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STARFISH GALLERY. 
Figure of a Starfish (Asterias rubens). 
In the ray marked I. the skin has been removed from the upper surface, and 
the ambulaoral ossicles (ad) and the podia (s) are seen in situ; the 
blind outgrowths (c) from the central stomach (tip) have been dissected 
out. In II. the gonads (g) are exposed; and in the centre above the 
stomach the rectal glands (rg) are to be seen. The anus (a) is seen to be 
subcentral in position. 
