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.


BOTANY Volume IV

1886
 
 Report on the Diatomaceæ collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years
1873-1876.


by

  Conte Abate Francesco Castracane Degli Antelminelli,
Rome.

(This manuscript was received in December 1884)


 178pp. Illustrated with 30 plates and 4 woodcuts.
This Report is bound in the H.M.S. Challenger Reports, Botany Volume 2, 1886.

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

May, 2004.

Copyright © 2004 by David C. Bossard.


Terebr
Terebraria(?),
Plate XXV fig. 2
Tricerat
Triceratium fimbriatur
Plate IX fig. 12

Systeph
Systephania raëana,
Plate IX fig. 11
Brightw
Brightwellia murrayi,
Plate X fig. 2




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Preface  v

editorial note

errata

CONTENTS.

Introduction 1   001  002

Biology of diatoms 3   003  004  005  006  007  008  009

Geographical distribution 9   009  010  011

Bathymetrical limit of Diatoms  11   011  012  013  014

Hypothesis on the Formation of Banks and deposits of diatoms  14   014  015  016  017

Description of Genera and Species  17   017

Tribe I -- RAPHIDIEÆ
    Amphora  17  Plate XXVII
    Cymbella  20  XXVII
    Mastogloia  XXVI
    Stauroneis XX
    Pinnularia  25  XV
    Navicula  26  XX
    Alloioneis  35  XV
    Pleurosigma  36  XXVIII
    Toxonidea  39  XXVI
    Amphiprora  39  XXX
    Achnanthes  40  XX
  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


Tribe II -- PSEUDORAPHIDIEÆ
    Gephyria 41 XV
    Glyphodesmis  43  XVIII
    Plagiogramma  45  XIX
    Dimeregramma  46  XIX
    Terebraria  46  XXV
    ...
  041  042  043  044  045  046  047  048  049  050  051  052  053  054  055  056  057  058  059  060  061  062  063  064  065  066  067  068  069

Tribe III -- CRYPTORAPHIDIEÆ
    Rhizosolenia  69  XXIV
    Dactyliosolen  75  IX
    Chætoceros  75  VIII
    Bacteriastrum  82  XV
    Corethron  85  XXI
    ...
    Stictodiscus  112  I
    Cestodiscus  122  VII
    Eupodiscus  126  XIX
    ...
    Coscinodiscus  152  II
    Willemöesia  165  VIII
    Ethmodiscus  166  III
 069  070  071  072  073  074  075  076  077  078  079  080  081  082  083  084  085  086  087  088  089  090  091  092  093  094  095  096  097  098  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  155  156  157  158  159  160  161  162  163  164  165  166  167  168  169  170 

Index  171 to 178   171  172  173  174  175  176  177  178





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