Locality Fathoms Nature of Bottom 



Off Anacapa Island 30 Rocky. 



Off San Miguel Island 55 Green mud, gray sand, 



broken shells. 



Near Santa Barbara 21 Green mud. 



Near Santa Barbara 21 Sandstones. 



Near Santa Barbara 27 Fine gray rocks. 



Near Santa Barbara 61 Green mud. 



Near Santa Barbara IZ Green mud. 



Between Santa Cruz and Santa 



Rosa Islands 21 Gray sand, broken 



shells. 



Off Anacapa Island Z(i Gravel and broken 



shells. 



Off Anacapa Island 46 Gray sand. 



Off Avalon, Santa Catalina 47 Fine gray sand. 



Off Avalon, Santa Catalina _... 80 Fine gray sand. 



Off Santa Catalina 59 Fine gray sand. 



Off Santa Cruz Island 30 Fine gray sand. 



Near San Diego. 110-143 Green mud, fine sand. 



Near Los Coronados 



Between Santa Catalina and San- 55-155 Fine gray sand. 



ta Barbara 



Between Santa Barbara and San 160-141 Fine gray sand, mud, 



Nicholas rocks. 



38-32 Fine gray sand. 



Near Santa Cruz Island 30-41 Mud, gray sand, rocks. 



Off San Pedro 23-40 Green mud and sand. 



San Diego — 



*Off Newport (T89) 



Suborder II. Paxillosa Perrier (sense restricted). 



Fatnily III. Astropectinidae Gray (restricted). 

 *Astropecten armatus Fisher. Plate VIII. 



Synonyms : Astropecten sideaealis Verrill, sp. nov. ; As- 

 tropecten erinaceus Gray ; Astropecten orstedii Lutken. 



Distribution ; Ranges from San Pedro, California (and 

 probably from north of this point to Ecuador (Punta St. 

 Elena, Puerto Portrero). Only Calif ornian specimens have 

 been examined, however. Shore to about 30 fathoms. 



Locality Fathoms Nature of Bottom 



Long Beach 



San Diego Shore Sandy. 



San Diego, Beacon 3 Shoal 



San Pedro 2j^ Seaweed. 



San Pedro 7 Dark-brown mud. 



San Pedro 11^ Shore sand. 



San Pedro.... 4 Coarse sand. 



San Pedro 13 



San Pedro..... 102-30 Soft, sandy mud. 



*Off Venice 14-22 



*Off Newport and Balboa 



*Astropecten californicus Fisher. Plate IX. 

 Distribution : From north of Bodega Head (north of 

 Point Reyes), California, to Lower California; 10-244 fathoms. 

 Abundant in Monterey Bay and ofif San Pedro. 



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