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[Hymenaster giganteus, Sladen.] 



. . . iv., . . 



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

 Distribution. — S. W. Ireland. Deep water. 



Family — Echixastkkid^. 



Henricia sanguinolenta (0. F. ]\Iuller). ( Crihella ondxda Forbes B. S.) 



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



i, iN'orth of Ireland (Thompson '56) : coast of Antrim (Ord. Surv. 

 Coll. in Dublin Mus.) : off Larne, 70-90 fms. (Hpidman '59) : 

 Strangford Loixgh (15-20^, fms., Hyndman and Thompson, 

 f. Dickie '58; 5 fms., Bell '92 b). 



ii. Generally distributed. 



iii. Toughal (Ball, f. Forbes '41 ; Humphreys '45). 



ir., V. Generally distributed in these provinces ; and probably also on 



the X. "W". coast of Ireland, but I am not aware of any record 



of its occurrence. Yar. alyssicola, I^orman. B. I. A. Exp. 1888, 



750 fms. (Sladen '91). 



Bistrihdion. — Arctic seas to British coasts and New England. 



Bay of Biscay. Azores. ? Mediterranean. 



Family — A ste RiiDiE . 



Asterias glacialis, Linne. ( TTraster glacialis Forbes B. S.) 



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



i. iN". E. Ireland, a few small specimens (Thompson '56) : Belfast 



Lough (Drummond, f. Forbes '41 ; Kinahan '59 ; Bell '92 b) : 



Strangford Lough, occasionally inside and outside (Dickie '58). 



ii. Dublin Bay, 12-30 fms., very common (Kinahan '59): Dalkey 



Sound (Kinahan '53 ; Corrigan in I^at. Hist. Eev. i., 1854). 

 iii., iv., v., vi. Generally distributed. 



Bistrihdion. — Finmark to Cape Yerde. MediteiTanean. 



Asterias rubens, Linne. ( TTraster miens and U. vioIacea'Eor'hes B. S.) 

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



Generally distributed all round the coast and common. Dredged by 

 H.M.S. "Eesearch " 1889, at the gi-eat depth of 200 fms. (Bell '90). 

 Bistrihution. — Finmark to Senegal. ? Mediterranean. 



