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  A. 
  E. 
  Verrill 
  — 
  Echinoderms 
  of 
  Northeastern 
  America. 
  

  

  B. 
  range, 
  53 
  to 
  452 
  fath. 
  ; 
  in 
  one 
  instance 
  in 
  984 
  fath. 
  (per- 
  

   haps 
  an 
  error). 
  Most 
  common 
  in 
  150 
  to 
  350 
  fath. 
  Taken 
  by 
  

   the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Comm. 
  at 
  70 
  stations 
  between 
  K 
  lat. 
  44° 
  47' 
  

   and 
  38° 
  27'. 
  It 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  sent 
  by 
  the 
  Gloucester 
  fisher- 
  

   men, 
  from 
  several 
  localities 
  on 
  the 
  various 
  Banks 
  off 
  JSFova 
  

   Scotia, 
  in 
  60 
  to 
  230 
  fath. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  P. 
  Andromeda 
  of 
  Northern 
  Europe 
  

   (40 
  to 
  690 
  fath.), 
  and 
  may 
  eventually 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  identical. 
  

   Several 
  allied 
  species 
  are 
  known 
  from 
  the 
  East 
  Atlantic, 
  Indian, 
  

   and 
  Pacific 
  Oceans. 
  

  

  Bathybiaster 
  robttstus 
  Verrill. 
  

  

  Archaster 
  robustus 
  Verrill, 
  this 
  Journal, 
  xxix, 
  p. 
  383, 
  1885 
  ; 
  Expl. 
  by 
  the 
  Alba- 
  

   tross 
  in 
  1883. 
  pp. 
  519, 
  541, 
  1885. 
  

  

  Phoxaster 
  pumilus 
  Sladen, 
  op. 
  cit., 
  p. 
  236, 
  pi. 
  15, 
  figs. 
  3-6; 
  pi. 
  40, 
  figs. 
  7-ll 
  r 
  

   1889 
  (Young). 
  

  

  Bathybiaster 
  robustus 
  Verrill, 
  Proc. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  xvii, 
  p. 
  256, 
  1894. 
  

  

  B. 
  ran^e, 
  705 
  to 
  1467 
  fatb. 
  ; 
  1240 
  to 
  1700 
  (Sladen). 
  Taken 
  

   at 
  33 
  stations 
  between 
  N. 
  lat. 
  41° 
  28' 
  and 
  35° 
  10'. 
  

  

  Tins 
  is 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  B.jpallidus 
  from 
  off 
  the 
  Scandinavian 
  

   coast. 
  An 
  allied 
  species 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  Pacific 
  and 
  Ant- 
  

   arctic 
  Oceans, 
  in 
  75 
  to 
  245 
  fath. 
  

  

  LuiDrA 
  clathrata 
  (Say). 
  

  

  Asterias 
  clathrata 
  Say, 
  Journ. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci., 
  Philad 
  , 
  vol. 
  v, 
  p. 
  142, 
  1825. 
  

   Luidia 
  clathrata 
  Lutken, 
  Vidensk. 
  Meddel., 
  p. 
  37, 
  1859; 
  A. 
  Agassiz, 
  North 
  

  

  American 
  Starfishes, 
  p. 
  117, 
  pi. 
  20, 
  1877 
  ; 
  Verrill, 
  this 
  Journ., 
  vol. 
  iii, 
  p. 
  438, 
  

  

  1872. 
  

  

  B. 
  range, 
  1 
  to 
  48 
  fath. 
  Most 
  common 
  in 
  less 
  than 
  20 
  fatb. 
  

   Taken 
  at 
  18 
  stations, 
  from 
  N. 
  lat. 
  37° 
  31' 
  to 
  35° 
  12'. 
  Common 
  

   in 
  shallow 
  water 
  southward 
  to 
  Florida, 
  West 
  Indies, 
  and 
  Bio 
  

   Janeiro, 
  Brazil. 
  Bare 
  north 
  of 
  Cape 
  Hatteras. 
  

  

  Allied 
  species 
  occur 
  in 
  all 
  tropical 
  seas. 
  

  

  Luidia 
  elegans 
  Perrier. 
  

  

  Luidia 
  elegans 
  Perrier, 
  Arch. 
  Zool. 
  Exper., 
  p. 
  256, 
  1876; 
  Verrill, 
  this 
  Journal, 
  

   vol. 
  xx, 
  p. 
  403, 
  1880 
  ; 
  Expl. 
  by 
  the 
  Albatross, 
  in 
  Ana. 
  Rep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Comm., 
  

   vol. 
  xi, 
  p. 
  543, 
  pi. 
  13, 
  figs. 
  39, 
  39% 
  1885. 
  

  

  B. 
  range, 
  53 
  to 
  146 
  fath. 
  Most 
  common 
  from 
  60 
  to 
  120 
  fath. 
  

  

  Taken 
  at 
  34 
  stations 
  between 
  N. 
  lat. 
  40° 
  16' 
  and 
  35° 
  10' 
  40". 
  

   Seldom 
  obtained 
  entire. 
  Appears 
  to 
  extend 
  to 
  tbe 
  West 
  

   Indies. 
  

  

  Family 
  Goniasterip^e 
  or 
  Pentagonasterid^e. 
  

  

  Pentagonaster 
  EXiMirs 
  Verrill. 
  

  

  Proc. 
  Nat. 
  Mus 
  , 
  vol. 
  xvii, 
  p. 
  264, 
  1894. 
  

  

  B. 
  range, 
  80 
  to 
  122 
  fatb., 
  rare. 
  Taken 
  at 
  two 
  stations, 
  IN", 
  lat. 
  

   44° 
  27' 
  30" 
  and 
  42° 
  25' 
  40". 
  

  

  Closely 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  following 
  species. 
  

  

  

  