123. The long-armed starfisli of 

 European waters, Luidiu ciliaris, 

 has close relatives on the Amer- 

 ican side of the Atlantic. Like 

 most specimens from well-fished 

 waters, it shows evidence of 

 having regenerated parts of sev- 

 ^ ral arms, probablv after muti- 

 l.ition b\ fishermen's trawls. It 

 feeds on starfishes, sea urchins, 

 and sea cucumbers. (RoscofI, 

 France. Ralph Buchsbaum) 



124. The common European 

 starfish, Asterias rtihens, feeds 

 mainly on bivalves, and is abun- 

 dant on beds of mussels. Two 

 American relatives, the more 

 northerly Afterias vulgaris and 

 the more southerly Asterias for- 

 besi, do great damage to east- 

 coast oyster beds. Roscoff, 

 France. Ralph Buchsbaum) 



