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Ophiocoma flliformis (Thread -Rayed Brittle Star). living amongst 



(.-orallines low down the tide mark. Kare. Bordeaux. This is a form 

 very liable to be overlooked because it so closely resembles its habitat. 

 Disc pentangular, rays 8 or 9 inches across, tapering to a very line point. 

 Bod}' dark brown, rays red or tlesh colour with a red medial line. 



Ophiothrix nigeP (Granulated Brittle Star). Bordeaux. Lihou Cause- 

 way. L' Islet. Rare in littoral, but (.'ommoner in deep water. Disc so 

 covered with short spines that no plates are visible. Size about 6 inches. 

 Disc and arms black or very dark green. 



Ophiocoma bellis (Daisy Brittle Star). Bordeaux Castle Cornet. Lihou. 

 Ra}^ spines shorter than in the preceding. Disc generally reddish with a 

 variegated ai^pearance, due to the plates being of a lighter colour, penta- 

 gonal. Rays banded, usually red and white, but sometimes yellow or 

 chocolate. 



0. rOSUla (Common Brittle Star). Bordeaux. Lihou Belgrave Bay. 

 Havelet Bay. Disc round with variegated markings, such as pentagons, 

 crosses, stars, circles, &c. Ray colour very variable, being anything from 

 rose and grey to yellow or green. 



0. minuta (Sand Brittle Star). Bordeaux. Havelet Bay (Wright). Small 

 pentagonal disc covered with short spines. Rays with long sharp ones. 

 Disc generally white wdth a red border. Rays grey or white and red, 



ASTERIADiE. 



UrasteP gflaeialis (Great Spiny C'rossfish). Common at Bordeaux and in 

 deep water. This grows to a very large size, sometimes 2 feet across, 

 but 18 inches is the average. The body and rays are covered with strong 

 and large spines set at regular intervals. Colour whitish-grey or green 

 and occasionally i)urple. 



U. PUbens (Common Five-Finger). Bordeaux. L'Islet. Not common in 

 the littoral but more so in deep water. Generally five-rayed, but 

 specimens often have less owing to accident. One has been found which 

 has two fidl-grown rays end on, and three growing rays each about a 

 quarter inch long. Colour buff, drab or slate-grey. Size about 10 inches, 

 sometimes as large as 16 inches. 



U. Violaeea (Violet Crossfish). Guernsey (Ansted), Like U. fjlaiualls but 

 spines clavate and not straight. Rays shorter than in U. rnbens. 



Cpibella oeulata (Eyed Cribella). Bordeaux. Castle Cornet. Terres 

 Point. Belgrave Bay (Wright). Sometimes very connnon, but at other 

 times there is not a specimen to be found Rays round and hard owing 

 to imbedded si)ines. Colour i^urplc above, orange beneath. It lives in 

 rocky situations amongst Fucks. 



SolasteP papposa (Common Sun-Star) Bordeaux (Fleure). Not uncom- 

 mon in deep water (Hornell). Generally with 12 rays, round a large 

 central disc. Colour sometimes wholly purple, or perhaps with red disc 

 and white rays Ventral surface generally white or yellowish. This 

 species is often taken on fishing lines. 



Palmipes membPanaeeus (Bird's Foot Sea star). Guernsey (Ansted). 

 Often obtained from deep water (Hornell). This species looks like a 

 pentagonal piece of thin Avhite leather, with five red lines radiating from 

 the centre to the angular points. Skin covered with an immense number 

 of tubercles. 



AstePina gibbosa (Gibbous starlet). Very common all round the coast, 

 but essentially a littoral form. It is -very rarely taken larger than one 

 inch across Disc pentagonal with angular points produced. Colour 

 generally greenish -yellow, but sometimes brown, green or variegated. 



