The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger Zoology 39 Report on the Holothurioidea, Part II

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 XXXIX

1886

Report on the Holothurioidea collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-1876.
Part II

by

Hjalmar Théel

(The Manuscript was Received 4th June 1885.)

NOTE: Part I to this report is Zoology Volume XII, 1882.

290 pp. Illustrated with 16 plates.

This Report is bound in the H.M.S. Challenger Reports, Volume 14, 1886.

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

February, 2004.

Actinocucumis typica
ventral dorsal
Plate XII

Colochirus quadrangularis
dorsal ventral
Plate XIV

Holothuria ocellata
dorsal view
Plate XVI

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.

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Introduction

editorial note

errata

CONTENTS

Introduction 1   001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008
    Bathymetrical Distribution 6

DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES

Order I. APODA
    Suborder I. APNEUMONA
       Family Synaptidæ
            Genus Synapta 9   009 010 011 012 013 014 015

            Genus Chirodota 15   015 016 017 018
       Survey of Genera and Species, Hitherto Unknown, Referred to the Apneumona 18   018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 039

    Suborder II. PNEUMONOPHORA
       Family MOLPADIDÆ
            Genus Ankyroderma 39   039 040 041 042
            Genus Trochostoma 42   042 043 044 045 046 047 048
       Survey of Genera and Species, Hitherto Unknown, Referred to the Apodous Pneumonophora 48   048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055 056 057

Order II. PEDATA
    Family DENDROCHIROTÆ
       Subfamily STICHOPODA
            Genus Cucumaria 57   057 058 059 060 061 062 063 064 065 066 067 068 069 070 071 072 073 074 075
            Genus Ocnus 75   075 076
            Genus Colochirus 76   076 077 078 079 080 081 082 083 084
            Genus Actinocucumis 84   084 085
       Subfamily GASTROPODA
            Genus Psolus 85   085 086 087 088 089 090 091 092
       Subfamily SPORADIPODA
            Genus Thyone 92   092 093 094 095
            Genus Thyonidium 95   095 096 097
            Genus Orcula, Phyllophorus 97   097 098 099
       Survey of Genera and Species, Hitherto Unknown, Referred to the Dendrochirotæ 99   099 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154

    Family ASPIDOCHIROTÆ
            Genus Pælopatides 154   154 155 156 157 158 159
            Genus Stichopus 159   159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169
            Genus Pseudostichopus 169   169 170 171 172
            Genus Holothuria 172   172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188        Survey of Genera and Species, Hitherto Unknown, Referred to the Aspidochirotæ 188   188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241

LIST OF LOCALITIES AT WHICH SPECIMENS TOO FRAGMENTARY FOR ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS WERE OBTAINED 241   241 242 243 244 245

GEOGRAPHIC TABLES
    Table I -- Arctic and Antarctic Oceans 245 245 246
    Table II -- Atlantic Ocean 247   247 248 249 250
    Table III -- Indian and Pacific Oceans, including Australia, Sunda Islands, &c. 251   251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262

APPENDIX (Additions to the Report) 263   263 264 265 266 267 268

BIBLIOGRAPHY 269   269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278

INDEX 279 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290

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