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regular, molluscoid ; suckers mostly in three 

 rows, on a circumscribed disk on inferior sur- 

 face ; animal when moving turns up the two 

 extremities. 



III. OEDEE. TRUE-ECHINODERMS (Cirrho-Spinigrada). 



Body covered with closely-jointed, calcareous 

 plates, mostly armed with spines ; lobes obscure ; 

 arms none ; progression by joint action of suckers 

 and spines. 



I. SUB-ORDER. AIOLOPYGIANS (Aiolopygia). 



Vent eccentric, sometimes marginal. 



1. FAMILY. Heart-Urchins (Spatangidas). Body 



irregular, cordate or ovate ; some with long 

 slender spines ; mouth transverse, sub-cen- 

 tral or lateral, surrounded in some by ten- 

 tacles ; vent terminal ; ambulacra not con- 

 tinuous ; teeth none ; ovaries four. 



2. FAMILY. Helmet-Urchins (Galeritidse). Body 



conoid or sub-oval, base flattened ; mouth 

 inferior, usually central ; vent marginal ; am- 

 bulacra extend from middle of back to mouth, 

 sometimes interrupted at the margin ; jaws 

 rudimentary. 



3. FAMILY. Shield-Urchins (Scutellidse). Body 



mostly flat and depressed, seldom convex, 

 margin orbicular or oval, sometimes rayed or 

 pierced with holes ; mouth inferior, central ; 

 vent sub-central or marginal ; ambulacra 

 petaloid. forming arched series on the middle 



