EXTINCT ANIMALS 



arms. It grows up to be a well-known star- 

 fish, the feather-star or comatula (Fig. 218). 

 At first this history was not believed, and the 

 Royal Society of London refused to publish 



Fig. 218. — Drawing by Mr. Berjeau from an actual specimen 

 of the Feather Star-fish {Comatula or Antedon rosacea), 

 showing the ten " pinnate " or feather-Hke arms rising 

 from the edge of the disc or central body, and the small 

 grasping " cirrhi " by which the animal is clinging to a 

 stone. Of the natural size. (Original.) 



Vaughan Thompson's account of what he had 

 seen. But it was soon fully established. The 

 little Pentacrini were bred in glass jars by 

 many observers from the eggs of the feather- 



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