108 



STARFISH GALLERY. 



Figure of a Starfish (Asterias rubens). 



In the ray marked I. the skin has been removed from the upper surface, and 

 the ambulacral ossicles {ad) and the jjodia (s) are seen in situ; the 

 blind outgi'owths (c) from the central stomach (sjo) have been dissected 

 out. In II. the gonads (g) are exposed; and in the centre above the 

 stomach the rectal glands (jg) are to be seen. The anus (a) is seen to be 

 subcentral in position. 



