. Zoology : for students and general readers . Zoology. 8TBU0TURE OF 0MIN0ID8. 103 from one hundred to one thousand fathoms in the North Athmtic and Floridan seas, and is a characteristic member of the abyssal fauna. Tliis crinoid' consists of a jointed stalk, a cup-shaped body {calyx), from the edge of which from five to seven (the number varies) arms [Irachia) radi- ate, which subdivide into a double alter- nate series of pin- nulm. The mouth is situated in the centre, while the anus is situ- ated on a conical pro- jection on one side of the oral disk, between the bases of two of the arms. R
. Zoology : for students and general readers . Zoology. 8TBU0TURE OF 0MIN0ID8. 103 from one hundred to one thousand fathoms in the North Athmtic and Floridan seas, and is a characteristic member of the abyssal fauna. Tliis crinoid' consists of a jointed stalk, a cup-shaped body {calyx), from the edge of which from five to seven (the number varies) arms [Irachia) radi- ate, which subdivide into a double alter- nate series of pin- nulm. The mouth is situated in the centre, while the anus is situ- ated on a conical pro- jection on one side of the oral disk, between the bases of two of the arms. R. Eatv- soni Pourtales occurs in from eighty to one hundred and twenty fathoms at Barba- does. In Holopus, a short, stout form with no true stalk, but at- tached by abroad en- crusting base, there are ten arms originat- ing from five axial joints. " When con- . ^ , '; , T ,, FiK. m.—Hhizocrim/s lofotemis Sore, twice natin-ai tracted the arms are size—After 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 Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring), 1839-1905. New York : Henry Holt
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