Revised List of British Ophiuroidea. 143 



stations off the east coast of North America, depths 83 to 

 1350 fathoms (Lyman) ; Scandinavian coast, 20-180 fathoms 

 (Sars, Norman) ; Barents Sea (Hoffmann) ; Spitzbergen, Fin- 

 mark, both' east and west coasts of Greenland, 20-85 fathoms 

 (Llitken, Duncan and Sladen) ; North Atlantic, 2435 fathoms 

 (H.M.S. " Porcupine," 1869).i 



Ophiacantha spedahilis, Sars. 



1871. Ophiacantha spectaMlis, Sb.ts, 'Nje'Echm., -p. 10. 



1882. ,, „ Lyman, Zool. Chall. Exp., pt. xiv., p. 198. 



1884. ,, ,, Hoyle, Proc. Roy. Soc, Edinb., June 16. 



Hahitat. British Seas. — Faroe Channel, one station in the 

 warm area ; depth, 433 fathoms (Hoyle). 



Other Localities. — Bodo, coast of Norway, 80-100 fathoms 

 (Sars). 



Ophiactis. 

 Ophiactis abyssicola, Ljn. (Sars). 



1861. AmpMura abyssicola, Sars, Oversigt Norges Echin., p. 18. 



1865. Ophiocnida ,, Lyman, 111. Cat. Mus. Comp. Zool., No. i., 



p. 12. 



1866. Ophiactis ,, Ljn., Oph. viv., p. 324. 



1882. 

 1882. 

 1884. 



Lyman, Zool. Chall. Exp., pt. xiv., p. 122. 

 Id., Proc. Roy. Soc, Edinb., vol, xi., p. 707. 

 Hoyle, Ibid., June 16. 



Habitat. British Seas. — This species has hitherto been 

 recorded only from the Faroe Channel, from eight stations in 

 the warm area ; depths, 433 to 767 fathoms ; and from four 

 stations in the cold area, depths 327 to 384 fathoms (Lyman, 

 Hoyle) ; as well as from two " Porcupine " stations east of the 

 Shetlands, depths 64 and 75 fathoms (Hoyle). 



Other Localities. — Off Aalesund and Lofoten (Sars) ; near 

 Bukken and in the Hardanger Fjord, 80-110 fathoms (Nor- 

 man) ; 8 miles from Storeggen, 400 fathoms (Copenhagen 

 Museum). 



Ophiactis Ballii, Ltk. (Thomps.). 



1840. OpMocoma Ballii, Thompson, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. v., p. 99. 



1841. ,, Goodsiri, Forbes, British Starfishes, p. 57. 



1842. OpMolepis Ballii Sind Goodsiri, Miill. and Tr., Syst. d. Aster., p. 97. 

 1848. Ophiopolis ,, ,, Gray, Brit. Mus. Cat, p. 25. 



1 Depths of the Sea, p. 97 ; 1873, London. 



