I .(H-.ility Fathoms Nature nf I'.iitlinn 



( )\i Sanla llarhara 53 I'iiu- .s^ray .sand, imid. 



Off roint Conception '"i Sand and mud. 



Off Point Conception 44 line .L;ra\ >and. 



South of Santa Cruz Island 48 I'inc gray .sand. 



South of Santa Rosa Island 52 l'"ine gray sand. 



Santa I'arbara Channel 29 l''ine gray .sand. 



Santa Ikirhara Cliannel 73 Green mud. 



Off San Diego 55-58 Fine gray sand, mud. 



Off San Diego 75-134 (iray sand. 



Oft' San Diego 164-85 Gray sand, rocks. 



Between Santa Barbara and San 



Nicholas Islands 32-38. Fine gray sand. 



Off Santa Rosa Island 30-41 Mud, gray sand, rncks. 



San Pedro 13 



*Off \'enice 30 



'•'Luidia ludwigi Fisher. Plate XI. 



Distribution : IMonterey Bay, south to San Pedro, Cah- 



fornia, in 15 to 50 fathoms; mostly on bottoms of fine gray 

 sand and mitd. 



Locality Fathoms 



Off Santa Barbara 30 



Off Santa Barbara 31 



Off Santa Barbara 26 



Off Santa Barbara 29 



Off Santa Rosa Island 30-41 



Off San Pedro 28-24 



Off San Pedro 23-25 



Off San Pedro :... 25-22 



Off San Pedro 19-11 



Off San Pedro 15 



^Southwest from Venice pier.... 22 



*Off Santa ^^lonica Near 35 



*Southwest of Venice 2 miles..- About 25 



*Off Redondo About 30 



*Off Venice Near 30 



*Off :\Ialibu pier 25 



*Off Manhattan Beach About 18 



*Off El Segundo 23 



*Off ^lalibu Cove 21 



*Off Long Beach 10 



Nature of Bottom 

 Coarse mud. 

 Mud. 



Gray sand, pebbles. 

 Fine gray sand, mud. 

 mud, gray sand, rocks. 

 Sand, tine mud, shells. 

 Mud, sand. 

 Rocky in spots. 

 Sandy, kelp. 

 Sand and cobbles. 



Coarse yellow sand. 

 Fine sand and mud. 



Heavy blackish mud 

 and sand. 



Pisaster lutkenii australis Verrill. 



Verrill. 1914. PI. XL. P. 1. 



San Diego, Cal. 

 Leptasterias aequalis (Stimpson). 



Verrill, 1914. PI. XVI, XVIII, XXV, LVI. 



San Diego to Pug-et Sound. 

 Leptasterias aeaualis nana Verrill. 



Verrill. 1914. 



Common on California coasts. 

 Orthasterias gonolena Verrill. 



Verrill, 1914. PI. LXVII, LXVIIT, LXXXII. 



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