148 REFORT—1843. 

No. of | No. of 




Egean | Medit.| 1), bi = oe Locality. 
Sp. Sp. : 
CIRRHIGRADA. 2 2 
Velella, Lam............| 1 1 
Spitatis, Forse cs siln debe: | \eocten Dee. 1841. |Rhodes. 
Porpita, Lam. .........|. 1 1 
glandifera, Lam......| ...... | ceseee Feb. 1842. |Lycia. 
PHYSOGRADA. 1 Fe 
Stephanomia, Peron...) 1 Z 
contorta?, DZ. Ed...) ...0.0 | ceoves Dec. 1841. |Gulf of Macri. 
CILIOGRADA. 8 6 
Beroé, Mul. hay 1 
forskalii, M. Bd...) sss. | cesses May, 1841.,;Off Milo. 
Cestum, Le Sueur...... 1 1 
veneris, Le Sueur ...| ...... | «s+... | May, 1841. |Off Milo. 
are HgGhy oo). onok 1 1 
sp. . «aided eeaited | ays ewe May, 1841. |Syra. 
DirpnyDz. 2 9 
Pyramis, Otto ......+6 1 1 
tetragona, Ott0 ......| esses | esse various. |Throughout. 
Calpe, Quoy & Gaim...} 1 1 
pentagona, QuoyS G.| 22... | sevens various. |Throughout. 
Echinodermata. 
Crinoidea.—The only crinoid animal inhabiting the A2gean is the common 
European Comatula (C. rosacea), identical in every respect with the northern 
examples of the species. It is local, and lives on weedy ground in from 
20 to 30 fathoms water. I met it only among the Cyclades. In no instance 
was it found in the young or Phytocrinus state. 
Ophiuride.—Eleven species of Ophiuride inhabit the Egean, ranging from 
the surface to the greatest depths explored. Four of the Agean species are 
identical with northern forms; viz. Ophiura texturata and albida, Amphiura 
neglecta and Ophiothrix rosula. They are all found in habitats similar to 
those in which they occur in the British seas. The last-named species is 
invariably smaller than northern individuals. Five, viz. Pectinura vestita, 
Ophiura abyssicola, Ophiomyxa lubrica, Ophiopsila aranea, and Amphiura 
neglecta, are entirely new species. Three of these new forms were found only 
in very deep water 100 fathoms and under, one of them, the second named, 
having been taken alive in 200 fathoms. One of the gean Ophiuride is 
an instance of a most extensive range, being found in all muddy bottoms 
between 7 and 180 fathoms, the specimens from the greatest depths exactly 
resembling those from the shallows. 
The Euryale has not as yet been found in the eastern Mediterranean ; it inha- 
bits the Eastern and the Adriatic. Deducting synonyms from previous enume- 
rations of the Mediterranean Ophiuride proper, my list exceeds by four species 
all former catalogues. 
Asteriade.—Thirteen species of Asteriade inhabit the AEgean ; of these, 
