OPHICRA. 



OPHIUKA. 



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rays, aUfcort any taste of an interior furrow, but a]w*y accompanied 

 Utcrally with spines or* or I- 



moveablr, ami with two rowi only 



of Urg*cirrhl,'or sockm, one on each side below. Mouth in the 

 Bidet of IT* very abort tliu, not exceeding Uw detni-dismrter of the 

 body, and funuabtd with a few papilliform mckcr* (fight), and on the 

 dfai with IT* group* of scales, which are often dentiform. Orifice* 

 of th* ormriM Tery Urn, in the shape of a alit on each aide of the root 

 oftb.ra.rs. No madnporiform tubercle. (De Blainrille.) 



a fertorwta (Mm /aarrOM, Link.), Common Sand -Star. It U 

 of a brownish or brownish-white colour ; ran imoothl j subulate ; the 

 sialse on the lower surface dlipoeed trifariously ; the papilln of the 

 idea very "T^^ti and adpreaafd. 



It b found in the European Seas. Lamarck add* the Atlantic 

 Ocean. It wu taken wry abundantly in the trawl in Dam's Strait 

 in Sir Edward Parry's first voyage ; and occurs sometimes in immense 

 numbers on the British coasts. 



0. mlMa (B. ForbseX the Lesser Sand-Star, is a smaller species, also 

 found on the British coast. It is of a white colour when it is dried. 



O. ssifs. Brownish, rays long, smoothly subulate, apinous at 

 the spines annulose, and subadpressed ; back of the disc 



It b found in AnstrsUiii ; 6rst made known apparently by the 

 royage of Peron and L* Sucur. 



O. frmmulal* (OjJkiura tckimala. Lain., S/tlla yranulaia. Link.). 

 Bssckish ; disc granulated abore ; rays echinnto npinoe ; spines thick, 

 rather longer than the width of the rays. Hi* found in the European 

 Seas, those of the West Indies, the Atlantic, Ac. 



The OfUmra swim and creep often with much facility in all direc- 

 tions, agitating the appendages of the arms in a serpent-like manner. 



EmryuU (Adroit/Km, Link.; Ooryonocepkalut, Leach), is a genus 

 which De Bhunrille included with O/,hntra in bin family Aiterof/n,!,,,. 

 It has the body regular, depressed, rather small, pentagonal, provided 

 with fire appendages or rays rounded above, flattened below, dividing, 

 dichotomising, and attenuating more and more to the extremities, 

 which are eirrboua. Mouth at the centre of fire converging furrows, 

 in form of holes, not extending to the circumference of the body, and 

 bordered with papilliform suckers. (De Blainr.) 



palmi/m. Rays simple below, dichotomo-palmnte at the apex ; 

 back muricatcd with two rows of tuberculcs. 



JWys/r ffl 



e, freM i ; . enlr* *a4 pH of arst (front}, n.lur.1 slat ; <, the same 

 (W.s), aetsnl sis*; < ntrnaltr of e* sra, uursl cto*. 



R SMteVsi ( ii.'imesusi, Lam.; Ann^ia, K*lat*m, Unk.; 

 A**u 0+ Mtim+Lbij. Dieo wide, radiated abov, wllh warty 



ribs; rays beneath planuUte, bifariously papillose; papilUo Tery small 

 and milimarginal. 



It is found in tbo In.linn seas and those of the Xortli. It has also 

 beta taken on the coasts of Scotland. (Forbes, 'British SUr-Fishes.') 



]~urynlr teulntn. 



a, buck ; h, front ; c, central portion of tack, natural tixe ; ,1, the 

 (front), natural >Ue. 



. cottoKt (Aitrophyton cottosum, Link.). Back of tbo disc with ten 



Kuryalt eotloui. 



