indicated 1)\- an asterisk wiTr taken duiiii^" tlic trawlinin' and 

 dredi;in.!^' expcditii ms m| thr Anton l)iilirn dr>(,-iil)rd in the 

 r.nlKiin of the Sontliefii C'alit'ofnia Academy ol Sciences 

 Jannarw 1**17, \)\i. 2.^-27 with ma])S. A series of these species 

 has been ])laced in [hv Mnsenni of the University of Southern 

 California and a duplicate series in the Museum of the Cali- 

 fornia Academy of Sciences and anotlier in tlie Museum of 

 Leland Stanford University. 



] am indebted to Dr. Walter K. Fisher of Leland Stanford 

 University for the idenitfication of those species in the Uni- 

 versity collection with the exception of Pisaster ochraceus 

 and Solaster dawsoni. 



Plates \\\ \l, VIII, IX, X, and XI were taken from the 

 monograph by Walter K. Fisher, 1911. Plates I, II, III, V 

 and \'1I are copied from the monograph by Addison E. Verrill, 

 1914. These excellent publications have been used for the 

 lists of Southern California starfishes other than those in the 

 University collections and for other data. 



The distribution maps were made by Mr. \V. A. Sharp, 

 the data being derived from the log of the Anton Dohrn in 

 its dredging and trawling expeditions. Valuable assistance 

 in compiling the data and preparing the manuscript has been 

 rendered by the Alisses Gladys Cone and Millie P. Bradley. 



The region included in this report extends from Point 

 Conception on the northwest to Lower California on the 

 southeast. The species figured are those taken in the region 

 covered by the explorations of the Anton Dohrn, viz., from 

 Point Dume to Newport Bay and Santa Catalina Island. 

 A. Shallow-water Starfishes of Southern California Waters. 

 (Less than one hundred fathoms.) 



Phylum Echinodermata. 



Class Asteroidea. 



Order I. Forcipulosa. 



Family I. Asteriidae. 



Subfamily I. Asteriinae. 



*Pisaster capitatus (Stimpson) Plate I. 



Synonym : Asterias capitata Stimpson. 



Distribution : Monterey, Cal. ; San Diego ; *Point Fer- 

 min ; "^A^enice ; *San Pedro. 



'•'Pisaster ochraceus (Brandt). A. Agassiz. Plate II. 



Synonym : Asterias ochraceus Stimpson. 



Distribution : San Diego to Alaska. *San Pedro, on 

 rocks. 



*Orthasterias sp. Verrill Plate III. 



Several specimens, the species has not been determined. 



Order II. Spinulosa Perrier. 



Suborder I. Avelata. 

 *Specimens in the collections of the University of Southern California. 



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