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Astro pec ten Christ ii: Brachia 5, apicein versus valde 
attenuata, acuta, interjectis sinubus rotundatis; diameter minor 
ad majorem ~ 1:4 (in 5 pollicari). Scuta marginalia 33, 
sulcis profundis distincta; superiora inermia, minute granulata, 
spatio paxillifero angustiora; inferiora squamulosa, secus mar- 
ginem aboralem armata spinis planiusculis, arete adpressis, 
2—4. In scutis ambulacralibus spinae 3 seriatse, in infima serie 
6 tenues acuta?, dein sequuntur bis 4, duplo triplove brevio- 
res, adeo ut extimae in granula fere abeant. — Color laete 
roseus. 
Ast. aurantiaca var. Parelius 1. c. tab, XIV fig 4. 
Forst aterfunnen af Stiftamtmand Christie. 
Astropecten tenuispinus: Brachia 5, angusta attenua- 
ta, margine alto, interjectis sinubus late rotundatis; diameter 
minor ad majorem 1:4 (in sesquipollicari). Scuta marginalia 
18; omnia armata spinulis raris, quarum in medio eminet spina 
longior cylindrica, setacea; superne spatio paxillifero angu- 
stiora. Scuta ambulacralia cinguntur spinis 8, interioribus 
majoribus^ et in medio scuti eminet spina longior et fortior. 
Color griseo-flavicans ; habitus a genere alienus, fere Cteno- 
disci. 
Luydia Sarsii: Brachia constanter 5, interjectis sinubus 
acutis; diameter minor ad majorem 1:6 (in 6 pollicaribus). 
Scuta marginalia inferne 50—60, armata, in crista transversali, 
spinis teretibus 2—4, basi spinulis circumdatis. Scuta ambu- 
lacralia armantur, in eadem crista transversali, spinis 3, qua- 
rum infima, in sulcum ipsum descendens, compressa, acinaci- 
formis. Color bruneo-flavescens. 
Asterias, aurantiacse proxima Sars, Beskrivelser og 
Iagttagelser. 
