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SPATANGACE.E. 



ECHINIDM. 



SPATANGACE/E. 



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ROSY HEART-URCHIN. 



Amphidotus roseus. Forbes. 



Specific Character, — Body ovate, no dorsal depression ; dorsal impression 

 oblongo-pentangular ; post-oral spinous space lanceolate. 



Spatangus ovatus, Fleming, Wem. Mem. V. p. 287, t. vi. British Ani- 

 mals, p. 480. 



This pretty Heart-Urcliiii was discovered by Dr. Fle- 

 ming, who referred it to a figure of Leske's representing 

 a different species ; and it is not the ovatus of Continental 

 authors, to whom it appears to be unknown. I have 

 accordingly given it the name of roseus, as expressive of its 

 usual colour when alive. Its form is oval, and its back is 



