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Figure 30. — Heiiriria sanguinolenta. A, aboral; B, oral. 

 5 cm. indicated. 



Figure 31. — Echinaster spinulosus. A, aboral; B, oral. 

 3 em. indicated. 



spine on the outer margin. Madreporite prom- 

 inent, flattish, wartlike. Tlie whole body in- 

 vested in moderately thick dermis. Rr=4: 1. 

 Color dark red, purple, or reddish brown. 



Range : 



North Carolina to west coast of f'lorida and 

 Gulf of Mexico, shore to 60 m. P'ound on reefs 

 in Onslow Bay. Seemingly reported in North 

 Carolina for the first time by Pearse and "Wil- 

 liams (1951) from a reef off New River Inlet. 



Echinaster sentus (Say) 



Synonymy : 



Asferias sentus Say, 1825. 

 Echinaster sentus : Liitken, 1871. 



Description : 



Disc small, rays five, of moderate length, 

 rounded. Aboral spines in five irregular rows, 

 median row mo.st distinct. Larger aboral 

 plates sometimes ha\'e two to three spines, but 

 usually one. Two marginal rows of plates 



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