CHAP. XVII.] 



ASTEROIDEA. 



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ASTEROIDEA. 



670. Symmetrical change in number of rays is common in some 

 of the forms. Asterias rubens and A. glacialis are frequently 

 seen with 6 or with 7 arms symmetrically arranged, and I have 



, mouth 



anus 



Fig. 133. Antedon rosacea having two arms abnormally divided. Tbe figure A 

 shews the relations of the two abnormal arms, b 2 and e lt to the mouth and anus. B 

 shews the arm b 2 . (From Proc. Zool. Soc.) 



