The genera vermium exemplified by various specimens of the animals contained in the orders of the Intestina et Mollusca Linnaei :.London :Printed for the author by James Dixwell ..., and sold by John Sewell ..., B. White and Son ..., and P. Elmsley ...,1783-1788..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29389758The genus Asterias contains some of the best-known starfish. See them beautifully-rendered in this 1783 #bhlib image biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29389758
Being bathed by wavelets in the Lake Worth Lagoon estuary near North Palm Beach, Florida. This species is protected in Florida waters.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oreaster_reticulatus
Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle. v. 3 1849 - Atlas (Zoologie-Botanique)Paris :Chez les editeurs MM. Renard, Martinet et cie, rue et Hotel Mignon, 2 (quartier de l' 30cole-de-Mdecine) ; et chez Langlois et Leclercq, rue de la Harpe, 81 ; Victor Masson, Place de l'Ecole-de-Mdecin1847-1849 biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19539085The ethereal grace of the #echinoderm class #Crinoidea is beautifully apparent in this #bhlib illustration biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19539085