JAMES A. GRIEG. 



[2nd arc. EXP. FRAM 



Locality. 

 Sept. 7, 1899. 

 March 7, 1900. 



June 22, 1900. 



July 21, 1900. 



Asteroidea. 



Solaster papposus, Linn^us. 

 (PI. 1, figs. 1 & 2. PI. 2.) 



Havne Fjord, the bay; about 6 m. Small stones. 



Bay south of Sjopelse Ness, 30—40 m. Small stones 



with Laminaria. 



Havne Fjord, the rock; about 10 m. Stones with 



calcareous algae. 



Havne Fjord, Winter harbour; about 60 m. Stones 



with calcareous algse. 



Havne Fjord, Winter harbour; about 60 m. Small stones. 



Havne Fjord, Winter harbour; about 40 m. Small stones. 



Havne Fjord, Winter harbour ; about 90 m. Small stones. 



The mouth of Stor Valley; 60—4 m. Small stones. 



Fosheim Peak & the valley on the west side of Havne 



Fjord; 40—4 m. Small stones. 



SJ0p0lse Ness; 30—50 m. Small stones. 



The north side of N. Devon. 



Ren Bay. 



Gaase Fjord; 8 m. Small stones and clay, with 



brown algffi. 



Of the 28 specimens of Solaster papposus brought back by the 

 Fram Expedition, one has 9 arms, three have 11 arms, and three 12 

 arms, the remainder being lO-armed. All the specimens belong to the 

 arctic form, Solaster papposus f. affinis. As already pointed out by 

 LuDWiG (23, p. 461) with reference to Spitzbergen, specimens varying in 

 the number of their arms may occur in one and the same locality. 

 One of the three specimens from Sjopolse Ness, for instance, has 9 arms, 

 and two 10 arms; and of three specimens from the mouth of Stor 

 Valley, one has 12 arms, and two 11 arms. 



In the largest specimens, those from the mouth of Stor Valley, the 

 diameter between . the ends of the arms measures 159 mm. and 180 mm. 

 For the sake of comparison it may be stated that the largest specimens 

 found by the Nares Expedition in Discovery Bay, measured only 93 mm. 

 (Duncan & Sladen, 5, p. 457; 6, p. 36); while those taken by the 

 Princeton Arctic Expedition of 1899 in Smith Sound, measured only 

 up to 80 mm. (Rankin, 32, p. 174). 



