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 XXXIX

1886
 
 Report on the Holothurioidea collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-1876.
Part II

by

  Hjalmar Théel

(The Manuscript was Received  4th June 1885.)

NOTE:
Part I to this report is Zoology Volume XII, 1882.


290 pp. Illustrated with 16 plates.

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.

February, 2004.

Copyright © 2004 by David C. Bossard.



Actinocucumis typica
ventral                                     dorsal
Plate XII


Colochirus quadrangularis
dorsal                                    ventral
Plate XIV


Holothuria ocellata
dorsal view
Plate XVI




A high resolution  (800 ppi) world map showing the H.M.S. Challenger Track and Sounding Stations
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From Zoology Volume LIII, 1887.

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Introduction


editorial note

errata

CONTENTS


Introduction  1   001  002  003  004  005  006  007  008
    Bathymetrical Distribution  6

DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES

Order I. APODA
    Suborder I. APNEUMONA
       Family Synaptidæ
            Genus Synapta  9   009  010  011  012  013  014  015
            Genus Chirodota  15   015  016  017  018
       Survey of Genera and Species, Hitherto Unknown, Referred to the Apneumona  18   018  019  020  021  022  023  024  025  026  027  028  029  030  031  032  033  034  035  036  037  038  039

    Suborder II. PNEUMONOPHORA
       Family  MOLPADIDÆ
            Genus Ankyroderma  39   039  040  041  042
            Genus Trochostoma  42   042  043  044  045  046  047  048
       Survey of Genera and Species, Hitherto Unknown, Referred to the Apodous Pneumonophora  48   048  049  050  051  052  053  054  055  056  057


Order II. PEDATA
    Family DENDROCHIROTÆ
       Subfamily STICHOPODA
            Genus Cucumaria  57   057  058  059  060  061  062  063  064  065  066  067  068  069  070  071  072  073  074  075
            Genus Ocnus  75   075  076
            Genus Colochirus  76   076  077  078  079  080  081  082  083  084
            Genus Actinocucumis  84   084  085
       Subfamily GASTROPODA
            Genus Psolus  85   085  086  087  088  089  090  091  092
       Subfamily SPORADIPODA
            Genus Thyone  92   092  093  094  095
            Genus Thyonidium  95   095  096  097
            Genus Orcula, Phyllophorus  97   097  098  099
       Survey of Genera and Species, Hitherto Unknown, Referred to the Dendrochirotæ  99   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  131  132  133  134  135  136  137  138  139  140  141  142  143  144  145  146  147  148  149  150  151  152  153  154

    Family ASPIDOCHIROTÆ
            Genus  Pælopatides  154   154  155  156  157  158  159
            Genus  Stichopus  159   159  160  161  162  163  164  165  166  167  168  169
            Genus Pseudostichopus  169   169  170  171  172
            Genus Holothuria  172   172  173  174  175  176  177  178  179  180  181  182  183  184  185  186  187  188
       Survey of Genera and Species, Hitherto Unknown, Referred to the Aspidochirotæ  188   188  189  190  191  192  193  194  195  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  222  223  224  225  226  227  228  229  230  231  232  233  234  235  236  237  238  239  240  241


LIST OF LOCALITIES AT WHICH SPECIMENS TOO FRAGMENTARY FOR ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS WERE OBTAINED  241   241  242  243  244  245

GEOGRAPHIC TABLES
    Table I -- Arctic and Antarctic Oceans  245 245  246
    Table II -- Atlantic Ocean  247   247  248  249  250
    Table III -- Indian and Pacific Oceans, including Australia, Sunda Islands, &c.  251   251  252  253  254  255  256  257  258  259  260  261  262

APPENDIX  (Additions to the Report) 263   263  264  265  266  267  268

BIBLIOGRAPHY  269   269  270  271  272  273  274  275  276  277  278

INDEX  279  279  280  281  282  283  284  285  286  287  288  289  290







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