STAR-FISHES. 



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FIG. 34. The star-fish at home (Asterias Fordsti], showing upper and 

 under sides. 



NOTE. Not all star-fishes have five rays. The Brisinga has 

 from nine to twenty, the Solaster, found on the New England coast, 

 eleven ; while others have thirteen or fourteen. The great star-fish 

 Asterias discoida is often inhabited by a living fish (Oxybeles lumbri- 

 coides\ 



