ae. A. E. Verrill—Marine Fauna off the 
Another large and handsome new star-fish, which was taken 
in several localities, in 843 to 1895 fathoms, both this year and 
last, is a species of Solaster (S. abyssicola V.)* somewhat re 
sembling S. endeca and S. Harilit in general appearance, but 
differing from both in the arrangement of the spines, especially 
beneath. The color is bright orange in life. It becomes over 
a foot in diameter, with a broad “disk, and usually eight or 
Among the deep sea Ophiurans no genus is more common 
and widely diffused than Uphiacantha. Of this genus we have 
taken, during the two past seasons, eleven or twelve species, 
besides one each of me closely allied genera Ophivlebes and 
Ophiomitra. Most of these forms live clinging closely to W 
branches of gorgonians, All the species that I have tested are 
aires phosphorescent. 
he most abundant are O. bidentata, O. millespina “ and 
O. ab ede G. O. Sars; these three, which are vel ry similar 
plates few, each with a sharp central spine, surrounded by an irregular ig | 
small sp’ inules Greater radius, 8 lesser, 9™™; breadth of rays at eet 
coon This ample has 16 marginal plates in each row. Station 2072, in 8 
fathoms, fours specimens; sta - ogee n 368 fathoms, one yo an 
* Solas yssicola Cee Di sk broad. Rays usually eight or nine, 
varying to seven and ten. “Abaotioal side covered with feihera me not very 
close, rounded paxille, ‘as ing small and short spin nules. The pule 
are la numerous, thickly scattered on the disk xp Oe 
ia plates protien bearing a transverse group of smal, sali spines in 
or ws. Tasifuachial VoutaT aeoks of moderate ipere 
inion spetias similar to those of the back, eae ed i in n regular epee 
la p . 
ately thick spines, united at base and covered by a thick skin; and an inet ‘ 
group of three or four, Seyi equal and sce short spines, united together by a 
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web for about half thei 
+ Ophiacantha cr aotdeas Arms five, rather short. Disk round > 
covered with rather small, pamier ‘subacute, slightly din aneys spines, WO 
arise from well developed, crowded plate s, only partly co a thin oan os 
radial shields are d concealed, Peet ines at base a paces seven ho peste is 
minutely roughened or granulose, short, brownish, opaque, the five lower © 
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the next two rather longer and tapered; the uppermost smaller and eee 
slender, acute, those of opposite sides well separated. Ventral arm-plates 
prominent, especially distally, the outer end rounded. apres” large 
stout, ovate, distally becoming short and blunt. isek side distinctly 
ith few 
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