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Goniodiscaster pleyadella. 
Asterias pleyadella Lamarck. 1816. Anim. s. Vert., 2, p. 553. 
Pentagonaster validus Bell. 1884. Alert Ech., p. 129. 
Goniodiscus pleyadella Déderlein. 1896. Jena Denkschr , 8, p. 308; pl. xviii, figs. 34 to 34f. 
Goniodiscaster pleyadella H. L. Clark. 1909. Bull. M. C. Z., 52, p. 110. 
Very little is known about the distribution of this species, although it was described 
over a century ago. Both the Alert and Dr. Semon collected specimens near Thursday 
Island, but the only other record ! I have found is Pfeffer’s (1900) of a specimen taken by 
Kukenthal at Ternate. The type locality is unknown, but the original specimen was 
collected by Peron and Lesueur on their voyage to Australia, possibly at Timor. 
Stellaster incei. 
Gray. 1847. Proc. Zodl. Soc. London, p. 76.—H. L. Clark. 1916. Endeavour. Ech, p. 47, pl. xii. 
This common East Indian sea-star was taken near Thursday Island by the Challenger, 
by the Alert, and by Semon. It ranges southward on the Australian coast to northern 
New South Wales, and northward it extends to the coast of Asia. Sladen (1878) records a 
specimen of Stellaster belcheri, now generally agreed to be synonymous with ince?, from the 
Korean Strait in 50 fathoms, but Goto (1914), in his monograph on Japanese sea-stars, 
does not list either zncez or belcheri. Perhaps Sladen’s single small specimen is better referred 
to Stellaster equestris. In that case the northern limit of incez in the east would seem to be 
near Balasor Bay on the Indian Coast. 
The Investigator found incei common in the Persian Gulf, and Simpson and Brown 
(1910) record a single specimen from the coast of Mozambique. Bell (1894) records it 
from northwestern Australia (no exact locality) and (1902) from the Maldive and Laceadive 
Islands. Brown (1910) says that incei is ‘the commonest asteroid in the Mergui Archi- 
pelago.”” There are no records of Stellaster anywhere east of Australia and the East Indies. 
Stellaster princeps. 
Sladen. 1889. Challenger Ast., p. 323, pl. lviii, figs. 1-3. 
This fine species is as yet known only from the specimens taken by the Challenger 
near Booby Island, Torres Strait, at a depth of 6 fathoms. 
Anthenea tuberculosa. 
Anthenea tuberculosa Gray. 1847. Proc. Zodél. Soc. London, p. 77. 
Anthenea mertoni Koehler. 1910. Ast. et Oph. des tles Aru et Kei, p. 268, pl. xvi, figs. 1, 2. 
(Plate 6, figure 1.) 
This is one of the few sea-stars which seem to be confined to the North Australian 
region. Gray’s types came from Port Essington, Northern Territory. The Challenger 
took a specimen near Booby Island. Semon found a small specimen near Thursday Island. 
The Museum of Comparative Zodlogy has a specimen from Restoration Island, North 
Queensland, just outside the Torres Strait region as here limited. Finally, Koehler (1910) 
describes in great detail and figures under the name A. mertoni a fine specimen from the 
Aru Islands. 
This is a well-marked and perfectly distinct species of Anthenea, but it is unreasonable 
to expect all individuals to conform closely to Gray’s brief description and single figure, 
or to Perrier’s somewhat better account. Sladen was quite right, in my judgment, in refer- 
1Von Martens (1866) records a specimen in the Amsterdam Museum from the Moluccas but Sluiter (1895) 
makes no reference to any such specimen. The record would therefore seem to be very dubious. 
