STAR-FISH GALLEKY. 



Star-Fish 

 Gallery. 



(See Special 

 Guide, price 

 6d.) 



and Toads. All these animals live during some period of their 

 existence in the water, when they breathe by gills, and are in 

 this respect akin to fishes. The comparatively enormous size 

 attained by certain tropical species of Frogs and Toads, such as 

 the South American Horned Frog (fig. 26), should be noticed. 

 The largest representative of the group is the Giant Salamander 

 of Japan and China. 



IV. A small gallery is called the Star- Fish gallery, from being 

 specially devoted to Star-Fishes and their allies — the Echino- 



FiG. 2G — The Hornep Frog (Ceratophrys cornutus). 



DERMA; these are arranged systematically in table-cases 1-6, 

 and in case 7 there are specimens illustrating the anatomy 

 of the skeleton, and models and figures descriptive of the 

 remarkable changes undergone by these animals in the course of 

 their development. A nearly ■ complete example of a 

 Brittle-star (Ophiomastix) may be noticed, and on the tops 

 of cases 5 and 6 are examples of Diadema and Echinus. 

 In a separate case on the east side of the gallery is 

 Luidia savignei from Mauritius, one of the largest of known 

 Star-fishes. The Feather-stars {Comatula) are also members of 



