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Show 294 'MR. F. P. BEDFORD ON MALAYAN ECHINODERMS. [Mar. 20, References. J. 0. E. Perrier, Revision des Stellerides, 1875, p. 229. Th. Studer, Abhandl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1884. L. Doederlein, Semon's Zool. Forsch. in Austr. &c. Bd. v. Lf. 3, p. 31,Taf. xviii. fig. 3. Locality. A single specimen dredged in 10 fathoms off Malacca. Distribution. Malacca to Australia. A single specimen was brought to Europe in 1837 from the Straits of Malacca by Eydoux and Souleyet (v. Perrier), but the authenticity of the locality has been since doubted ; it is interesting therefore to have the opportunity of confirming the original statement. This specimen appears to be identicalVith Australian examples in the British Museum; a minute, scanty granulation is present on the superomarginals, the inferomarginals being smooth ; in three of the arms the superomarginals of each side alternate along the arm, especially towards its distal end (cf. Doederlein's figure and also Studer's Doriqona moebii). No. of E. r. Arm-breadth. marginals. 52-5 15 17 5 21 9. GONTODISCUS ARTICULATUS. Pentaceros granulosus, J. E. Gray, Synopsis of Starfish, p. 6, tab. 6. f. iii. (1866). Goniodiscus scaber, K. Mbbius, Neue Seesterne d. Hamb. u. Kiel. Mus. 1859, p. 10, Taf. iii. Goniodiscus articulaius (Linn.), P. de Loriol, R e c Zool. Suisse, t. i. 1884, p. 638, Taf. xxxv. References. W . P. Sladen, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxi. 1888, p. 328. R. Koehler, M e m . Soc. Zool. France, -viii. 1895 p. 392. R=2-2 X r. Locality. Four specimens in 5 to 10 fathoms, Singapore (two are quite young). Distribution Mergui, Singapore, Sunda Straits ; Swan River and Fremantle, W . Australia. The species appears to be rare. I can find no distinction between Pentaceros granulosus and this species. No. of E. r. Arm-breadth. marginals. 70-5 32 38 1-^15. 10. STELLASTER INCEI. Stdlaster gracilis, K. Mobius, Neue Seesterne d. H a m b u Kiel Mus. 1859, p. 12, Taf. i. figs. 3, 4. Stellaster incei, J. E. Gray, Synopsis of Starfish in Brit. Mus. p. 7, 1866. Stellaster belcheri, J. E. Gray, Synopsis of Starfish in Brit Mus p. 7, 1866. Stellaster squamvlosus, Th. Studer, Abhandl. Akad. Wiss Berlin 1884 iv. p. 33, Taf. iv. fig. 6. |