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 XXXII

1884
 
 Report on the Crinoidea collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-76.


by

  P. Herbert Carpenter, D.Sc.,
Assistant Master at Eton College.

(First instalment of Manuscript received 18th March 1884; the last 13th December 1884.)


442 + 11 pp. Illustrated with 72 plates and 17 woodcuts.

This Report is bound in the H.M.S. Challenger Reports, Volume 11, 1884.

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.



Holopus rangi,
Plate I


Pentacrinus Mülleri,
Plate XIV



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PREFACE  i   i  ii  iii  iv

Table of Contents  vii  viii  ix  x



CONTENTS


Morphology.

I. The Skeleton Generally  1   001  002  003  004  005  006  007  008  009  010  011  012

II. The Stem and its Appendages  12   012  013  014  015  016  017  018  019  020  021  022  023  024  025  026  027  028  029  030  031  032  033

III. The Calyx  33   033  034  035  036  037  038  039  040  041  042  043  044  045  046  047

IV. The Rays  47   047  048  049  050  051  052  053  054  055  056  057  058  059  060  061  062  063  064  065  066  067

V.  The Visceral Mass  67   067  068  069  070  071  072  073  074  075  076  077  078  079  080  081  082  083  084  085  086  087  088

VI.  The Minute Anatomy of the Disk and Arms  88   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

VII. On the Habits of Recent Crinoids, and their Parasites  130   130  131  132  133  134  135  136

VIII.  The Geographical and Bathymetrical Distribution of the Crinoids  136   136  137  138  139  140  141  142

IX.  On the Relation between the Recent and the Fossil Neocrinoids.  142   142  143  144  145

X.  On the Relations of the Neocrinoids to the Palæocrinoids  145   145  146  147  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  183  184  185  186

XI. CLASSIFICATION  186   186
    Class 1. CRINOIDEA  187   187  188  189  190  191  192  193  194  195  196
       Order Neocrinoidea  196   196  197

XII.  DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES.
    A.  General Account of the Type  197   197  198  199  200  201  202  203  204  205  206  207  208  209  210  211
    B.  On the Systematic Position of Holopus  211   211  212  213  214  215  216  217
        Family Hyocrinidzæ  217   217  218  219  220  221  222  223  224  225
        Family Bourgueticrinidæ  225   225  226  227  228  229  230  231  232  233  234  235  236  237
    Key to the Species of Bathycrinus Herin described  238     238  239  240  241  242  243  244  245
    Genus Rhizocrinus  245   245  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
        Family Pentacrinidæ  270   270  271  272  273  274  275  276  277  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  319  320  321  322  323  324  325  326  327  328  329  330  331  332  333  334  335  336  337  338  339
    Genus Metacrinus  339   339  340  341  342  343  344  345  346  347  348  349  350  351  352  353  354  355  356  357  358  359  360  361  362  363  364  365  366  367  368  369  370
        Family Comatulidæ  370   370  371  372  373  374

XIII.  Bathymetrical Distribution and Station List  374   374  375  376  377  378  379  380  381  382  383  384  385  386  387  388  389  390  391  392  393

APPENDIX

Note A - On the Homolgies of the Crinoidal Calyx  393   393  394  395  396  397  398  399  400  401  402
Note B - On the Basals of Fossil Comatulæ  402   402
Note C - On the Excentric Position of the Mouth in Actinometra  403   403
Note D - On the Supposed Communication of the Chambered Organ and Labial Plexus with the Exterior  404   404
Note E.  On the Intervisceral Blood-Vessels  405   405
Note F.  On the Relation of the Vascular Systems of a Crinoid to those of the other Echinoderms  405   405  406
Note G.  The Nervous System of the Crinoidea  407   407  408  409  410  411  412  413  414  415  416

BIBLIOGRAPHY of the Neocrinoidea  417   417  418  419  420  421  422  423  424  425  426  427  428  429

INDEX to Authors  429   429  430  431

General INDEX  431   431  432  433  434  435  436  437  438  439  440

Explanation of the Plates 441   441  442
 




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