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.

and the late
Captain FRANK TOURLE THOMSON, R.N.

Prepared under the Superintendence of

the late
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

and now of
JOHN MURRAY, LL.D., Ph. D. &c.
One of the naturalists of the expedition.


ZOOLOGY Part XVII

1882
 
 Report on the Tunicata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-76.


 
by

  William A. Herdman, D.Sc., F.L.S., F.R.S.E.,
Professor of Natural History
in University College, Liverpool.


296 pp. Illustrated with 37 plates and 23 Woodcuts.

Part II to this Report was published in 1886 as Zoology XXXVIII

This Report is bound in the H.M.S. Challenger Reports, Volume 6, 1882.

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

February, 2004.

Copyright © 2004 by David C. Bossard.



Ascopera gigantea
Plate I

Stylea clava
Plate XIX

Styela grandis
two specimens
Plate XIX

Corynascidia suhmi
Plate XXV







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CONTENTS

Preface  1   001  002

Contents  3   003  004

INTRODUCTION
    History  5   005  006  007  008  009  010
    Bibliography  11   011  012  013  014  015  016  017  018  019  020  021  022  023  024
    Anatomy  25   025  026  027  028  029  030  031  032  033  034  035  036  037  038  039  040  041  042  043  044  045  046  047  048  049  050  051  052  053  054  055  056

DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES
    Ascidiæ Simplices  57  
057
       Molgulidæ  58   058  059  060  061  062  063  064  065  066  067  068  069  070  071  072  073  074  075  076  077  078  079  080  081  082  083
       Cynthiidæ  83   083  084  085
          Bolteninæ  85   085  086  087  088  089  090  091  092  093  094  095  096  097  098  099  100  101  102  103  104  105  106  107  108  109  110  111  112  113  114  115  116  117  118  119  120  121  122  123  124  125  126  127  128  129  130
          Cynthinæ  130   130  131  132  133  134  135  136  137  138  139  140  141  142  143  144  145  146  147  148
          Styelinæ  148   148  149  150  151  152  153  154  155  156  157  158  159  160  161  162  163  164  165  166  167  168  169  170  171  172  173  174  175  176  177  178  179  180  181  182
       Ascidiidæ  182   182  183  184  185  186
          Corynascidia  186   186  187  188  189
          Corella  189   189  190  191  192  193
          Abyssascidia  193   193  194  195  196
          Ascidia  196  196  197  198  199  200  201  202  203  204  205  206  207  208  209  210  211  212  213  214  215  216  217  218  219  220  221
          Pachychlœna  221   221  222  223  224  225  226  227
          Hypobythius  227   227  228  229  230  231  232  233
          Ciona  233   233  234  235  236  237
       Clavelinidæ  237   237  238  239
          Ecteinasidia  239   239  240  241  242  243  244  245
          Clavelina  245   245  246  247  248  249

Geographical Distribution  249  
249  250  251  252  253  254  255  256  257  258  259  260  261  262  263  264  265  266  267

Bathymetrical Distribution  267  
267  268  269  270  271  272  273  274  275

Summary and General Remarks  275  
275  276  277  278  279  280  281  282  283  284  285  286  287  288  289

Index  289  
289  290  291  292  293  294

Explanation of the Plates  295  
295

List of Abbreviations  295 
295  296


 




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