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 LX

1888
 
 Report on the Crinoidea collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-76.
Part II -- The Comatulæ

by

  P. H. Carpenter, D.Sc., F.R.S., F.L.S.,
Assistant Master at Eton College
.

(The Manuscript was received in Instalments between 20th December 1886 and 30th March 1888.)


401 +9 pp. Illustrated with 70 plates.

This Report is bound in the H.M.S. Challenger Reports, Volume 26, 1888.

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.





Antedon marginata
Plate XL

Antedon distincta
Plate LI

Actinometra stelligera
Plate LVIII




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Preface  i to iii    i  ii  iii

Table of Contents  v to ix  
v  vi  vii  viii  ix

Editorial Note  N1  N2

errata
CONTENTS

MORPHOLOGY

    I. General Introduction  1   001  002  003  004  005  006
    II. The Centro-Dorsal and Calyx  6   006  007  008  009  010  011  012  013  014  015  016  017  018  019  020  021  022  023  024  025  026  027  028  029
    III.  The Geographical and Bathymetrical Distribution of the Comatulæ  29   029  030  031  032  033  034  035  036  037
    IV.  The Geological History of the Comatulæ  37   037  038  039  040  041
    V.  Classification  41   041  042  043  044  045  046  047  048  049  050  051  052  053  054  055  056  057  058  059  060  061  062  063
    VI. Description of the Species  63 
       Family Comstulidæ  63   063  064  065  066
          Genus Thaumatocrinus  66   066  067  068
          Genus Atelecrinus  68   068  069  070  071  072  073
          Genus Eudiocrinus  73   073  074  075  076  077  078  079  080  081  082  083  084  085
          Genus Antedon  85   085  086  087  088  089  090  091  092  093  094
             Series I.  Elegans  94   094  095  096  097  098  099
             Series II. Ten-armed Species  99  099
                1. The Basicurva group  100   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
                2.  The Acœla group  131   131  132  133  134  135  136
                3.  The Eschricti group  136   136  137  138  139  140  141  142  143  144  145  146  147  148  149  150  151  152  153  154  155  156
                4.  The Tenella group  156   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  187  188  189  190  191  192
                5.  The Milberti group  192   192  193  194  195  196  197  198  199  200  201  202  203  204  205  206  207  208
             Series III.  The Bidistichate species  208   208  209  210  211
                6.  The Spinifera group  211   211  212  213  214  215  216  217  218  219  220  221  222  223
                7..  The Palmata group   223   223  224  225  226  227  228  229  230  231  232  233  234  235  236  237  238
             Series IV.  Tridistichate Species  238   238  239
                8.  The Granulifera group   239   239  240  241  242  243  244  245  246  247  248  249  250  251  252
                9.  The Savignyi group  252   252  253  254  255  256  257  258  259  260  261  262  263  264  265  266
          Genus  Actinometra  266   266  267  268  269  270  271  272  273  274  275  276  277
             Series I.  Synopsis of the groups  277   277
                1.  The Solaris Group  278  278  279  280  281  282  283  284  285  286  287  288  289  290
                2.  The Paucicirra group  290   290  291  292
                3.  The Typica group  292   292  293  294  295  296  297  298  299  300
             Series II.  Ten-armed species  300   300
                4.  The Echinoptera  group  301   301  302
             Series III.  Bidistichate Species  302   302  303
                5.  The Stelligera group  303   303  304  305  306  307  308  309  310
                6.  The Valida group  310   310  311  312  313  314  315
             Series IV.  Tridistichate Species  315   315  316
                7.  The Fimbriata group  316   316  317  318  319  320  321  322  323  324  325  326  327  328  329
                8.  The Parvicirra group  329   329  330  331  332  333  334  335  336  337  338  339  340  341  342  343  344  345  346  347  348  349  350

        Synopsis of the Species  350   350  351  352

    VII. Bathymetrical distribution and Station List.  353  353  354  355  356  357  358  359  360  361  362  363  364  365  366  367  368  369  370  371  372  373  374  375  376  377  378  379  380  381  382  383  384

 SUPPLEMENTAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TEH NEOCRINOIDEA  385   385  386  387  388

INDEX TO AUTHORS QUOTED  389   389  390

GENERAL INDEX  391   391  392  393  394  395  396  397  398  399  400

EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES 401  401

ERRATA  401  401




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