[719] INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS UF VINEYARD SOUND, ETC. 425 



LEPTASTERIAS OOMPTA Yerrill. 



Proc. Boston Soc., vol. x, p. 350, 1856. Asterias compta Stirapson, Proc. Boston 

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



Off New Jersey, 32 fathoms, (Captain Geduey). Off Martha s Vine 

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



CRIBRELLA SANGUINGLENTA Liitken. (p. 407.) 



Grcenl. Echinod., p. 31, 1859; Verrill, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat Hist., vol. x, p. 345, 

 1866. Asterias sanguinolenta Miiller, Zool. Dan. Prod., 2836, 1776. Asterias 

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

 spongiosa Fabricius, Fauna Gro3nl., p. 363, 1780. Linkia oculata Forbes, Wern. 

 Mem., vol. viii, p. 120, 1839. Cribella oculata Forbes, British Starfishes, p. 100, 

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

 Linkia oculata Stimpsou, Invert, of Grand Manau, p. 14, 1853. Linkia pcrtusa 

 Stinipson, op. cit., p. 14. Echinaster sanyuinolentus Sars, Fauna Litt. Norveg., i, 

 p. 47, Plate 8, tigs. 3-6 ; Oversigt af Norges Echinoderaier, 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, Khode Island, 3 to 5 fathoms; off New London, Connecti 

 cut (coll. T. H. Prudden). 



OPHIUROIDEA. 

 OPHIURA OLIVACEA Lyman. (p. 363.) 



111. Catal. Mus. Cornp. Zoology, No. 1, Ophiuridae and Astrophytida3, p. 23, 1865; 

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

 Macou, 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. Anim., p. 25, 1848 I 

 LiitkeuAdditameutaadHist. Ophiuridarum, p. 60, Plate 2, figs. 15,a. b, 16, a, b, 

 1858; Verrill, op. cit., p. 344, 1866. Asterias aculeata Liune (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 bellis Fleming, Brit. Anim., p. 

 488, 1828. Ophioeoma bellis Forbes, Wern. Mem., vol. viii, p. 226 ; Brit. Star 

 fishes, p. 53, figure. Opliiopholis bellis Lytuan, op. cit., p. 96, Plate 1, figs. 4-6. 

 Opliiolepis scolopendrica Miiller and Troschel, Syst. Aster., p. 96, 1842. Ophiopli- 

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



Rhode 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, Ehode 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. 



