THE BRITISH ENCRINITE 



little Pentacrinus europceus grows larger and 

 larger whilst the stalk shrivels and ceases to 



Fig. 217. — The living British Encrinite, the minute young of 

 the Feather Starfish {Comatula or Antedon), greatly 

 magnified. (Lent by the Trustees of the British Museum. ) 



grow, so that the animal becomes detached and 

 swims away freely by the movement of its 



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