132. Underside of the central disk 

 of Ophiocoma, revealing the star- 

 shaped mouth of this beautifully 

 patterned brittle star of the South 

 Pacific. (Great Banier Reef. Je- 

 rome and Dorothy Schweitzer) 



133. Brittle stars near shores are 

 usually insinuated under stones or 

 in the holdfasts of seaweeds. 

 These two (same species as in 

 Plate 131) were clinging to a 

 dead sea fan (Plate 12) in a tank 

 at the Station Biologique, Roscoff, 

 France. (Ralph Buchshaum) 



