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Diplopteraster multijjes (Sars) Verrill. Fi^. 43. 



B. range, 1:^4 to G40 fathoms (107 to 239 fathoms, 1883). (Jommon aud 

 widely diffused as far south as off Ca])e Hatteras. 



Hymenaster modestus Verrill. 1885. 



B. range, 1,098 to 1,451 fathoms, 1883. Eare. 



Forania grandis Verrill. 1879. Figs. 44, 44«, 45, 45a. 

 B. range, 66 to 373 fathoms, 1883. Not uncommon. 

 Poraniomorplia spinulosa Verrill. 



Porania spinulosa Verrill, Proc. Nat. Mus., 1879, p. 202. 



B. range, 86 to 640 fathoms (122 to 250 fathoms, 1883), Not uncom- 

 mon. 



Astrogonium granulare M. & Tr. Figs. 48, 48«. 



B. range, 122 to 640 fathoms (122 fathoms, 1883, George's Bank). 

 Eare south of Cape Cod ; more common off" Nova Scotia and north- 

 ward. 



Hippasteria plirygiana Gray=J?. plana auth. Fig. 47, variety. 



B, range, 30 to 150 fathoms, north of Cape Cod (50 to 150 fathoms, 

 1883, George's aud Brown's Banks), Northern; common off Cape 

 Cod, in the Gulf of Maine, off" Nova Scotia, and northward. 

 Odontaster liispidus Verrill, 1880. 

 B. range, 56 to 487 fathoms (65 to 239 fathoms, 1883). Common : 

 locally abundant. 

 Astropectcn articulatiis Say. 



B. range, shore to 25 fathoms, south of Cape Hatteras (15 to 20 fath- 

 oms, 1883). 



Arohaster arcticus M. Sars. 



B. range, 113 to 547 fathoms, 1883. Frequent, but only in small 

 numbers. 

 Arehaster Americanus Verrill. 1880. 

 B. range, 45 to 225 fathoms (65 to 197 fathoms, 1883). Common, 

 widely diffused, and often very abundant. 

 Arehaster Florce Verrill. 1879. Fig, 36. . 



B. range, 86 to 410 fathoms (197 to 239 fathoms, 1883). Common, and 

 widely diffused ; locally abundant, 

 Arehaster rohusttis Verrill. 1884. 



B. range, 938 to 1,467 fathoms, 1883. Not rare in the deeper dredg- 

 ings. 

 Arehaster grandis Verrill. 1884. 



B. range, 1,106 to 2,033 fathoms, 1883. Common ; very abundant 

 locally. 

 Arehaster Agassizii Verrill. 1880. 



B. range, 182 to 1,342 fathoms (499 to ^,342 fathoms, 1883). Common 

 and widely diffused; locally sometimes ver}- abundant. 



