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the plates, scales, spines, and granules (Ophiopepale Goésiana, 
Fig. 393; Ophiura Elaps, Fig. 394; Ophioconis miliaria, 
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Fig. 393. — Ophiop®pale Goésiana. 4. 
Fig. 395). So there may be every diversity. of general form, 
from the smooth simple Ophiomusium planum. (Fig. 396) to 
Fig. 394. — Ophiura Elaps. 1:44. 
the highly complex Ophiomyces frutectosus. (Fig. 397.) No 
conditions could well be more favorable to ophiurans than those 
of the West Indian waters. A tropical sun gives to the shallows 
