. Echinoderms of Connecticut . FIG. 7. Very young starfish in the act of devouring a mollusk. (After Mead.) The rate of growth of the young starfish is discussed on page 40. Northern Starfish. —The larval stages of the northern starfish have been studied by Agassiz*, Fieldf, and others, while GotoJ has made detailed investigations on the metamorphosis. Accord- ing to these observations the development of this species is similar to that described for the common starfish. Slender-armed Starfish. — This species is reported as pro- ducing a small number of comparatively large eggs, which develop w
. Echinoderms of Connecticut . FIG. 7. Very young starfish in the act of devouring a mollusk. (After Mead.) The rate of growth of the young starfish is discussed on page 40. Northern Starfish. —The larval stages of the northern starfish have been studied by Agassiz*, Fieldf, and others, while GotoJ has made detailed investigations on the metamorphosis. Accord- ing to these observations the development of this species is similar to that described for the common starfish. Slender-armed Starfish. — This species is reported as pro- ducing a small number of comparatively large eggs, which develop without free-swimming stages. It is also said to protect its eggs and embryos beneath the peristome until the young star- fishes have reached a diameter of several millimeters. Blood Starfish. — In this species only a few large eggs are produced. These develop into the adult form by a complicated metamorphosis, although, as stated on page 52, the larvae do not swim free in the water. KEY TO SPECIES The starfishes of the world may be divided into five orders, only two of which are found in Connecticut waters or in their * Mem. Museum Comparative Zoology, 1877. t Quarterly Journ. of Microscopical Science, 1892. t Journ. College of Science, Imp. Univ. Tokio, 1898.
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