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E. Table of Principal Genera of Asteriinse with Regular Longitu- 



dinal Rows of Dorsal Plates 49 



F. Subdivisions of Asteriinee with Reticulated Dorsal Skeletons. . 50 



G. Analytical Table of the Generic and Subgeneric Groups of 



Northern Asteriinae having Reticulated Dorsal Skeletons 54 



H. Asteriidc-e of the Northwestern Coast of America 55 



I. Analytical Table of Genera, Subgenera, Species, and Subspecies 



of Asteriidae from the Northwest Coast of America 56 



Asteriinse : Descriptions of Genera and Species 67 



Subfamily Pycnopodiinae 197 



Descriptions of Pycnopodiinae 197 



Descriptions of Pedicellasteridae 202 



■ Order Spinulosa 203 



Morphology 203 



Classification 204 



Suborders Avelata and Velata 204 



Families of Spinulosa 204 



Descriptions of Families, Genera, and Species 205 



■'f'. Order Phanerozona 280 



Morphology 280 



Classification 282 



List of Families 282 



Suborder Valvulosa or Valvata 284 



Descriptions of FamiHes, Genera, and Species 285 



Suborder Paxillosa 313 



Descriptions of Families, Genera, and Species 314 



Species erroneously attributed to the Fauna ^27 



Geographical Distribution 337 



L The Beringian Fauna 338 



IL The Columbia-Alaskan Fauna 340 



IIL The Californian Fauna 343 



IV. The South Californian Fauna 345 



V. Some Comparisons with Other Faunae 347 



VL Relations of the Columbia-Alaskan and Californian Faunae 348 



VIL Relations of the South Californian Fauna 349 



VIIL Patagonian, Fuegian and Antarctic Shallow-water Starfishes 



contrasted with Those of the North Pacific Coast 351 



IX. List of Patagonian and Fuegian Starfishes Found in 50 to 500 



Fathoms ; mostly Related to Northern or Arctic Species 367 



X. Lists of Extralimital Species Partially Described, Revised, or 



Figured 370 



1. North Atlantic and Arctic Species 370 



2. Patagonian, Fuegian, Antarctic, and South Atlantic Species 371 



3. Species from the Panamic Fauna 372 



4. Indo-Pacific, Australian, and Japanese Species 373 



XL List of New Genera Established 374 



Bibliography 374 



Index 389 



