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CIDARITES, 



ECHJNIDM. 



CIDARITES. 



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SILKY-SPINED EGG-URCHIN. 



Echinus neglectus. Lamarck. 



Specific character. — Rows of pores bent, five pair in each row throughout ; 

 spines thick, conic, glistening, longitudinally striate ; stria; and ridges equal, 

 transversely striated ; primary spines scarcely longer than secondaries. 



Echinus neglectus, Lamarck, An. sans Vert. 1 Edit. II. p. 49 ; 2 Edit. III. 



p. 3GG. Encyc. Meth. pi. exxxiii. fig. 3, a, b. 

 Echinus lividus, var. Blainv. Man. d'Actin. p. 226. 

 Echinus subangularis, Fleming, Brit. An. p. 479. 



The form of this Urchin is depressed and angular ; the 

 ground colour dark brownish-purple with pinkish-white 

 tubercles and greenish spines. From the Echinus lividus 

 it is easily distinguished by its short spines, greater size, 

 and the pairs of pores being always five in each row from 



