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Echinus gracilis A. ean 
B. range, 73 to 202 fathoms (73 fathoms, 1883). Not uncommon; 
local. 
Echinus Norvegicus Diiben & Koren. 
B. range, 888 to 1,497 fathoms, 1883. Common; often extremely 
abundant. 
Echinus elegans Diiben & Koren (?). 
B. range, 858 to 888 fathoms, 1883. 
Strongylocentrotus Droébachiensis A. Ag. 
B. range, 1 to 640 fathoms (35 to 141 fathoms, 1883, George’s Bank 
and Brown’s Bank). Common as far south as off Chesapeake Bay 
at moderate depths. 
Salenia varispina A. Agassiz. ; 
B. range, 547 fathoms, 1883. One specimen only. 
Arbacia punctulata Gray. 
B. range, shore to 20 fathoms (19 fathoms, 1883). Common in shal- 
low water from Vineyard Sound southward. 
ASTERIOIDEA. 
Asterias Forbesii Desor. 
B. range, shore to 20 fathoms (19 ee 1883). Abundant from 
Massachusetts Bay southward. 
Asterias vulgaris St. = A. rubens L. (?) 
B. range, shore to 208 fathoms (41 to 86 fathoms, 1883, George’s Bank 
and Brown’s Bank). Abundant from off Long Island northward, 
in moderate depths. Ranges as far south as off Cape Hatteras. 
Asterias Tanneri Verrill. 1880. Fig. 42, a. 
B. range, 69 to 373 fathoms (78 to 373 fathoms, 1883). Common. 
Asterias briareus Verrill. 1882. 
B. range, 31 to 373 fathoms (78 to 373 fathoms, 1883). Rare. 
Leptasterias compta (Stimp.) Verrill. 
B. range, 18 to 150 fathoms (38 to 150 fathoms, 1883). Common and 
widely diffused; often very abundant in moderate depths. 
Stephanasterias albula (Stimp.) Verrill. 
Stichaster albulus Verrill, formerly. 
B. range, 64 to 192 fathoms (69 to 117 fathoms, 1883). Common and 
widely diffused; locally abundant. Ranges from the Arctic Ocean 
and Northern Europe to Cape Hatteras. 
Zoroaster Diomedee Verrill. 1884, 
B. range, 98 to 1,555 fathoms, 1883. Common; sometimes abundant 
locally. 
Brisinga elegans Verrill. 1884. 
3, range, 906 to 1,395 fathoms, 1883, Local; not uncommon; gre- 
garious, 
