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 LIII

1887
 
 Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-76.


by

  Dr. F. E. Schulze,
Professor of Zoology
in the University of Berlin.

(The Manuscript was received in instalments between the 10th August 1886 and the 30th May 1887.)


514 pp. Illustrated with 104 plates and 11 woodcuts.

This Report is bound in the H.M.S. Challenger Reports, Volume 21, 1887.

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.


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Pheronema giganteum,
Plate XLV
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Rhabelocalyptus mollis,
Plate LXIV

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Crateromorpha meyeri,
Plate LXI
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Euplectella aspergillum,
Plate I
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Euplectella suberea,
Plate V




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CONTENTS.


PREFACE  1  
001  002  003  004  005

GENERAL INTRODUCTION 5  
005  006  007  008  009  010  011  012  013  014  015  016  017  018  019

    General Remarks on the Form and Structure of the Hexactinellida  19  
019  020  021  022  023
        Histology  23   023  024  025  026  027
        The Skeleton  27   027  028  029
        Hexacts  29   029  030  031  032  033
        Pentacts  33   033  034  035
        Tetracts  35   035
        Triacts  35   035
        Diacts  36   036
        Monacts  37   037
        Mode of Union of the Spicules  38   038  039
        Position and Arrangement of the Spicules  40   040  041  042  043  044  045  046
       
NOMENCLATURE AND TECHNICAL EXPRESSIONS.  47 
047  048  049  050

DESCRIPTION OF GENERA AND SPECIES
    Order HEXACTINELLIDA
        Suborder  LYSSACINA
            Family  1 Euplectellidæ  51  
051
                Subfamily 1. Euplectellinæ  52 Plate I   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  079  080  081  082  083  084
                Subfamily 2. Holascinæ  85  XIV  085  086  087  088  089  090  091  092  093
                Subfamily 3  Tægerinæ  94  VII   094  095  096  097  098  099  100  101  102  103  104  105  106  107  108  109  110  111  112

            Family II. Asconematidæ  113 
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                Subfamily 1. Asconematinæ  113  XXII   113  114  115  116  117  118  119
                Subfamily 2. Sympagella  119  XXII   119  120  121  122  123  124
                Subfamily 3. Caulophacinæ  124  XXIV   124  125  126  127  128  129
            Family III. Rossellidæ  129  LIII   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  155  156  157  158  159  160  161  162  163  164  165  166  167  168  169  170  171  172  173  174  175  176  177  178
                Subfamily 1.  Hyalonema? 178?  178  179  180  181  182  183  184  185  186  187  188  189  190
                   Subgenus 1. Hyalonema  190   190  191  192  193  194  195  196  197  198  199  200  201  202  203  204  205  206  207  208  209  210  211
                   Subgenus 2. Stylocalyx  211  XXXI   211  212  213  214  215  216  217  218  219  220  221  222  223  224  225  226  227  228  229  230  231  232  233  234
                   Genus 2 Pheronema  234  XLII   234  235  236  237  238  239  240  241  242  243  244  245  246  247  248  249  250  251  252  253  254
                   Genus 3. Poliopogon  254  XLVII   254  255  256  257  258  259
                Subfamily 2. Semperellinæ  259   259  260  261  262  263  264  265
        Suborder II.  DICTYONINA  265  LXXI   265  266
            Tribe I. UNICINATARIA
                Subtribe I. Clavularia
                    Family Farreidæ  266  LXXI  
266  267  268  269  270  271  272  273  274  275  276  277  278  279  280  281  282  283  284  285  286  287  288  289
                Subtribe II. Scopularia
                    Family I. Euretidæ  289  
289  290  291  292  293  294  295  296  297  298  299
                         Genus 2. Periphragella  299 LXXX   299  300  301
                         Genus 3. Lefroyella  301  LXXXII   301  302  303  304
                    Family II. Melittionidæ  304  LXXXIII   304  305  306  307  308  309  310  311  312  313  314  315  316  317  318  319  320
                    Family III. Coscinoporidæ  320  LXXXVII   320  321  322  323  324  325  326  327
                    Family IV. Tretodictyidæ  327  XCII   327  328  329  330  331  332  333  334  335  336  337  338  339  340  341
            Tribe II. INERMIA
                Family Mæandrospongidæ  341  XCIX  
341  342  343  344  345  346  347  348  349  350  351  352  353  354  355  356  357  358  359  360  361  362  363  364
               
BRIEF SYSTEMATIC SURVEY OF THE HEXACTINELLIDA DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. 365  
365  366  367  368  369  370  371  372  373  374  375  376  377  378  379  380  381  382  383  384  385  386  387  388  389  390  391  392  393  394  395  396  397  398  399  400  401  402  403  404  405  406

KEY FOR THE DETERMINATION OF GENERAL AND SPECIES  407  
407  408  409  410  411  412  413  414  415  416  417  418  419  420

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION  421  
421  422  423  424  425  426  427  428  429  430  431  432  433  434  435  436  437  438  439  440  441  442  443  444  445  446  447  448  449  450  451  452

BATHYMETRICAL DISTRIBUTION  453  
453  454  455  456  457  458  459  460  461  462  463  464  465  466  467

INFLUENCE OF THE NATURE OF THE GROUND  468  
468  469  470  471  472  473  474  475  476  477  478  479

LIST OF SPECIES OF RECENT HEXACTINELLIDA ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY  480  
480  481  482  483  484

THE PHYLOGENY OF THE HEXACTINELLIDA  485  
485  486  487  488  489  490  491  492  493  494  495  496  497  498  499  500  501  502  503  504

INDEX  505  
505  506  507  508  509  510  511  512  513

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