THE 
SLENDER-LIMBED STAR-FISH. 
Generic Character. 
Body depressed; covered with a coriaceous 
crust, muricated with tentacula. 
Mouth central; five valved. 
Specific Character, &c. 
YELLOWISH WHITE STAR-FISII, with 
very long, simple rays ; the joints furnish¬ 
ed at the base with two moveable styles. 
SLENDER- RAYED AST EE IAS. 
This curious species of Star-Fish is described by 
the celebrated l)r. Pallas in the New Petersburg 
Transactions. It is of the size represented on the 
plate, and consists of a small, hardish, pentagonal 
body with truncated angles : the upper surface is 
marked in a stellated manner by ten ribs or dera¬ 
tions disposed by pairs towards the corners: these 
ribs are somewhat thicker towards the corners than 
towards the middle of the body: the mouth is cen¬ 
tral, 
