A history of British star-fishes, and other animals of the class Echinodermata . i2 116 AST EM ADM. Genus Palmipes. Link. Agassiz. Generic Character.—Body pentagonal, flat, thin, covered above and beneathwith fasciculated spines; avenues bordered by longitudinal fasciculi of spines;suckers biserial. THE BIRD^-FOOT SEA-STAR. Palmipes membranaceus. Retz. Specific Character.—Lobes broad, ample, subacute. Colour, white, with redrays and border. Asterias membranaceus, Retz. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 3164. Lamarck, An. sans Vert. 1 Edit. vol. II. p. 558 ; 2 Edit. vol. III. p. 244.
A history of British star-fishes, and other animals of the class Echinodermata . i2 116 AST EM ADM. Genus Palmipes. Link. Agassiz. Generic Character.—Body pentagonal, flat, thin, covered above and beneathwith fasciculated spines; avenues bordered by longitudinal fasciculi of spines;suckers biserial. THE BIRD^-FOOT SEA-STAR. Palmipes membranaceus. Retz. Specific Character.—Lobes broad, ample, subacute. Colour, white, with redrays and border. Asterias membranaceus, Retz. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 3164. Lamarck, An. sans Vert. 1 Edit. vol. II. p. 558 ; 2 Edit. vol. III. p. quinquefida palmipes, Link, p. 29, t. i. f. 2. Asterias placenta, Pennant, Brit. An. IV. p. (>2, tab. xxi. fig. 59, A. Asterias cartalaginea, Flem. Brit. An. p. 485. Palmipes membranaceus, Agassiz, Prod. Forbes, Worn. Mem. VIII. p. 119. birdVfoot sea-star. 117 The BirdVfoot Starfish is a very singular is the thinnest and flattest of all its class. When alive,it is flexible, like a piece of leather ; and a person who hadnever seen it before, would be apt to mistake it for thetorn away dorsal integu
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