4 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



ASTEROIDEA. CRYFTOZONIA. 



ASTERIIDAE. 



11. AsTERiAS FORBESi (Desoi) \'errill. 

 Common starfish. 



Clark, Bull. U. S. fish comni. for 19u2, 1904, vol. 22, p. 552, 

 pi. 1, tigs. 1-2 ; pi. 4. tigs. 14-15. 



Astei-acanthion forbesi Desor, Proc. Boston soc. nat. hist., 1848, 

 vol. 3, p. 67. "eight fathoms ix the Vineyard Souxd." 



Long Island Sound to Casco Bay, Maine; low water mark to 

 27 fathoms. 



12. Asterias littoralis (Stimpson) Verrill. 



Yeriill, Proc. Boston soc. nat. hist., 1866, vol. 10, p. 349. 

 Asteracanthion littoralis Stimpson, Invert. Grand Maiian, 

 1853, p. 14. "middle regiox of the littoral zoxe." 



Casco Bay, Maine, and northward : low water mark to 23 

 fathoms. 



13. Asterias texera Stimpson. 



Stimpson, Proc. Boston soc. nat. hist.. 1862, vol. 8, p. 269. 

 " IX twenty fathoms, IX Massachusetts Bay, tex miles 

 south of Cape Axx." 



Clark, BuU. U. S. fish comni. for 1902, 1904, vol. 22, p. 554, 

 pi. 2, figs. 5-7 ; pi. 4, figs. 20-21. 



Asterias cornpta Stimpson, o'p. cit., p. 270. 



Cold water south of Rhode Island, east and north ; in 10 fath- 

 oms or more. 



14. Asterias vulgaris Verrill. 

 Northern starfish. 



Verrill, Proc. Boston soc. nat. hist., 1866, vol. 10, p. 347. 

 "from Cape Cod axd South Shoals, Mass., to Labkadoe." 



