RECORDS OF IV. A. MUSEUM. 
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ASTERIAS CALAMARIA. 
Gray, 1840, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 6, p. 179. 
This species has not been recorded from West Australia 
hitherto, though its occurrence there is quite to have been expected 
if Gray’s original specimens were really from such widely separated 
places as Mauritius and Australia. 
No data. One specimen, No. 133. 
ASTERIAS POLYPLAX. 
Asteracanthion polyplax, Muller and Troschel, 1844. Arch. f. Naturg. Jhrg. 10, 
vol. 1, p 178. 
Asterias polyplax, Perrier, 1875- Arch. Zool.'Exp., vol. 4, p. 3 2 7- 
This is one of those perplexing starfishes, which it is almost 
impossible to distinguish from Asterias, in a broad sense, and which 
nevertheless seems to belong in the Stichasteridae if that family is 
to be recognised. As I very much question the validity of this 
latter family, it seems to me better to keep polyplax in the genus 
Asterias, until that assemblage of species is properly broken up into 
its component parts. As both Verri! and Fisher are now at work 
on this problem, the name Asterias polyplax may well be used for a 
few years more for the present Australasian species. 
Between Fremantle and Geraldton, 80-120 fms. Gne speci- 
men, No. 4917. 
