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 XXXVIII

1886
 
 Report on the Tunicata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-76.
Part II. -- Ascidiæ Compositæ

by

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

(The Manuscript was received in Instalments between 7th January 1885 and 18th January 1886)


432 pp. Illustrated with 49 plates and 14 woodcuts.

This Report is bound in the H.M.S. Challenger Reports, Volume 14, 1886.

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.



Colony of Colella thomsoni
Plate X

Colony of Colella concreta
Plate XVI




Colony of Goodsira placenta
Plate XLIV




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editorial note

errata

CONTENTS

PREFACE  1   001  002

Contents  3   003  004

INTRODUCTION
    History  5   005
    Bibliography  5   005  006  007  008
    Anatomy  8   008  009  010  011  012  013  014  015  016  017  018  019  020  021  022  023  024  025  026  027

DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES
    Ascidiæ Compositæ  28   028  029  030  031  032  033
       Botryllidæ  33   033  034  035  036  037  038
          Botrylloides  38   038  039  040  041  042  043  044  045  046  047  048  049  050  051  052  053  054  055  056
          Sarcobotrylloides  56   056  057  058  059  060  061
          Polycyclus  61   061  062  063  064  065  066  067  068  069
       Distomidæ  69   069  070  071  072
          Colella  72   072  073  074  075  076  077
             Anatomy and Histology of Colella pedunculata  77   077  078  079  080  081  082  083  084  085  086  087  088  089  090  091  092  093  094  095
             Anatomy and Histology of Colella thomosoni  95   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
          Distaplia  126   126  127  128  129  130  131  132  133  134  135
          Cystodytes  135   135  136  137  138  139  140  141  142  143  144
          Symplegma  144   144  145  146  147  148
       Polyclinidæ  148   148  149  150  151  152
          Pharyngodictyon  152   152  153  154  155  156  157
          Tylobranchion  157   157  158  159  160  161  162  163
          Atopogaster  163   163  164  165  166  167  168  169  170  171  172  173  174  175  176
          Morchellioides  176   176  177  178  179  180
          Morchellium  180   180  181  182  183
          Sidnyum  183   183  184  185  186
          Polyclinum  186   186  187  188  189  190  191  192  193  194  195  196  197  198  199
          Aplidium  199   199  200  201  202  203  204  205  206  207  208  209  210  211  212  213  214
          Amaroucium  214   214  215  216  217  218  219  220  221  222  223  224  225  226  227  228  229  230  231  232  233  234  235  236  237
          Psammaplidium  237   237  238  239  240  241  242  243  244  245  246  247  248  249  250  251  252  253

       Didemnidæ  253   253  254  255  256  257  258  259  260
          Didemnum  260   260  261  262  263  264  265  266
          Leptoclinum  266   266  267  268  269  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

       Diplosomidæ  307   307  308
          Diplosomoides  309  309  310  311  312  313
          Diplosoma  313   313  314  315  316  317

       Cœlocormidæ  317   317  318  319  320  321  322

       Polystyelidæ  322   322  323  324  325  326  327
          Goodsiria  327   327  328  329  330  331  332  333  334  335  336  337  338  339  340  341
          Synstyela  341   341  342  343  344  345
          Chorizocormus  345   345  346  347  348  349  350  351

Geographical Distribution  351   351  352  353  354  355  356  357  358  359  360  361  362  363  364  365  366  367  368  369  370  371

Bathymetric Distribution  371   371  372  373  374  375  376  377  378  379  380  381

Summary and General Remarks  381   381  382  383  384  385  386  387
    Phylogeny  387   387  388  389  390  391  392  393  394  395  396  397  398  399  400  401

APPENDICES

    A. Supplementary Report upon the Ascidiæ Simplices  401   401  402  403  404  405  406  407  408  409  410  411  412  413  414  415  416  417  418  419
    B.  Description of a new species of Psammaplidium  419   419  420  421

INDEX  421   421  422  423  424  425  426  427  428  429  430

EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES  431  431  432


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