THE 
ECHINOID ASTERIAS. 
GENERIC character. , 
Body depressed; covered with a coriaceous 
crust, muricated with tentacula. 
Mouth central, five-valved. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 
Fulvous Star-Fish, with about twenty rays, and 
both rays and body spinose, 
ASTERIAS ECHINITES. 
E/I. Zooph. t. 6o, 6i. 
The very rare species of Asterias here represented, is 
a native of the Indian seas, and arrives at a very con¬ 
siderable size, measuring more than twelve inches in 
diameter. It seems to form a kind of connecting link 
between the genera of Asterias and Echinus, having 
the depressed form of the one, and the strong, calca¬ 
reous covering of the other. Most elegant specimens 
of this curious animal are preserved in the Leverian 
Museum. 
