482 A. E. Verrill — Revision of the Genera of Starfishes 



The type of this genus is undoubtedly the common Medi- 

 terranean species. A. gibbosa (Pen.) = minuta JSTardo. The 

 genus, as here restricted, has the larger dorsal plates closely 

 imbricated, convex, relatively large and wide, notched on the 

 proximal side; when seen from the inside they are rather 

 rhombic or quadrate and only slightly lobed. There is often 

 a single small, rounded ossicle between them, but no large 

 clusters. The dorsal interradial plates near the margin have 

 stout, conical, descending processes internally. The dorsal 

 radial plates usually have one or two rows of spinules on the 

 edge, and also bear pedicellarise about as large as the spinules. 

 There may be as many as twelve rows of papulse. The geni- 

 tal pores are on the ventral side, in pairs, near the jaws. The 

 restricted genus includes, among others, the following : 



A. trochiscus (M. & Ti\). E. Indies. 



Asterinides Ver., no v. 

 Includes, besides the type, the following and several others : 



A. burtoni (Gray) = A. eepheus (M. & Tr.). S. Africa to Red 

 Sea; Ceylon ; E. Indies ; Philippines ; New Guinea, etc. 



A. loega (Per.). Has six to eight rays. Red Sea ; Mauritius. 



A. minuta (Linn., ex Gray), non M. and Tr. Antilles. Per- 

 haps == A. folium. 



A. modesta Ver. Panama ; Pearl Is. 



Patiria Gray, 1840. Type, P. coccinea Gray. 



This genus includes, among others, the following, besides 

 the type : 



P. miniata (Br.). California to Alaska. 



P. chilensis (Ltk.). Paita, Peru, to Chili. 



P. gayi (Per.). Chili. 



P. gramdosa Per. Hawaiian Is. 



P. pectinifera (M. & Tr.) Japan. 



P. granifera (Gray). Cape Good Hope. 



P. novcezelandice (Per.). New Zealand. 



Patiria miniata (Br.) Verrill. 



Asterias miniata Brandt, Prodromus, p. 68, 1835. 



Patiria miniata Verrtll, Trans. Conn. Acad., i, pp. 234, 236, 1867 (distri- 

 bution). 



Asterina miniata Sladen, op. cit., p. 774, 1889. Verrill, American Natu- 

 ralist, xliii, p. 547, fig. 2 (six-rayed), September, 1909. Fisher, Aster. 

 N. Pacific, p. 254, pi. Lvi, figs. 6, 8 ; pi. lxi, figs. 1-4 ; pi. lxii, figs. 1, 2, 

 1911, 



This large and variously colored species is common at low- 

 tide and in shallow water from California to southern Alaska. 



