A history of British star-fishes, and other animals of the class Echinodermata . 26 rally off the east coast of Scotland, it is frequent. It isfound among the Hebrides, in the estuary of the Clyde,and Mr. P. Maclagan sends me it from Ayrshire. In theIrish Sea it is rather scarce ; but is common, according toMr. Thompson, on a sandy bottom in the north-east andsouth of Ireland. In Stewarts Elements of Natural History it is statedthat this Sand-star is supposed to be the cause of the in-juries sometimes received from eating muscles, which atcertain times of the year feed upon Ther
A history of British star-fishes, and other animals of the class Echinodermata . 26 rally off the east coast of Scotland, it is frequent. It isfound among the Hebrides, in the estuary of the Clyde,and Mr. P. Maclagan sends me it from Ayrshire. In theIrish Sea it is rather scarce ; but is common, according toMr. Thompson, on a sandy bottom in the north-east andsouth of Ireland. In Stewarts Elements of Natural History it is statedthat this Sand-star is supposed to be the cause of the in-juries sometimes received from eating muscles, which atcertain times of the year feed upon There are nogrounds for this absurd notion, nor have I ever met withany persons who entertained LESSER SAND-STAR. 27 OPHIURIDJE. orinun/F,.
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