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  A. 
  E. 
  Verrill 
  — 
  Echi7ioderms 
  of 
  Northeastern 
  America. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  easily 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  even 
  spinulation 
  

   of 
  its 
  dorsal 
  surface, 
  the 
  pseudopaxillse 
  being 
  crowded 
  and 
  

   larger 
  than 
  in 
  iS. 
  endeca. 
  The 
  rays 
  are 
  usually 
  nine. 
  

  

  It 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  allied 
  to 
  8. 
  paxillatus 
  SL, 
  from 
  south 
  of 
  

   Japan, 
  in 
  345 
  fath., 
  and 
  to 
  S. 
  Stimpsoni 
  V., 
  1879. 
  

  

  SOLASTER 
  ABYSSICOLA. 
  Verrill. 
  

  

  Solaster 
  abyssicola 
  Verrill, 
  this 
  Journal, 
  vol. 
  xxix, 
  p. 
  152, 
  1885; 
  Expl. 
  by 
  the 
  

   Albatross 
  in 
  1883, 
  in 
  Ann. 
  Hep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Pish 
  Comm., 
  p. 
  541, 
  [39], 
  1885. 
  

  

  B. 
  range, 
  843 
  to 
  1537 
  fath. 
  Taken 
  at 
  several 
  stations 
  from 
  

   N. 
  lat. 
  39° 
  05' 
  30" 
  to 
  35° 
  45' 
  30". 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  remarkable 
  for 
  the 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  papulae, 
  

   of 
  rather 
  large 
  size, 
  between 
  the 
  dorsal 
  plates 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  spinules 
  when 
  expanded. 
  The 
  actinal 
  plates 
  bear 
  

   stellate 
  paxillee, 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  back. 
  It 
  most 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  has 
  eight 
  rays 
  ; 
  sometimes 
  seven 
  or 
  nine. 
  

  

  This 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  allied 
  to 
  S. 
  regularis 
  SI., 
  from 
  west 
  of 
  

   Patagonia, 
  in 
  175 
  fath. 
  

  

  Solaster 
  Benebicti 
  Verrill. 
  

  

  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  xvii, 
  p. 
  273, 
  1894. 
  

  

  B. 
  range, 
  841 
  to 
  1081 
  fath. 
  Taken 
  at 
  several 
  stations 
  from 
  

   K 
  lat. 
  40° 
  53' 
  30" 
  to 
  35° 
  45' 
  23", 
  by 
  the 
  IT. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Comm. 
  

  

  Easily 
  distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  rather 
  small 
  and 
  well 
  separated 
  

   dorsal 
  pseudopaxillse, 
  with 
  few 
  small 
  papulae 
  between 
  them 
  ; 
  

   by 
  the 
  actinal 
  plates 
  having 
  small 
  groups, 
  mostly 
  of 
  two 
  to 
  

   four 
  small 
  spines 
  ; 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  small 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  transverse 
  

   adambulacral 
  spines. 
  It 
  usually 
  has 
  nine 
  rays; 
  sometimes 
  ten. 
  

  

  Solaster 
  Earllii 
  Verrill. 
  

   This 
  Journal, 
  vol. 
  xvii. 
  p. 
  473, 
  1879; 
  Expl. 
  by 
  the 
  Albatross 
  in 
  1883, 
  in 
  Ann. 
  

   Report 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Comm., 
  vol. 
  xi, 
  p. 
  541, 
  pi. 
  13, 
  fig. 
  50&, 
  pi. 
  19, 
  figs. 
  50, 
  50a, 
  

  

  1885. 
  

  

  B. 
  range, 
  120 
  to 
  325 
  fath., 
  in 
  the 
  cold 
  areas. 
  Taken 
  by 
  the 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Comm. 
  at 
  a 
  few 
  stations 
  between 
  K 
  lat. 
  44° 
  28' 
  50" 
  

   and 
  40° 
  04'. 
  It 
  was 
  brought 
  by 
  the 
  Gloucester 
  fishermen 
  from 
  

   several 
  of 
  the 
  Banks 
  oh* 
  JSTova 
  Scotia 
  and 
  Newfoundland, 
  from 
  

   K 
  lat. 
  45° 
  25' 
  to 
  George's 
  Bank 
  ; 
  taken 
  mostly 
  in 
  170 
  to 
  300 
  

   fath. 
  

  

  Most 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  are 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  original 
  type 
  

   figured, 
  and 
  have 
  a 
  broader 
  and 
  more 
  tumid 
  disk, 
  with 
  wider 
  

   and 
  more 
  swollen 
  rays, 
  which 
  are 
  usually 
  nine. 
  The 
  dorsal 
  

   pseudopaxillse 
  are 
  rather 
  large, 
  stout, 
  and 
  stellate, 
  giving 
  the 
  

   back 
  a 
  rather 
  coarsely 
  spinulose 
  appearance. 
  The 
  adambula- 
  

   cral 
  and 
  actinal 
  spines 
  are 
  long 
  and 
  tapered. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  allied 
  to 
  S. 
  JJawsoni 
  Ver. 
  (1879), 
  from 
  the 
  K 
  W. 
  

   coast 
  of 
  America, 
  in 
  8 
  to 
  15 
  fath. 
  

  

  