The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger Zoology 27 Report on the Myzostomida

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 XXVII

1884

Report on the Myzostomida collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years
1873-1876.

by

Dr. L. von Graff,
Professor of Zoology in the College of Forestry,
Aschaffenburg, Bavaria

(The Manuscript was received on 11th October 1883.)

82 pp. Illustrated with 16 plates.

This Report is bound in the H.M.S. Challenger Reports, Volume 10, 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.

Structure of Myzostoma,
Figure 1, Page 4

Myxostoma wyville-thomsoni,
Ventral View.
Plate VI, Fig. 1.

Myzostoma rotundum,
Ventral View.
Plate X, Fig. 2.

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

Click on image for map at 200 ppi.

Left Section at 800 ppi

Middle Section at 800 ppi

Right Section at 800 ppi

CONTENTS

PREFACE 1   001 002

INTRODUCTION 3   003 004

GENERAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE BODY 5   005 006 007 008 009 010 011

RELATION OF MYZOSTOMIDA TO THEIR HOSTS 12   012

LIST OF MYZOSTOMIDA HITHERTO KNOWN 13   013 014 015 016

LIST OF CRINOIDS ON WHICH MYZOSTOMIDA HAVE BEEN HITHERTO FOUND 17   017 018 019 020

SYSTEMATIC REMARKS 21   021

TABLE FOR DETERMINATION OF THE SPECIES 22   022 023 024 025 026

DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES 27   027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075 076 077 078

LIST OF MYZOSTOMIDA ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE SOURCES 79   079 080

CONTENTS 81   081 082

PLATES.

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01 I	Plate at 200 ppi	description
02 II	Plate at 200 ppi	description
03 III	Plate at 200 ppi	description
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05 V	Plate at 200 ppi	description
06 VI	Plate at 200 ppi	description
07 VII	Plate at 200 ppi	description
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09 IX	Plate at 200 ppi	description
10 X	Plate at 200 ppi	description
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