REPORT ON THE ASTEROIDEA. 617 
ella echinata, midway between the Pelew Islands and New Guinea, 
and extending into the Eastern Archipelago. *Freyella dimorpha, 
off Torres Strait, Pacific side. *“Freyella remex, in the Coral Sea, 
south-east of New Guinea. *Freyella polycnema, north-east of the 
Kermadec Islands. *Freyella benthophila, in the Mid-South Pacific, 
near the meridian of 130° W. 
8. Bathymetrical range: 175 to 2900 fathoms. 
Greatest range of one species: Preyella elegans, 606 to 2021 fathoms (fide 
Verrill). 
With the exception of Freyella americana, which occurs in the Continental 
zone, all the other species are confined to the Abyssal zone. The following eight 
species live in depths greater than 2000 fathoms: Freyella attenuata, Frey- 
ella benthophila, Freyella echinata, Freyella elegans (fide Verrill), Freyella 
heroina, F'reyella remex, Freyella sexradiata (fide Perrier), and Freyella tuber- 
culata. 
y. Nature of the Sea-bottom: Freyella benthophila, Freyella heroina, and Freyella 
remex, occur on Red clay ; Freyella bracteata, Freyella echinata, and Freyella 
pennata, on Blue mud; Freyella echinata is also found on Globigerina ooze ; 
Freyella dimorpha, Freyella fragilissima, and Freyella tuberculata on Globige- 
rina 00ze, Freyella fragilissima is also found on Diatom ooze; Freyella attenuata 
on Radiolarian ooze. F'reyella polycnema inhabits hard ground. 
The species collected by the Challenger Expedition are indicated in the foregoing list 
by an asterisk. 
Chorological Synopsis of the Species. 
Freyella americanc . 
Freyella attenuata . 
Freyella benthophila 
Freyella bracteata 
Freyella dimorpha . 
Freyella echinata 
Freyella edwardst 
Freyella elegans 
Freyella fragilissima 
Freyella heroina 
Freyella pennata 
Freyella polyenema . 
Freyella remex 
Freyella sexradiata . 
Freyella spinosa 
Freyella tuberculata. 
, Ocean. Range in Fathoms, Nature of the Sea-bottom, 
Atlantic. 175 500 we 
Pacific. 2300 Radiolarian ooze, 
Pacific, 2550 Red clay. 
Atlantic. 1250 to 1350 Blue mud, 
Pacific. 1400 Globigerina ooze. 
Eastern Archipelago | \ 1959 to 2150 | Blue mud; Globigerina ooze. 
and Pacific. f 
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Atlantic. eee 
Atlantic. 606 to 2021 566 500 
Southern, 1375 to 1975 Globigerina ooze; Diatom ooze. 
Pacific. 2900 Red clay. 
Pacific. 1875 Blue mud. 
Pacific. 600 Hard ground. 
Pacific. 2440 Red clay. 
Atlantic. 2733 a 
Atlantic, 784 O05 Ree 
Atlantic. 2350 to 2400 Globigerina ooze. 
(ZOOL. CHALL. EXP.—PART L1.—1888.) 
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