. Handbook of zoology [microform] : with examples from Canadian species, recent and fossil :. Zoology; Invertebrates; Zoologie; Invertébrés. OrijioraOLis ACULKATA, Lutken, Caspe—reduced. This order is represented on our coasts by several beautiful species. OpJdophoUs aculeata, the Daisy Brittle-star, (Fig. 72), Ophiogli/pJia robusta, and 0. jSarsil, may be obtained by dredging in many parts of the Gulf and River St. Lawrence, and the Astrophyton, of which two species are found in Canadian waters, is one of our finest Star-fishes, being sometimes eighteen inches in diameter, and its eight arms
. Handbook of zoology [microform] : with examples from Canadian species, recent and fossil :. Zoology; Invertebrates; Zoologie; Invertébrés. OrijioraOLis ACULKATA, Lutken, Caspe—reduced. This order is represented on our coasts by several beautiful species. OpJdophoUs aculeata, the Daisy Brittle-star, (Fig. 72), Ophiogli/pJia robusta, and 0. jSarsil, may be obtained by dredging in many parts of the Gulf and River St. Lawrence, and the Astrophyton, of which two species are found in Canadian waters, is one of our finest Star-fishes, being sometimes eighteen inches in diameter, and its eight arms subdividing into many thousands of filaments, each consisting of a series of curiously formed joints. This creature is known as the Sea-basket. A. Agassizii is our most common species. Fig. 73 represents two of the calcareous joints of Opldoglypha Sarsii, a species found living at Gaspd and fossil in the Post-pliocene clays. Fig. oiNTs OF Rat of OPHioaLTr^'A Sarbii, ro« 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 Dawson, J. W. (John William), Sir, 1820-1899. Montreal : Dawson
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