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Fig. 10. Freyella sexradiata Ed. Perrier from stat. 10. Abactinal view, magnified 3 times. 



family of Brisingidce 1 ), a name which he changed to 

 Freyella in "Notes of Asteroidea II" 2 ). 



Freyella sexradiata was first found in 1883 by the 

 "Talisman" north of the Azores (stat. 134, 42° 19' N. 

 53°36'W., 4060 m.) It was later taken by the Prince of 

 Monaco at two stations between the Azores and Portugal, 

 4020 m. and 4360 m. The "Michael Sars" obtained it 

 in the Bay of Biscay. Freyella sexradiata is therefore an 

 East Atlantic species known up to present time only 

 between 38° 8' and 45°26'N. and between 9° 20' and 

 23°36'W. Bathymetrical distribution is 4020 to 4700 m. 

 Beside it, the following species of the genus Freyella 

 occur on the eastern side of the North Atlantic: 

 F. edwardsi from the Bay of Biscay and west coast of 

 Africa, 1786 m. 



F, spinosa from west coast of Africa and the Azores, 



4060—4310 m. 

 F. recta from the Azores, 3465 m. 

 F. tuberculata, between Canary Is. and Cape Verde, 



4310 m. 

 From the western side of the North Atlantic are 

 known: 



F. americana from Nova Scotia, 320 m. 

 F. elegans between Nova Scotia and Cape Hatteras, 

 1115— 3700 m. 



A Freyella was besides taken south of Iceland ("Thor" 

 1903, stat. 164, 62° 10.8' N. 19 36'W., 2093m.), which 

 according to Mortensen 1 ), is closely relative to the last- 

 named species. 



') Op. cit., ser. 8, vol. 20, 1917, p. 425 & 429. 

 2 ) Op. cit., ser. 9, vol. 2, 1918, p. 103. 



') Schmidt: Fiskeriundersogelser ved Island og Fseraerne i som- 

 meren 1903 (1904) p. 24. 



