Harriman Alaska Expedition (Volume 14, PT. 1) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914. Excerpt: ... SPECIES WRONGLY ATTRIBUTED TO THIS FAUNA. Asterias rubens Linn.--Ives (1890) recorded this from San Luis Obispo. Murdoch recorded it from Point Barrow, Arctic Ocean. The latter proves to be Allasterias rathbuni Verrill. Asterias lurida Phil.--Ives (1889) recorded this from San Diego, California. It is a Chilean species and not likely to be found in Californian waters. The species mistaken for it is uncertain. Linckia guildingii Gray.--This species is known only from the West Indies and Bermuda. It was recorded with doubt by Ives (1889) from San Diego. Probably his small specimen was the young of L. columbia. For southern (Panamic) species recorded from San Diego or further north, see below, p. 346. Perhaps some are errors as to locality due to misplaced labels. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. The following account of the geograhpical distribution of the shallow-water species included in this paper is intended merely to give the general facts, so far as now known to me. No doubt the elaboration of the extensive collections of Forcipulata made by the steamer Albatross, from deeper waters, will very materially change the range of many species now known only from the shores and very shallow waters. For my present purpose, the entire region may be divided into four great faunal districts: I. The Beringian or North Alaskan.--This includes the Arctic Ocean coast of Alaska and all the coasts and islands of Bering Sea, south to the Aleutian Islands and Alaskan Peninsula. II. The Columbia-Alaskan.--This includes the coasts and islands of Alaska, south of the Aleutian Islands, and the entire coast of British Columbia, with Vancouver Island; Puget Sound, and the northwestern coast of Washington; the Gulf of Georgia; and the Straits of Fuca. III. The Californian.--This inc...