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Family Stichasteridoe. 



Stichasteb albulus (Stimpson). 



Asteracanthion albulus, Stimpson (1853). 

 Stichaster albulus, Verrill (1866 and 1895). 

 Stcphanasterias albula, Verrill (1871). 



Grand Manan. " They occurred most frequently among branching nul- 

 lipores, in 4 or 5 fathoms, on the east side of the islands "(Stimpson). " East- 

 port, Me., and Grand Manan, in 10 to 20 fathoms, rocky bottoms, and 

 among nullipores ; also frequent at low-water of spring tides among rocks." 

 "Common from low water mark to 100 fathoms in the Bay of Fundy and 

 off the coast of Nova Scotia " (Verrill). The species is known to range from 

 Cape Hatteras to " Greenland, Iceland and other parts of the Arctic Ocean, 

 and the northern coast of Europe," from to 435 fathoms. 



Family Aster iidce. 

 AsTERiAS FoRBESii (Desor). 



Asteracanthion Forbesii, Desor (1848). 



Asterias arenicola, Stimpson (1862). 



Asteracanthion berylinus, (L. Ag., M. S.) A. Ag. (1863). 



Asterias Forbesi, Verrill (1866). 



Doucette Island, St. Croix River ; and shores of the large island (?Rogers 

 Island) in Oak Bay, N.B. (Ganong, 1888 and 1889). 



Asterias vulgaris (Stimpson) Verrill. " Starfish, Five-finger, Crossfish." 



Asteracanthion rubens, Stimpson (1853). 



Asterias vulgaris, (Stimpson, M.S.) Packard (1863). No description. 

 Asteracanthion pallidus (L. Ag., M. S.) A. Ag. (1863). No description. 

 Asterias vulgaris, Verrill (1866). Description. 



This common large five-rayed starfish, which, according to Stimpson, 

 attains to a diameter of a foot or more, is widely and abundantly distributed 

 throughout the whole of the region now under consideration. It is pre- 

 eminently the common starfish of the Gulf of St. I>awrence. At Grand 

 Manan it has been collected by Stimpson ; in the " Bay of Fundy, from 

 above low- water mark to 60 fathoms," by Verrill ; in Passamaquoddy Bay 

 by Ganong ; and in Northumberland Strait by the writer. At many 

 localities in the Gulf and mouth of the River St. Lawrence it has been 

 collected by Sir J. W. Dawson, Bell, Packard and Verrill and the writer. 

 In the Strait of Belle Isle and Atlantic coast of Labrador it has been 

 collected by Packard and the Stearns expedition ; and at the entrance 

 to Hudson Strait by Bell. " Bathymetrical range, to 358 " fathoms ; 



