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CRYPTOZONIA. 



Family Solasteridce. 



SOLASTER ENDECA (Retzius). " PuRPLE SUN StAR." 



Astervas endcca, Retzius (1783). 

 Solaster endeca, Forbes (1839) ; et auct. 



Grand Manan, " abundant on the rocks at low-water mark in the summer, 

 at some localities, but the specimens are always small and never more than 

 half grown. The large individuals, some of which are a foot in diameter, 

 are found only in deep water, chiefly in the laminarian zone " (Stimpson). 

 Common in the Bay of Fundy, from low-water to 80 fathoms and ofif Cape 

 Cod, in 26 to 50 fathoms (Verrill). Pendleton's Island reefs, and Bar 

 Island, at the mouth of L'Etang Harbour, N.B. (Ganong). Taken on all 

 the fishing banks off Nova Scotia, in 40 to 150 fathoms (Verrill). Common 

 at many localities in the Gulf and mouth of the River St. Lawrence, where 

 it has been collected by Sir J. W. Dawson, the writer, and others. Long 

 Island, Cateau Bay, Labrador, in 15 fathoms, rare, with Crossaster pajjposus 

 (PackardV It occurs on the coast of Greenland and northern Europe and 

 is probably circumpolar (Verrill). 



Solaster Syrtensis, Verrill. 



1894. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. xvii., p. 271. 



" Taken by the IT. S. Fish Commission off Cape Cod (Sta. 264) in 80 

 fathoms; and off Cape Sable, N.S., in 101 fathoms (Sta. 85, 86, 1877). 

 " Several specimens, received from the Gloucester fishermen, were taken on 

 the fishing banks from George's to Banquereau, KS." (Verrill, 1895). 



Solaster Earlii, Verrill. 



1879. Amer. Journ. Sc. and Arts, Third Series, vol. xvii., p. 473; 

 and (1895) ibid., vol. XLix., p. 200. 



" Brought by the Gloucester fishermen from several of the banks off 

 Nova Scotia and Newfoundland!, from N. lat. 45° 25' to George's Bank ; 

 taken mostly in 170 to 300 fathoms " (Verrill, 1895). The species " is allied 

 to S. Dawsord, Verrill," which was described in the Report of Progress of the 

 Geological Survey of Canada for 1878-79, p. 193b, from a specimen dredged 

 by Dr. G. M. Dawson in 1878, at Virago Sound, Graham Island, B.C., in 

 from 8 to 15 fathoms. 



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