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



LEPT ASTERIAS COMPTA Yen-ill. 



Proc. Boston Soc., vol. x, p. 350, 1866. Asterias compta Stimpson. 1'n.r. Itoaton 

 Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. viii, p. 270, 1802; Vcrrill, oj>. cit., p. :', ID. 



Off New Jersey, 32 fathoms, (Captain Geduey). Oil' Martha's Vim- 

 yard, 20 to 25 fathoms, rare 5 off Casco Bay, 30 to 50 fathoms. 



CRIBRELLA SANGUINOLENTA Liitken. (p. 407.) 



GrcBnl. Echinod., p. 31, 1859; Verrill, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat Hist., vol. x, p. ::r>, 

 I860. Asterias sanguinolcnta Muller, Zool. Dan. Prod., 2836, 1770. Att< 

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

 spongiosa Fabricius, Fauna Grconl., p. 368, 1780. Linkia oculata Forbes, \\ 

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

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

 Linkia oculata Stimpson, Invert, of Grand Manau, p. 14, 1853. Linkia pertuna 

 Stimpson, op. cit., p. 14. Echinaster sanguinolentus Sars, Fauna Litt. Norveg., i, 

 p. 47, Plate 8, figs. 3-6 ; Ovorsigt af Norges Echinoderraer, p. 84, 1861. 



Connecticut to the Arctic Ocean 5 northern coasts of Europe to Great 

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

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

 chusetts Bay ; Yineyard 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. Comp. Zoology, No. 1, Ophiuridse and Astrophytidte, 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 Yiue- 

 yard Sound, not common 5 shores of Loirg Island, frequent; Fort 

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



OPHIOPHOLIS AOULEATA Gray. Plate XXXY, 'fig. 270. (p. 490.) 



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

 Liitkeu AdditaraeutaadHist. Ophiuridarura, p. 60, Plate 2, figs. 15,a. b, 16, a, b, 

 1858; Verrill, op. cit., p. 344, 1866. Asterias aculeata Linu6 (pars), Syst. Nat., 

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

 Zool. Dan., vol. iii, p. 29, Plate 99, 1789. Ophiura bellis Fleming, Brit. Auim., p. 

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

 fishes, p. 53, figure. Oph'wpholia bellis Lyinau, op. cit., p. 96, Plate 1, figs. 4-6. 

 Ophiolepis scolopendrica Muller and Troschel, Syst. Aster., p. 96, 1842. Ophioph- 

 olis scolopendrica Stimpsou, Invert, of Grand Maiian, 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. Yery abundant in the Bay of Fuudy, 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, 30 

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

 perhaps identical, occurs on the northwestern coasts of America. 



