. Seaside studies in natural history. Marine animals. 121 recent periods that we find the free Crinoids, corresponding to the Comatola. Comaiula. {Alecto meridionalis Ag.) One large species of Comatula (Alecto Mchrichtu M. & T;) is known on our coast, off the shores of Greenland, where it has been dredged at a depth of about one hundred and fifty fathoms, and young specimens of the same species have been found as far south as Eastport, Maine. The species selected for representation here, however, (Fig. 153,) is one quite abxmdant along the shores of South Carolina. It is intro- duced inste
. Seaside studies in natural history. Marine animals. 121 recent periods that we find the free Crinoids, corresponding to the Comatola. Comaiula. {Alecto meridionalis Ag.) One large species of Comatula (Alecto Mchrichtu M. & T;) is known on our coast, off the shores of Greenland, where it has been dredged at a depth of about one hundred and fifty fathoms, and young specimens of the same species have been found as far south as Eastport, Maine. The species selected for representation here, however, (Fig. 153,) is one quite abxmdant along the shores of South Carolina. It is intro- duced instead of the noi'thern one, because the latter is so rare that it is not likely to fall into the hands of our readers. The annexed drawing (Fig. 154, magnified from Fig. 153) repre- sents a grpup of the young of the Charleston Comatula, still at- tached to the parent body by their stems, and in various stages of 16 Fig. 162. Fossil Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Agassiz, Elizabeth Cabot Cary, 1822-1907; Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910, joint author. Boston, J. R. Osgood and Company
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