterias (Stolas- 
terias) stichantha, pass into the Continental zone. Asterias contorta, Asterias 
gracilis, Asterias fragilis, Asterias vesiculosa, and Asterias (Hydrasterias) 
ophidion, occur in the Abyssal zone ; the last three being at present known only 
from that zone. Asterias (Hydrasterias) ophidion is the species attaining the 
greatest depth, viz. 1250 fathoms. 
y. Nature of the Sea-bottom: The character of the habitat of the older known species 
is recorded in comparatively few cases. The ground inhabited by the Littoral 
species varies considerably, The following occurrences are recorded. On 
