﻿A. 
  E. 
  Verrill 
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  Echinoderms 
  of 
  Northeastern 
  America. 
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  Leptasterias 
  littoralis 
  Verrill. 
  

  

  Asteracanthion 
  littoralis 
  Stimpson, 
  Invert. 
  Grand 
  Manan, 
  p. 
  14, 
  1853. 
  

   Asterias 
  littoralis 
  Verrill, 
  Proc. 
  Boston 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  vol. 
  x, 
  p. 
  349. 
  1866; 
  

  

  Perrier. 
  Stellerides, 
  in 
  Arch. 
  Zool. 
  Exper., 
  iv, 
  p. 
  3l5, 
  1815 
  ; 
  Verrill, 
  Expl. 
  

  

  Casco 
  Bay, 
  p. 
  364, 
  1874. 
  

   Leptasterias 
  littoralis 
  Verrill, 
  Check 
  List 
  Marine 
  Invert., 
  p. 
  14, 
  1879 
  ; 
  K. 
  J. 
  Bush, 
  

  

  Moll, 
  and 
  Echinod. 
  Labrador, 
  in 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  vi, 
  p. 
  246, 
  1883. 
  

  

  B. 
  range, 
  to 
  23 
  fath. 
  Casco 
  Bay, 
  Me., 
  to 
  Cumberland 
  Gulf. 
  

   Eastport, 
  Me., 
  at 
  low-water 
  mark 
  among 
  rocks, 
  locally 
  abun- 
  

   dant. 
  Also 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Nova 
  Scotia 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  

   of 
  St. 
  Lawrence. 
  This 
  is 
  very 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  L. 
  Gronlandica. 
  

  

  This, 
  like 
  the 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  Leptasterias, 
  carries 
  its 
  large 
  

   ova 
  and 
  .young 
  attached 
  in 
  large 
  clusters 
  around 
  the 
  mouth. 
  It 
  

   breeds 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  season, 
  April 
  and 
  May, 
  at 
  Eastport, 
  Me. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  five 
  species 
  of 
  Leptasterias 
  here 
  named, 
  

   there 
  are 
  other 
  forms 
  on 
  our 
  northern 
  coast 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  dis- 
  

   tinct, 
  but 
  need 
  much 
  study. 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  have 
  hitherto 
  been 
  

   referred 
  to 
  L. 
  Mulleri 
  and 
  to 
  L. 
  Stimpsoni 
  V., 
  1866. 
  The 
  

   latter 
  originally 
  included, 
  in 
  part, 
  young 
  of 
  Asterias 
  vulgaris, 
  

   but 
  the 
  description 
  was 
  largely 
  based 
  on 
  a 
  Leptasterias 
  that 
  is 
  

   near 
  L. 
  hyperborea 
  (Dan. 
  and 
  Kor.) 
  and 
  probably 
  distinct 
  from 
  

   those 
  here 
  recorded. 
  

  

  Hydrasterias 
  ophidion 
  Sladen. 
  

  

  Asterias 
  (Hydrasterias) 
  ophidion 
  Sladen, 
  Voyage 
  of 
  the 
  Challenger, 
  vol. 
  xxx, 
  

  

  p. 
  581, 
  pi. 
  99. 
  figs. 
  3 
  and 
  4; 
  pi. 
  103, 
  figs. 
  3 
  and 
  4, 
  1889. 
  

   Hydrasterias 
  ophidion 
  Verrill, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  xvii, 
  p. 
  279, 
  1894. 
  

  

  B. 
  range, 
  1250 
  to 
  1742 
  fath. 
  One 
  specimen 
  was 
  dredged 
  in 
  

   N. 
  lat. 
  40° 
  34' 
  18", 
  W. 
  long. 
  66° 
  09', 
  1742 
  fath. 
  It 
  was 
  taken 
  

   by 
  the 
  Challenger 
  in 
  K 
  lat. 
  42° 
  08', 
  off 
  Halifax, 
  in 
  1250 
  fath. 
  

  

  Family 
  Brisingid^e 
  Sars. 
  

   Odixia 
  Americana 
  Verriil. 
  

  

  Brisinga 
  Americana 
  Verrill, 
  this 
  Journal, 
  vol. 
  xix, 
  p. 
  139, 
  1880; 
  Expl. 
  by 
  the 
  

   Albatross 
  in 
  1883, 
  in 
  Rep. 
  Com'r. 
  Fish 
  and 
  Fisheries, 
  xi, 
  p. 
  636, 
  pi. 
  17, 
  fig. 
  52, 
  

   1885. 
  

   Freyella 
  Americana 
  Sladen, 
  Voyage 
  of 
  the 
  Challenger, 
  vol. 
  xxx, 
  pp. 
  616, 
  617, 
  

  

  834. 
  1889. 
  

   Odinia 
  Americana 
  Verrill, 
  Proc. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  xvii, 
  p. 
  279, 
  1894. 
  

  

  B. 
  range, 
  175 
  to 
  400 
  fath. 
  Two 
  specimens 
  were 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  

   Gloucester 
  fishermen 
  on 
  Banquereau, 
  off 
  JSFova 
  Scotia, 
  one 
  at 
  N. 
  

   lat. 
  44° 
  12', 
  W. 
  long. 
  58° 
  37', 
  clinging 
  to 
  Paragorgia 
  arbor 
  ea. 
  

  

  Both 
  of 
  our 
  specimens 
  had 
  20 
  (detached) 
  arms. 
  It 
  grows 
  to 
  

   great 
  size. 
  

  

  Brisinga 
  costata 
  Verrill. 
  

  

  Brisinga 
  costata 
  Verrill, 
  this 
  Journal, 
  vol. 
  xxviii, 
  p. 
  382, 
  1884; 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  

   Nat. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  xvii, 
  p. 
  280, 
  1894. 
  

  

  B. 
  range, 
  828 
  to 
  2021 
  fath. 
  Taken 
  at 
  several 
  stations 
  from 
  

   N. 
  lat. 
  41° 
  28' 
  to 
  35° 
  45' 
  23". 
  

  

  Species 
  of 
  Brisinga 
  and 
  Freyella 
  are 
  found 
  at 
  great 
  depths 
  

   in 
  all 
  the 
  oceans. 
  

  

  Brisinga 
  multicostata 
  Verrill. 
  

  

  Brisinga 
  mv.lticostata 
  Verrill, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  xvii, 
  p. 
  280, 
  1894. 
  

  

  