Fapers from Dr. Th. Mortensen’s Pacific Expedition 
1914 — 16 . 
XXIX. 
Echinoderms of New Zealand and the Auckland- 
Campbell Islands. 
III—V. Asteroidea, Holothurioidea and Crinoidea. 
By 
Dr. Th. Mortensen. 
(With Pis. XII-XIV). 
III. Asteroidea. 
The first seastar to be recorded from New Zealand was >ls^ro- 
goniurn miliare, described by Cray in 1847^). The second was 
Stephanaster elegans, described by Ayres in 1851 ^), which proved, 
however, to be identical with Pentagonaster pulchellus Cray. This 
species was described already in 1840®), Cray giving, however, 
— doubtlessly on account of an incorrect label — China as the locality. 
These two species were the only ones known from New Zealand 
until Verri 11 in 1867^) published the description of four new 
species of seastars from there, viz. Coelasterias australis, Coscin- 
asterias muricaia, Åsterina (Åsteriscus) regularis and Astropecten 
Edw ardsi. 
In his ‘‘Catalogue of the Echinodermata of New Zealand’' 1872 
Hu tt on describes the following four new species: Åsterias mollis, 
Margarasier (?) scaber, Åstrogonium rugosum and Pteraster inflatus; 
also a new variety of Pentagonaster pulchellus is described. Three 
J. E. Cray. Descriptions of some new genera and species of starfishes. 
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. XX. 1847, p. 200. 
W. O. Ayres. Stephanaster elegans. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. IV* 
1851. (1854); p. 118. 
J. E. Cray. Synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma 
(Åsterias Linn.). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. VI. 1840; p. 280. 
^) A. E. Verri 11. Notes on the Radiata in the Museum of Yale College. 
No. 1. Descriptions of new Starfishes from New Zealand. Trans. Connect. 
Acad. Sci. I. 1867; p. 247. 
