A history of British star-fishes, and other animals of the class Echinodermata . tural Historyfor January 1840. His specimen also measured eighteen 140 inches; the disk two and three quarters, and the breadthof the ray, where widest, one and three-tenths of an found a purple Spatangus crushed together in itsstomach. In Ireland it has hitherto been taken only onthe south-western coasts, where it was observed manyyears ago by Mr. Ball. He states it is common aboutYoughal. All his specimens have seven arms, and he hasfound Natica Alderi in their stomachs. On the coast ofthe Isle
A history of British star-fishes, and other animals of the class Echinodermata . tural Historyfor January 1840. His specimen also measured eighteen 140 inches; the disk two and three quarters, and the breadthof the ray, where widest, one and three-tenths of an found a purple Spatangus crushed together in itsstomach. In Ireland it has hitherto been taken only onthe south-western coasts, where it was observed manyyears ago by Mr. Ball. He states it is common aboutYoughal. All his specimens have seven arms, and he hasfound Natica Alderi in their stomachs. On the coast ofthe Isle of Man I have taken it several times, always withseven arms. I found it in twenty fathoms water on theScallop Bank, about four miles from the north-westernshore. Mr. Wallace has a young five-armed specimen inhis collection, probably from the Irish Sea. The species,as far as known, seems peculiar to Britain. The genusextends its range to the Red Sea. My friend, Mr. G. J. Bell, has favoured me with thesketch I here give of Scarborough, the scene of the re-searches of Mr. ^w*
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