The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger Zoology 21 Report on the Genus Orbitolites

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 XXI

1883

Report on the Specimens of the Genus Orbitolites collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-1876.

by

W. B. Carpenter, C.B., M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S.,
Corresp. Memb. Inst. France, &c.

(Received May 14, 1883.)

47 pp. Illustrated with 8 plates.

This Report is bound in the H.M.S. Challenger Reports, Volume 7, 1883.

Entry page is entry.htm

This electronic edition prepared by Dr. David C. Bossard
from original documents in the library holdings of
Dartmouth College, Hanover New Hampshire.

June, 2004.

Orbolites tennissima x15, portion of the disk
Plate I, Fig. 6.

Orbolites duplex x16
Plate III, Fig. 8.

Orbolites complanata, reconstruction of typical disk
Plate VI, Fig. 4.

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

INTRODUCTION 1   001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010

DESCRIPTION OF GENUS AND SPECIES 11   011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042

CONCLUDING SUMMARY, WITH A STUDY OF THE THEORY OF DESCENT 43   043 044 045 046 047

PLATES.

#	Click for plate at 100 ppi	DESCRIPTION
01 I	Plate at 200 ppi	description
02 II	Plate at 200 ppi	description
03 III	Plate at 200 ppi	description
04 IV	Plate at 200 ppi	description
05 V	Plate at 200 ppi	description
06 VI	Plate at 200 ppi	description
07 VII	Plate at 200 ppi	description
08 VIII	Plate at 200 ppi	description