PLATE XVI. 



Fig. i. Leptasterias epichlora alaskensis, var. carinella Verrill. Young. 



Dorsal side; natural size. 

 Fig. 2. The same specimen. Actinal side; natural size. Yale Mus. 

 Fig. 3. The same, var. siderea Verrill. Type. Dorsal side ; about natural 



size. 

 Fig. 4. The same specimen. Actinal side; about natural size. Yale Mus. 

 Figs. 5-6. The same. Very young stages; much enlarged (X about 6). Yale 



Mus. 

 Fig. 7. Leptasterias dispar Verrill. Type. Dorsal side; about natural 



size. Yale Mus. 

 Fig. 8. Leptasterias aqualis (Stimpson), var. Ventral side; about natural 



size. 



