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IN NATURE, vol. viii., p. 469, is a report of an excursion by the Birmingham Natural History and Microscopical Society to Teignmouth, and of the results of its dredging operations in that neighbourhood, in which the following passage occurs:—“By far the most noteworthy capture was Comatula rosacea, the Feather-star, two individuals of which were taken in the larval pedunculate condition attached near the base of a frond of Laminaria, which was torn off by the dredge. The specimen measured about one-third of an inch in length. Five young Comatulas in a free condition, the largest about an inch across, were also taken. A subsequent haul on the following day brought up from the same locality three adults.” A foot-note states that this was in the vicinity of Torbay, at a depth of 12 fathoms, on a limestone bottom.
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LANG, F. Comatula rosacea. Nature 14, 527 (1876). https://doi.org/10.1038/014527a0
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