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MARINE FAUNA OF ST. ANDREWS. 
Fam. 3. Spatangidse. 
Genus Spatangus, Klein. 
Spatangus purpureus, 0. F. Muller; Forbes, Brit. Starf. 
p. 182. 
Not uncommon in deep water, and occasionally thrown on 
the West Sands by storms. 
Genus Echinocardium, Gray. 
EcMnocardium cordatum , Pennant; Forbes, Brit. Starf. 
p. 190. 
Very common off the West Sands, and tossed on the beach 
at all seasons. 
Echinocardium ovatum , Leske ; Forbes, Brit. Starf. p. 194 
(as Amphidotus roseus ). 
Occurs in deep water, and on the beach after storms ; some¬ 
what rare. 
Order V. Holothuroidea. 
Fam. Psolidse. 
Genus Psolus, Oken. 
Psolus phantapus, L. ; Forbes, Brit. Starf. p. 203. 
Occasionally from deep water, and brought in by the fishing- 
boats. 
Fam. Pentactse. 
Genus Cucumaria, Blainville. 
Gucumaria -? 
A large purplish-brown species, common on the West Sands 
after storms. Mr. Norman thinks 11 this is probably the 
species found by Mr. Goodsir off the Fifeshire coast, and re¬ 
ferred to G. frondosa by E. Forbes. It is very like that species 
