INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF VINEYARD SOUND, ETC. 719 



Leptasterias compta Yerrill. 



Proc. Boston Soc, vol. x, p. 850, 1366. Jsferias compta Stirapson, Proc. Boston 

 Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. viii, p. 270, 1862 ; Verrill, op. cit., p. 340. 



Oif New Jersey, 32 fathoms, (Oaptaiu Geduey). Off Martha's Vine- 

 yard, 20 to 25 fathoms, rare ; off Casco Bay, 30 to 50 fathoms. 



Cribrella sanguinolenta Llitken. (p. 407.) 



Groenl. Echinod., p. 31, 18.59 ; Verrill, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat Hist., vol. x, p. 345, 

 1866. Asterias sangniuoUnta Milller, Zoiil. Dan. Prod., 2836, 1776, Asterias 

 ocidata Pennant, Brit. Zool., vol. iv, p. 61, Plate 30, fig. 56, 1777. Asterias 

 spongiosa Fabricins, Fauna Grcenl., p. 363, 1780. L'uikia ociilata Forbes, Weru. 

 Mem., vol. viii, p. 120, 1839. CribeUa ocidata Forbes, British Starfishes, p. 100, 

 (figure), 1841. Echinaster oculatiis Miiller and Troschel, Syst. Asterid., p. 24, 1842. 

 Linkia oculata Stimpson, Invert, of Grand Manau, p. 14, 1853. L'mkia pertusa 

 Stimpson, op. cit., p. 14. Echinaster sanguinolentas Sars, Fauna Ijitt. Norveg., i, 

 p. 47, Plate 8, figs. 3-6 ; Oversigt af Norges Echinoderiner, p. 84, 1861. 



Connecticut to the Arctic Ocean ; northern coasts of Europe to Great 

 Britain and France. Very common in the Bay of Fundy, Casco Bay, 

 and on the entire coast of Maine, from low- water to 100 fathoms ; Massa- 

 chusetts Bay ; Vineyard Sound, 5 to 20 fathoms, not uncommon ; off 

 Watch Hill, Ehode Island, 3 to 5 fathoms ; off" Xew Loudon, Connecti- 

 cut (coll. T. H. Prudden). 



OPHIUROIDEA. 

 Ophiura olivacea Lyman, (p. 363.) 



111. Catal. Mus. Comp. Zoology, No. 1, Ophiuridae and Astrophytidiu, p. 23, 1865; 

 Verrill, Proc. Boston Soc. N. H., vol. x, p. 339. Ophioderma oUvaceiim Ayres, 

 Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. iv, p. 134, 1852. 



Cape Cod to North Carolina. Wood's Hole, Buzzard's Bay, and Vine- 

 yard Sound, not common; shores of Long Island, frequent; Fort 

 Macon, North Carolina, common, (Dr. Yarrow). 



Ophiopholis aculeata Gray. Plate XXXV, fig. 270. (p. 496.) 



List of British Animals in Coll. of Brit. Mus., Part I, Rad. Auim., p. 25, 1848; 

 Lutkeu Additamentaad Hist. Ophiuridarum, p. 60, Plate 2, figs. 15,a. b, 16, a, b, 

 1858 ; Verrill, op. cit., p. 344, 1866. Asterias aculeata Linn6 (pars), Syst. Nat., 

 p. 1101 ; Retzius Vetersk.-Akad., vol. iv, p. 240, 1783 ; Miiller, Prod., 2841, 1776 ; 

 Zool. Dan., vol. iii, p. 29, Plate 99, 1789. Ophiura lellis Fleming, Brit. Anim., p. 

 486, 1828. Ophiocoma belJis Forbes, Wern. Mem., vol. viii, p. 226 ; Brit. Star- 

 fishes, p. 53, figure. Ophiopholis beUis Lyman, op. cit., p. 96, Plate 1, figs. 4-6. 

 Ophiokpis scoJopendrica Miiller and Troschel, Syst. Aster., p. 96, 1842. Ophioph- 

 olis scolopendrica Stimpson, Invert, of Grand Manan, p. 13, 1853. 



•Ehode Island and New Jersey to the Arctic Ocean ; Iceland; Spitz- 

 bergen ; northern coasts of Europe, to the English Channel, Ireland, 

 etc. Very abundant in the Bay of Fundy, Casco Bay, and along the 

 whole coast of Maine, from low- water to 100 fathoms ; Massachusetts 

 Bay ; off Gay Head, 6 to 8 fathoms, rare ; off Watch Hill, Rhode Island, 

 in 4 to 5 fathoms, rocky. Off New Jersey, 30 to 38 fathoms, N. lat. 39^ 

 54' ; W. long. 73° 15', (Josephine Exp., t. Ljungmann). A similar species, 

 perhaps identical, occurs on the northwestern coasts of America. 



