A history of British star-fishes, and other animals of the class Echinodermata . Ui= Genus Uraster. Agassiz. Generic Character.—Body stellate, few-rayed ; rays rounded, spinous ; avenuesbordered by three sets of spines ; suckers quadriserial. SPINY CROSS-FISH. Uraster glacialis. Lin. Ag. Specific Character.—Rays long, pentangular, the angles with large strongspines ; avenues regularly tapering. Astcrius glacialis, Linn. Lam. Anim. sans Vert. 1 Edit. II. p. 861, No. 26 ; 2 Edit. III. p. 248. Muller, Zool. Dan. Prod. echinophora, Della Chiagi, Mem. vol. II. p. 356. pi. xviii. f.
A history of British star-fishes, and other animals of the class Echinodermata . Ui= Genus Uraster. Agassiz. Generic Character.—Body stellate, few-rayed ; rays rounded, spinous ; avenuesbordered by three sets of spines ; suckers quadriserial. SPINY CROSS-FISH. Uraster glacialis. Lin. Ag. Specific Character.—Rays long, pentangular, the angles with large strongspines ; avenues regularly tapering. Astcrius glacialis, Linn. Lam. Anim. sans Vert. 1 Edit. II. p. 861, No. 26 ; 2 Edit. III. p. 248. Muller, Zool. Dan. Prod. echinophora, Della Chiagi, Mem. vol. II. p. 356. pi. xviii. f. 5. SPINY CROSS-FISH. 79 Asterias angulosa, Muller, Zool. Dan. II. p. 1, t. xli. ; Encyc. Metr. pi. cxix. f. eclrinatus cancellatus, Link, f. 33, tab. Encyc. Metr. pi. glacialis, Ag. Prod. Forbes, Wern. Mem. vol. VIII. p. 123. „ „ Junior, Asterias spinosus, Pennant, IV. p. 62. Fleming, Brit. Anim. p. 487. Pcntadaetyhsaster syrinosus, Link, p. 35, t. iv. No. 7. Encyc. Metr. pi. 119, f. 2, Hihcrnica cchinata, Petiver, Gaz. t.
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