96 ANIMALS OF THE SEASHORE 



Leptosynapta inhaerens Muller (Synapta) 



(Synapta inhaerens Muller) 



PLATE VIII. Fig. 4 



A long' slender worm-like form which is very 

 common in sand and mud along the New England 

 coast and in Long Island Sound. It occurs sparing- 

 ly as far south as North Carolina. 



Cucumaria pulcherrima Ayers 



PLATE VIII. Fig. 5 



A small white or yellowish form usually about 

 1 inch long and % inch in diameter, occasionally 

 slightly larger. Rarely found alive, hut dead speci- 

 mens have been picked up on beaches between Vine- 

 yard Sound and South Carolina, usually after severe 

 storms. (Cape May, N. J. September 9, 1927). 



CRINOIDEA 



(Sea Lilies and Feather Stars) 



On our Atlantic coast these live only in deep 

 water where, however, they are locally abundant. 

 The sea lilies have a flower-like crown at the sum- 

 mit of a slender stalk. In the feather stars there is 

 no stalk, but instead circlets of jointed hook-like 

 processes by means of which the animals attach 

 themselves to objects on the sea bottom. 



Feather stars are especially numerous on the 



