STAR-FISHES. 
Fic. 34.—The star-fish at home (Asterzas Forbsi!), showing upper and 
under sides. 
- Note.—Not all star-fishes have five rays. The Brisinga has 
from nine to twenty, the So/aster, 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 (Oxydeles lumbri- 
cotdes). 
