A history of British star-fishes, and other animals of the class Echinodermata . SHORT PSOLINUS. 207 HOLOTHURIADJE. PENT Genus Psolinus. Forbes. Generic Character.—Body irregular, ovate, arcuated, with five rows of distantsuckers, those below always bent; tentacula ten; dental apparatus short, trun-cate ; no gizzard. THE SHORT PSOLINUS. Psolinus brevis. Forbes and Goodsir. Specific Character.—Body obtuse posteriorly, pinkish white, with minutepapillae ; tentacula long, pedicled, digitate at the extremity. Hohtliuria brevis, Forbes and Goodsir, Athenaeum, No. 618. The genus Psolinus, wh
A history of British star-fishes, and other animals of the class Echinodermata . SHORT PSOLINUS. 207 HOLOTHURIADJE. PENT Genus Psolinus. Forbes. Generic Character.—Body irregular, ovate, arcuated, with five rows of distantsuckers, those below always bent; tentacula ten; dental apparatus short, trun-cate ; no gizzard. THE SHORT PSOLINUS. Psolinus brevis. Forbes and Goodsir. Specific Character.—Body obtuse posteriorly, pinkish white, with minutepapillae ; tentacula long, pedicled, digitate at the extremity. Hohtliuria brevis, Forbes and Goodsir, Athenaeum, No. 618. The genus Psolinus, which I have thought it right toconstitute for the reception of the singular little Holothuriawhich was discovered by Mr. Goodsir and myself in the Shet-land seas, adhering to the stems of Laminaria?, and whichI afterwards found in a similar situation in the Kyles of 208 Bute, links the family of Psolidse with that of Pentactse;but, wanting a ventral disk, appertains rather to the lattergroup than to the former. The Psolinus brevis is abouthalf an inch in length, of an ovate form, with both itsextremities bent
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