. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology; Zoology. CHARACTERISTIC DEEP-SEA TYPES. STARFISHES. 103 novelties described by Perrier, the species of Goniopecten reveal many points of similarity in the structure of Pentagonaster ( Fig. 377), Archaster (Fig-. 378), and Astropecten, which were all supposed to be radically distinct. The genus Anthenoides (Fig- 379) is interme- "* diate between Anthenea, with large pedi- • cellariae, and Pentagonaster, with smaller i^'' f^^~'~? ones and granules. Ctenaster (Fig. 380), on the other hand, recalls a gigantic Cte- no
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology; Zoology. CHARACTERISTIC DEEP-SEA TYPES. STARFISHES. 103 novelties described by Perrier, the species of Goniopecten reveal many points of similarity in the structure of Pentagonaster ( Fig. 377), Archaster (Fig-. 378), and Astropecten, which were all supposed to be radically distinct. The genus Anthenoides (Fig- 379) is interme- "* diate between Anthenea, with large pedi- • cellariae, and Pentagonaster, with smaller i^'' f^^~'~? ones and granules. Ctenaster (Fig. 380), on the other hand, recalls a gigantic Cte- nodiscus without ventral scales ; its mar- / jr ^ \s ginal plates ally it to the Goniasteridse, and the structure of its dorsal skeleton to such genera as Solaster and Acanthaster. Ra- diaster (Fig. 381), a large five-armed starfish, with bunches of spines like jSolaste7' endeca, of which it possesses the inar- Fi f. 378. — Archaster pul- cher. 1. (Perrier.). Fig. 879. — Anthenoides Peircei. (Perrier.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. : The Museum
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