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CiONIASTERI.E. 



AST EM ADM. 



GONIASTEMM. 



Genus Palmipes. Link. Agassiz. 



Generic Character. — Body pentagonal, flat, thin, covered above and beneath 

 with fasciculated spines ; avenues bordered by longitudinal fasciculi of spines ; 

 suckers biserial. 



THE BIRD^-FOOT SEA-STAR. 



Palmipes membranaceus. Retz. 



Specific Character. — Lobes broad, ample, subacute. Colour, white, with red 

 rays and border. 



Asterias membranaceus, Retz. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 3164. Lamarck, An. 



sans Vert. 1 Edit. vol. II. p. 558 ; 2 Edit. vol. III. 



p. 244. 

 Stella quinquefida palmipes, Link, p. 29, t. i. f. 2. 



Asterias placenta, Pennant, Brit. An. IV. p. (>2, tab. xxi. fig. 59, A. 



Asterias cartalaginea, Flem. Brit. An. p. 485. 



Palmipes membranaceus, Agassiz, Prod. Forbes, Worn. Mem. VIII. p. 119. 



