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 LXXVII

1888
 
 Report on the Siphonophoræ collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-1876.


by

  Ernst Haeckel, M.D., Ph.D.,Hon. F.R.S.E., &c.
Professor of Zoology in the University of Jena.

(The Manuscript was received in Instalments between 8th February and 5th July 1888.)


380 + 8 pp. Illustrated with 50 plates and 7 woodcuts.

This Report is bound in the H.M.S. Challenger Reports, Volume 16, 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.

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Disconalia gastroblasta
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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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Preface  i   i  ii

Contents  iii   iii

Editorial Note   vii  viii

CONTENTS.


GENERAL INTRODUCTION  1   001  002  003  004  005  006  007  008  009  010  011  012  013  014  015  016  017  018  019  020  021  022  023  024

DESCRIPTION OF THE FAMILIES, GENERA AND SPECIES  25   025

    Order I.  Disconectæ  26   026  027  028  029  030  031  032  033  034  035  036  037  038  039  040  041
       Family  I. Discalidæ  41   041  042  043  044  045  046  047  048  049  050
       Family  II.  Propitidæ  51   051  052  053  054  055  056  057  058  059  060  061  062  063  064  065  066  067  068  069
       Family  III.  Velellidæ  70   070  071  072  073  074  075  076  077  078  079  080  081  082  083  084  085  086  087  088

    Order II. Calyconectæ  89   089  090  091  092  093  094  095  096  097  098  099  100  101  102
       Family  IV.  Eudoxidæ  103   103  104  105  106  107  108  109  110  111  112  113  114  115  116  117  118  119  120
       Family  V.  Eræcidae  121   121  122  123  124
       Family  VI. Monophyidæ  125   125  126  127  128  129  130  131  132  133  134  135  136  137  138  139  140
       Family  VII.  Diphyidæ  141   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
       Family  VIII.  Desmonphyidæ  167   167  168  169  170  171  172
       Family  IX.  Polyphyidæ  173   173  174  175  176  177  178  179  180  181  182  183

    Order III.  Physonectæ  184   184  185  186  187  188  189  190  191  192  193  194  195
       Family  X.  Circalidæ  196   196  197  198  199
       Family  XI.  Athoridæ  200   200  201  202  203
       Family  XII.  Apolemidæ  204   204  205  206  207  208  209  210  211  212
       Family  XIII.  Agalmidæ  213   213  214  215  216  217  218  219  220  221  222  223  224  225  226  227  228  229  230  231  232  233  234  235
       Family  XIV.  Forskalidæ  236   236  237  238  239  240  241  242  243  244  245  246  247  248
       Family  XV.  Nectalidæ  249   249  250  251  252  253  254
       Family  XVI.  Discolabidæ  255   255  256  257  258  259  260  261  262  263  264  265  266  267
       Family  XVII.  Anthophysidæ  268   268  269  270  271  272  273  274  275  276  277  278  279  280

    Order IV.  Auronectæ  281   281  282  283  284  285  286  287  288  289  290  291  292  293  294  295
       Family  XVIII.  Stephalidæ  296   296  297  298  299
       Family  XIX.  Rhodalidæ  300   300  301  302  303  304

    Order V.  Cystonectæ  305   305  306  307  308  309  310  311  312  313
       Family  XX.  Cystalidæ  314   314  315  316
       Family  XXI.  Rhizophysidæ  317   317  318  319  320  321  322  323  324  325  326  327  328
       Family  XXII.  Salacidæ  329   329  330  331
       Family  XXIII. Epibulidæ  332   332  333  334  335  336  337
       Family  XXIV.  Physalidæ  338   338  339  340  341  342  343  344  345  346  347  348  349  350  351  352


BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE SIPHONOPHORÆ  353   353  354  355  356

LIST OF FAMILIES, GENERA AND SPECIES  357   357  358  359  360  361  362  363  364  365  366  367  368  369  370  371  372
 
GLOSSARY  373   373  374  375  376  377  378  379

STATISTICAL SYNOPSIS  380   380




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