REPORT

of the

SCIENTIFIC RESULTS

of the
  
 VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER
DURING THE YEARS 1873-76

under the command of
 Captain GEORGE S. NARES, R.N. F.R.S.


Captain FRANK TOURLE THOMSON, R.N.

Prepared under the Superintendence of


Sir. C. WYVILLE THOMSON, Knt., F.R.S., &c.
Regius Professor of Natural History in the University of Edinburgh
Director of the Civilian Scientific Staff on board


ZOOLOGY Part IX

1881
 
 Report on the Echinoidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years
1873-1876.


by

  Alexander Agassiz.

(Received September 1, 1880.)


321 pp. Illustrated with 66 plates.

This Report is bound in the H.M.S. Challenger Reports, Volume 3, 1881.

This electronic edition prepared by Dr. David C. Bossard
from original documents in the library holdings of
Dartmouth College, Hanover New Hampshire.

June, 2004.

Copyright © 2004 by David C. Bossard.


NOTICE to Volume 3 by Sir C. Wyville Thomson  n1  n2


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Plate 9
Phormosoma loculentum
Plate IX
19b
Asthenosoma tessellatum
Plate XIXb






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CONTENTS


Introduction  1   001
    Classification  2   002  003
    Determination of the Axis of the Echinoidea  4  004  005  006  007
    Comparison of the Coronal Plates of the Test  8   008  009  010
    Anal System  11   011  012
    Fascioles  13   013  014  015  016  017
    Character of Systematic Affinity of Allied Groups of Echinoidea  18  018  019  020  021  022  023  024
    Connection between the Cretaceous and the Recent Echinid Faunæ  25   025  026  027  028  029
    Comparison between the Tertiary and Recent Echinids  30  030  031  032


DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES

Sub-order Desmosticha  33
    Family Cidaridæ  33   033  034  035  036  037  038  039  040  041  042  043  044  045  046  047  048  049  050  051  052  053  054  055
    Family Arbaciadæ  56   056  057  058  059  060  061  062  063
    Family Diadematidæ  64   064  065  066  067  068  069  070
    Family Echinothuridæ  71   071  072  073  074  075  076  077  078  079  080  081  082  083  084  085  086  087  088  089  090  091  092  093  094  095  096  097  098  099  100  101  102  103  104
    Family Echinometradæ  105   105  106
    Family Echinidæ  107   107  108  109  110  111  112  113  114  115  116  117
   
Sub-order Clypeastrida
    Family Clyprastridæ  118   118  119  120
    Family Scutellidæ  121  121
   
Sub-order Petalosticha
    Family Cassidulidæ  122   122  123
    Family Spatangidæ  124
       Sub-family  Pourtalesiæ  124   124  125  126  127  128  129  130  131  132  133  134  135  136  137  138  139  140  141  142  143  144  145  146  147  148  149  150  151  152  153  154  155  156  157  158
       Sub-family  Holasteridæ  159   159  160  161  162  163  164  165  166  167  168  169  170
       Sub-family  Spatingina  171   171  172  173  174  175  176
       Sub-family  Brissina  177   177  178  179  180  181  182  183  184  185  186  187  188  189  190  191  192  193  194  195  196  197  198  199  200  201  202  203  204  205  206
 

GEOGRAPHICAL AND BATHYMETRICAL RANGE  207   207  208  209  210  211  212  213  214  215  216  217  218  219  220  221  222

    Littoral  223   223  224  225  226  227  228  229  230  231
    Continental  232   232  233  234  235  236
    Oceanic or Abyssal  237   237  238  239  240
       Supplementary Abyssal List  241  241  242  243  244  245

    Geographical Range of the Continental and Abyssal Species  246  246  247  248  249  250  251  252  253  254  255  256  257  258  259  260  261  262  263  264  265  266  267  268  269  270  271  272  273  274  275  276  277

EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES (see table below) 278   278  279  280  281  282  283  284  285  286  287  288  289  290  291  292  293  294  295  296  297  298  299  300  301  302  303  304  305  306  307  308  309  310  311  312  313  314  315  316  317  318

INDEX OF GENERA AND SPECIES  319   319  320  321
 




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