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ASTEROIDEA. 



Pamily — Aechasterid.e. 

 Pontaster tenuispinus (Dub. & Kor.). 



iv. " Pomipiue" Exp. 1869, o:ff Valentia, 100-150 fms. (SlacTen '89 

 sub P. tenuisi)inus var. flatynota and P. limhatus) : R. I. A. 

 Exp. 1886, 214 fms. and 325 fms. (Haddon '88): "ElyingFos" 

 Exp. 1889, ?250 fms. and 315 fms. (Bell '89):.H.M.S. "Re- 

 search" 1889, 90-400 fms. (Bell '90) : R. I. A. Exp. 1888, 

 345 fms. (Sladen '91 sub P. limbatus). 

 Distrihution. — Both, sides of T^orth Atlantic. 



[Plutonaster bifrons (Wyv. Thomson).] 



... iv., . . 



iv. R. I. A. Exp. 1888, 750 fms. (Sladen '91). 



Didrihution. — ]!^orth Atlantic. Mediterranean. 



Family — AsTEOPECTiNiDiE. 



Astropecten irregularis (Pennant). {Aster ias aurantiaca Eorbes^B. S.) 



i., ii., iii., iv., v., vi. 



Generally distributed round the coast from about [10 fms. to 

 1000 fms. 



Distribution. — Scandinavia to Liberia. 



[Astropecten sphenoplax. Bell.] 



. . . . v., vi. 



V. R. D. S. Fish. Survey 1890, off Achill Head, 500 fms. (Holt '92). 

 vi. R. D. S. Fish. Survey 1891, off Black Rock, Blacksod.Bay, 500 fms. 

 (Bell '92). 

 Distrihution. — West Ireland. Deep water. 



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