. Ocean wonders: a companion for the seaside. Young ok Eree-swimming Cirrhopod. Adult Cirrhopod, with one half its Shellremoved, showing at rest. GHAPTEE XI. STAR-FISHES. One of the most common objects to be met with at New-port, ISTahant, or almost any point along the Massachusettscoast, are the so-called star-fishes, though scientificallyspeaking they are no more fishes than is a rabbit or a bird ;. Star-Fish on a Eock. yet, for convenience and to save circumlocution, we mayadopt the popular name in speaking of them. At low tidethese curious stars may be seen by thousands, sometimes
. Ocean wonders: a companion for the seaside. Young ok Eree-swimming Cirrhopod. Adult Cirrhopod, with one half its Shellremoved, showing at rest. GHAPTEE XI. STAR-FISHES. One of the most common objects to be met with at New-port, ISTahant, or almost any point along the Massachusettscoast, are the so-called star-fishes, though scientificallyspeaking they are no more fishes than is a rabbit or a bird ;. Star-Fish on a Eock. yet, for convenience and to save circumlocution, we mayadopt the popular name in speaking of them. At low tidethese curious stars may be seen by thousands, sometimesclinging to the rocks, sometimes on the gravelly bottom, orperhaps attached to the sea-weeds. 134 THE OCEAN. Some of those which I have had were colored a dark,rich, velvety brown ; others are of a reddish cast, and someagain of a chocolate hue. But, however tinted, to the natu-ralist who looks beyond the complexion they are always at-tractive, and in their structure and habits favorite subjectsfor examination. The late Prof. Agassiz seemed particu-larly fond of watching and investigating the proceedings ofthese animals, and spent, I may safely say, years of laborworking up his exceedingly careful and valuable account ofthe great sub-kingdom of the radiates, to which the In the large folio edition of his Contributions may be found numerous and most elaborate drawings show-ing the internal
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