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Indeed, this group of Echinoderms, which in the earliest periods was the exponent of all its kind, has dwindled gradually, in proportion as other representatives of the Class have come in, and there exists only one species now, the Pentacrinus of the West Indies, which retains its stem in its adult condition.
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What does it mean, then, when we find the Pentacrinus and Rhizocrinus of the West Indies in deep water only?
Louis Agassiz His Life and Correspondence Agassiz, Louis 1885
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What does it mean, then, when we find the Pentacrinus and Rhizocrinus of the
Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence Louis Agassiz 1840
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