INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF VINEYARD SOUND, ETC. 719 



Leptasterias oompta Yerrill. 



Proc. Boston Soc, vol. x, p. 850, 1886. Asterias compta Stirapson, Proc. Boston 

 Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. viii, p. 270, 1862 ; Verrill, op. cit., p. 340. 



Off New Jersey, 32 fathoms, (Captain Geduey). Off Martha's Yiue- 

 yard, 20 to 25 fathoms, rare ; off Casco Bay, 30 to 50 fathoms. 



Cribrella SANauiNOLENTA Liitken. (p. 407.) 



Grcenl. Echinod., p. 31, 1859 ; Verrill, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat Hist., vol. x, p. 345, 

 1866. Asterias sanguinoJcnfa MUller, Zool. Dan. Prod., 2836, 1776. Asterias 

 oculata Pennant, Brit. Zool., vol. iv, p. 61, Plate 30, fig. 56, 1777. Asterias 

 spongiosa Fabricius, Fauna Grcenl., p. 363, 1780. Linkia oculata Forbes, VVern. 

 Mem., vol. viii, p. 120, 1839. Crihella ocuJata Forbes, British Starfishes, p. 100, 

 (figure), 1841. Echinaster oculatus Mliller and Troschel, Syst. Asterid., p. 24, 1842. 

 Linkia oculata Stimpson, Invert, of Grand Manan, p. 14, 1853. Linkia pertusa 

 Stimpson, op. cit., p. 14. Ecldnaster sanguinolentus Sars, Fauna I^itt. Norveg., 1, 

 p. 47, Plate 8, figs. 3-6 ; Oversigt af Norges Echinodermer, p. 84, 1861. 



Connecticut to the Arctic Ocean • northern coasts of Europe to Great 

 Britain and France. Very common in the Bay of Fiindy, Casco Bay, 

 and on the entire coast of Maine, from low- water to 100 fathoms ; Massa- 

 chusetts Bay ; Yineyard Sound, 5 to 20 fathoms, not uncommon j off 

 "Watch Hill, Ehode Island, 3 to 5 fathoms j off' New London, Connecti- 

 cut (coll. T. H. Prudden). 



OPHIUEOIDEA. 



Ophiura olivacea Lyman, (p. 363.) 



111. Catal. Mus. Comp. Zoology, No. 1, Ophiuridse and Astrophytidse , p. 23, 1865; 

 Verrill, Proc. Boston Soc. N. H., vol. x, p. 339. Ophioderma olivaceum Ayres, 

 Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. iv, p. 134, 1852. 



Cape Cod to North Carolina. Wood's Hole, Buzzard's Bay, and Yine- 

 yard Sound, not common j shores of Long Island, frequent j Fort 

 Macon, ]N^orth Carolina, common, (Dr. Yarrow). 



Ophiopholis aculeata Gray. Plate XXXY, fig. 270. (p. 496.) 



List of British Animals in Coll. of Brit. Mus., Part I, Ead. Auim., p. 25, 1848; 

 Liitken Additamenta ad Hist. Ophiuridarum, p. 60, Plate 2, figs. 15,a. b, 16, a,b, 

 1858 ; Verrill, op. cit., p. 344, 18.66. Asterias aculeata Linne {pars), Syst. Nat., 

 p. 1101 ; Retzius Vetersk.-Akad., vol. iv, p. 240, 1783 ; Muller, Prod., 2841, 1776 ; 

 Zool. Dan., vol. iii, p. 29, Plate 99, 1789. Ophiura hellis Fleuiiug, Brit. Anim,, p. 

 488, 1828. Ophiocoma hellis Forbes, Wern. Mem., vol. viii, p. 226 ; Brit. Star- 

 fishes, p. 53, figure. Ophiopliolis lellis Lyman, op. cit., p. 96, Plate 1, figs. 4-6. 

 Ophiolepis scolopendrica Mliller and Troschel, Syst. Aster., p. 96, 1842. Ophioph- 

 olis scolopendrica Stimpson, Invert, of Grand Manan, p. 13, 1853. 



Rhode Island and ISTew Jersey to the Arctic Ocean ; Iceland ; Spitz- 

 bergen ; northern coasts of Europe, to the English Channel, Ireland, 

 etc. Yery abundant in the Bay of Fundy, Casco Bay, and along the 

 whole coast of Maine, from low- water to 100 fathoms ; Massachusetts 

 Bay ; off Oay Head, 6 to 8 fathoms, rare ; off Watch Hill, Rhode Island, 

 in 4 to 5 fathoms, rocky. Off' New Jersey, 30 to 38 fathoms, N. lat. 39° 

 54' ; W. long. 73° 15', (Josephine Exp., t. Ljungmann). A similar species, 

 perhaps identical, occurs on the northwestern coasts of America. 



