THE 
SCOLOPENDROID STAR^FISH, 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Body depressed, covered with a sub»coriaceoas 
crust muricated with tentacula. 
Mouth beneath, central, five»valved, 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, ^c. 
Ferruginous Star- Fish, with orbicular body 
and five slender spiny rays ; the spines 
rough, and longer than the diameter of 
the ray. 
Slender-Limbed Spiny Star-Fish. 
This, which is among the smaller species of the 
genus Asterias, is by no means uncommon about the 
coasts of the northern parts of Europe, and of our own 
island in particular. Its general colour is dusky red or 
ferruginous, but, like most others of the genus, it va«> 
ries -y being sometimes brown, violet-coloured, or 
greenish. It seems most allied to the Asterias acu- 
leata, from which it may easily be distinguished by 
the length and roughness of its spines. 
