A history of British star-fishes, and other animals of the class Echinodermata . ANGULAR SEA-CUCUMBEK. 213 HOLOTIWRIADM. PENT ANGULAR SEA-CUCUMBER. Cucumaria pentactes. Muller. Specific Character.—Body elongate, pentangular, rough with strong suckers atthe angles ; intermediate spaces smooth ; suckers numerous, alternate ; tentaculapeduncled, plumose. Holothuria pentodes, Muller, Zool. Dan. Prod. 2806 ; Zool. Dan. t. xxxi. f. 8. Pennant, Brit. Zool. IV. p. 51, No. 41, t. xxvi. f. 41. Fleming, Brit. Anim. p. 482. Lamarck, 1 Edit. III. p. 73; 2 Edit. III. p. ,
A history of British star-fishes, and other animals of the class Echinodermata . ANGULAR SEA-CUCUMBEK. 213 HOLOTIWRIADM. PENT ANGULAR SEA-CUCUMBER. Cucumaria pentactes. Muller. Specific Character.—Body elongate, pentangular, rough with strong suckers atthe angles ; intermediate spaces smooth ; suckers numerous, alternate ; tentaculapeduncled, plumose. Holothuria pentodes, Muller, Zool. Dan. Prod. 2806 ; Zool. Dan. t. xxxi. f. 8. Pennant, Brit. Zool. IV. p. 51, No. 41, t. xxvi. f. 41. Fleming, Brit. Anim. p. 482. Lamarck, 1 Edit. III. p. 73; 2 Edit. III. p. , ,),t. i. b, fig. 3, a, , Diet. Sc. Nat. t. xxi. p. 318; Man. dActin. p. , de Holuth. p. Holothuria Montagui, Fleming, Brit. Anim. p. 483. Montagu, Lin. Trans. IX. p. 112, t. vii. f. 4. Hydra corallifera, S[c,Holothuria Gacrtneri, Pcntacta pentactes, In every difficult and partially investigated tribe or genus,there is some scapegoat species which serves as a general re- 214 pository for all animals which cannot easily be referred toany other more definitely characterised, no matte
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