﻿A. 
  E. 
  Verrill 
  — 
  Eehinoderms 
  of 
  Northeastern 
  America. 
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  Asteracanthion 
  berylinus 
  Ag. 
  MSS., 
  A. 
  Agassiz, 
  Embryology 
  of 
  Echinod., 
  in 
  

   Proc. 
  Arner. 
  Acad., 
  1863 
  ; 
  Embryology 
  of 
  the 
  Starfish, 
  in 
  Agassiz 
  Contribu- 
  

   tions, 
  vol. 
  v, 
  p. 
  3 
  ; 
  Sea-side 
  Studies, 
  p. 
  108, 
  tigs. 
  141-145, 
  1865; 
  N. 
  Ameri- 
  

   can 
  Starfishes, 
  p. 
  94, 
  pi. 
  9, 
  1877. 
  

  

  Asterias 
  Forbesii 
  Verrill, 
  Proc. 
  Boston 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  vol. 
  x, 
  p. 
  345, 
  1866; 
  

   Invert. 
  Vineyard 
  Sd., 
  p. 
  424, 
  1873 
  ; 
  this 
  Journal, 
  vol. 
  xi, 
  pp. 
  418, 
  419, 
  1876. 
  

  

  Asterias 
  Forbesii 
  and 
  A. 
  arenicola 
  Perrier, 
  Arch., 
  Zool. 
  Exper., 
  vol. 
  iv, 
  p. 
  315, 
  

   1875. 
  

  

  B. 
  range, 
  to 
  27 
  fath., 
  chiefly 
  in 
  the 
  warm 
  areas. 
  Its 
  

   normal 
  range 
  extends 
  from 
  Massachusetts 
  Bay 
  to 
  Northern 
  

   Florida 
  and 
  the 
  northern 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico, 
  in 
  

   shallow 
  water 
  ; 
  rare 
  and 
  local, 
  in 
  sheltered 
  localities, 
  north 
  of 
  

   Massachusetts, 
  as 
  at 
  Quahog 
  Bay, 
  east 
  of 
  Portland, 
  Maine, 
  and 
  

   near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Kennebeck 
  River. 
  

  

  Very 
  abundant 
  in 
  Long 
  Island 
  Sound 
  ; 
  Buzzard's 
  Bay 
  ; 
  

   Vineyard 
  Sound 
  ; 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  Long 
  Island, 
  from 
  

   low-water 
  to 
  15 
  fathoms, 
  especially 
  on 
  oyster 
  beds, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  

   very 
  destructive. 
  

  

  Asterias 
  vulgaris 
  Stimpson, 
  MSS. 
  

  

  Packard, 
  in 
  Canadian 
  Naturalist 
  and 
  Geologist, 
  1863 
  (no 
  description) 
  ; 
  Verrill, 
  

   Proc. 
  Boston 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist 
  , 
  vol. 
  x, 
  p. 
  347, 
  1866 
  (description). 
  

  

  Asterias 
  Sbimpsoni 
  (pars) 
  Verrill, 
  Proc. 
  Bost. 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  vol. 
  x, 
  p. 
  349, 
  

   1866, 
  Young. 
  

  

  Asteracanthion 
  pallidus 
  Ag. 
  MSS. 
  ; 
  A. 
  Agassiz, 
  Embryology, 
  in 
  Proc. 
  Amer. 
  

   Acad., 
  1863 
  (no 
  description); 
  Embryology 
  of 
  the 
  Starfish, 
  in 
  Agassiz' 
  Con- 
  

   tributions, 
  vol. 
  v, 
  p. 
  3. 
  

  

  Asterias 
  vulgaris 
  Verrill, 
  Invert. 
  Vineyard 
  Sd., 
  pp. 
  490, 
  424, 
  1873; 
  this 
  

   Journal, 
  vol. 
  xi, 
  p. 
  419, 
  1876 
  (revision). 
  

  

  Asterias 
  pallida, 
  A. 
  vulgaris, 
  and 
  A. 
  Fabricii 
  Perrier, 
  Arch., 
  Zool. 
  Exper., 
  

   vol. 
  iv, 
  pp. 
  317-320, 
  1875. 
  

  

  B. 
  range, 
  to 
  358 
  fath 
  ; 
  most 
  abundant 
  in 
  1 
  to 
  60 
  fath. 
  

   Belongs 
  to 
  the 
  cold 
  areas. 
  Eastern 
  part 
  of 
  Long 
  Island 
  Sound 
  

   to 
  Labrador, 
  in 
  shallow 
  water 
  ; 
  in 
  deep 
  water 
  it 
  ranges 
  south- 
  

   ward 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  off 
  Cape 
  Hatteras. 
  Very 
  abundant 
  in 
  Massa- 
  

   chusetts 
  Bay, 
  Casco 
  Bay, 
  Bay 
  of 
  Fundy, 
  from 
  above 
  low- 
  water 
  

   mark 
  to 
  60 
  fathoms 
  ; 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  deeper 
  parts 
  of 
  Vineyard 
  

   Sound 
  and 
  off 
  Buzzard's 
  Bay 
  in 
  6 
  to 
  45 
  fathoms; 
  common 
  S. 
  of 
  

   Martha's 
  Vineyard 
  in 
  10 
  to 
  50 
  fathoms, 
  and 
  occasionally 
  in 
  190 
  

   to 
  358 
  fath. 
  ; 
  off 
  Watch 
  Hill, 
  Khode 
  Island, 
  4 
  to 
  20 
  fathoms, 
  

   common 
  ; 
  Faulkner's 
  Island, 
  Connecticut, 
  low-water, 
  rare. 
  

  

  Asterias 
  stellionuea 
  Perrier. 
  

  

  Asteracanthion 
  stellionura 
  Perrier, 
  Ann. 
  des 
  Sci. 
  Nat., 
  vol. 
  xii, 
  p. 
  420, 
  pi. 
  1, 
  

  

  figs. 
  106. 
  10(7, 
  1869. 
  

   Asterias 
  stellionura 
  Perrier. 
  Stellerides, 
  in 
  Arch. 
  Zool. 
  Exper., 
  vol. 
  iv, 
  p. 
  310. 
  

  

  1875; 
  Verrill, 
  this 
  Journal, 
  vol. 
  xvi, 
  p. 
  214, 
  1878; 
  Danielssen 
  and 
  Koren, 
  

  

  op. 
  cit., 
  p. 
  14, 
  pi. 
  4, 
  figs. 
  1-9, 
  1884. 
  

  

  B. 
  range, 
  40 
  to 
  300 
  fathoms 
  ; 
  strictly 
  northern. 
  Taken 
  at 
  

   numerous 
  localities 
  on 
  the 
  Grand 
  Banks, 
  Banks 
  off 
  Nova 
  Scotia, 
  

   and 
  on 
  George's 
  Bank 
  by 
  the 
  Gloucester 
  fishermen, 
  40 
  to 
  300 
  

  

  