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that these pedicellariæ are of a very primitive structure, and there- 
fore of considerable morphological interest, indicating the way in 
which the elaborate structure 
of the crossed pedicellariæ has 
developed. The straight pedi¬ 
cellariæ (Fig. 16.b) are very 
small and simple, with finely 
serrate edge. 
Ben ham records this spe¬ 
cies from Macquarie Island. As 
pointed out by Koehler (Op. 
cit. p. 97) this is probably a 
mistake; the specimen examined 
by B e n h a m most probably be- 
longs to the species Parastich- 
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Or o 
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r' I 
r ^ c rr r 
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a. 
^ H ^ b \ 
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b. 
Fig. 16. Calvasterias Suteri. 
Valves of pedicellariæ; a. of crossed, 
b. of straight form. ^“/i. 
aster Mawsoni Koehler. Thus, 5. 
Suteri is known with certainty only from the South Island of New 
Zealand, Stewart Island and the Snares Island. But the interesting 
faet here recorded of a living specimen (young) being found on a 
floating Lessonia in the open sea off the Auckland Island makes it 
probable that the species will be found also in other places in the 
subantarctic area of New Zealand. 
20. Calvasterias lævigata (Hutton). 
PI. Xlll. Fig. 12; PI. XIV. Figs. 3-10. 
Asterias rupicola, var. lævigatus. Hutton. 1879. Notes on a Collect- 
ion from the Auckland and Campbell 
Isl. Trans. N. Z. Inst. XI. p. 343. 
Stichaster suteri, var. lævigatus. Farquhar. 1898. Notes on New Zea¬ 
land Starfishes. Trans. N. Z. Inst. XXX. 
p. 189. 
_ _ — Farquhar. 1898. On the Echinoderm 
Fauna of New Zealand. Proc. Linn. Soc. 
N. S. Wales. p. 313. 
_ _ — Benham. 1909. Subantarctic Islands 
of New Zealand. Echinoderms. p. 302. 
Calvasterias lævigata. W. K. Fisher. 1923. A preliminary Synopsis of 
the Asteriidæ, a family of Sea Stars. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 9. Ser. 
XII. p. 606. 
