Verrill, JVotes on Madiata. 



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CARIBBEAN FAUNA. PANAMIAN FAUNA. 



Astrrioidea.^ 



Family, Astkopectexid^. 



Luidia clathrata (Say sp.) Ltk. ! Luida tessellata Ltk. ! 



S. Carolina! Florida! "St. Thomas (Ltk.). 

 L. alternata (Sav sp.) Ltk. 



Florida (Say), St Thomas (Ltk.). 

 L. Macrgrav'n Stp. lirazil ! 



Jauiaica (Browne), Cotinqniba. 

 Astropectenarticuhitns (Suysp.) Ltk.I 



E. Florida and Georgia (Say). 

 (.?) A. ciliatns (jlrulie. 



Porto Cabello (Grube . 

 A. variabilis Ltk. ! 



Florida I St. Thomas (Ltk.). 

 A. Aulillensis Ltk. ! St. Tliomas. 

 (?) A. Valenciennesii M. and Tr. 



Vera Cruz. 

 (?) A. Braziliensis M. and Tr. Brazil. 

 (?) A. duhius Gray. 



L. Bellonw Ltk. ! 



{''i)L,(^Petalaste)')Cohuiibice[GraysY>.). 



Astropecten reyalis Gray ! 



A. fragilis Verrill ! 



A. Orstedii Ltk. ! 



(.'') ^(. urmalus Gray. 



(?) A. erinaceus Gray. 



Family, Goniasterid^. 



Oreaster gigas (Limi.) Ltk., =iO. re- 

 ticulatus M. and Tr. 

 Florida! Haytil St. Thomas (Ltk.), Cu- 

 racas, Barbados, Abrolhos, Brazil! 



(?) 0. aculeatus M. and Ti'. 

 Probably the same as the preceding. 



A. sf el lifer Mob. (A. Braziliensis Ltk.) 



Rio Janeiro. 

 Anteriscus folium Ltk. ! 



As^Hnwall ! St. Tliomas (Ltk.). 



Oreaster occidenfalis Verrill ! 

 Panama to La Paz ! 



(?) 0. Cumingii Gray sp. 



NidorelUd armata Gray ! 



(.^) Goniodiscus stella Verrill ! 



Perhaps young of the preceding. f 

 Paulia horrida Gray. 

 Gymnasteria inermis Gray. 

 G. spinosa Gray. La Paz ! 

 Patiria obtusa Gray ! 



Asteriscus modestus Verrill ! 

 Under stones at low-water mark. 



Family, Eciiixasterid^.J 



(?) Acanthaster Ellisii {Gray) LaPazf 

 Echinaster sjnnosiis M. and Tr. Echinaster aculeatus (Gray.) 



Florida! Hayti! St. Thomas (Ltk.). 

 E. Braziliensis M. and Tr. 



Puerto Cabello, Jamaica, Rio Janeiro. 

 E. seriJentarius M. and Tr. Vera CruzjMithrodia Bradleyi Verrill ! La Paz ! 



\Ferdina Cumingii Gray. 



* Mr. Pourtales has dredged Pleraster militaris oflf Florida in 120 to 125 fathoms, — 

 Reprint. 



f Tills proves to be the case, (see page 372), — Reprint. 



:{: Echinaster crassispina V., Abrolhos Reefs and E. spinulosus V., West Florida, are 

 additional species, — Reprint. 



Trans. Connecticut Acad., Vol. I. 44 June, 1 867. 



