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 VII
Report on certain Hydroid, Alcyonarian, and Madreporarian Corals
procured during the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger

by

H. N. Moseley, M.A., F.R.S.
Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford,
late Member of the Civilian Scientific Staff of the Challenger Expedition.

1881

General Introduction  1  001  002  003  004  005  006  007  008  009  010  011



Introduction  11   011  012  013

Section I. -- On the Structure of the Milleporidæ  13   013  014  015  016  017  018

    Structure of the Hard and Soft Parts  18   018  019  020  021  022  023  024  025  026  027  028

    General Remarks on the Structure of Milleporidæ  28   028  029  030

    Vegetable Parasites of the Milleporidæ  30   030  031

Section II. -- On the Structure of the Stylasteridæ  31   031  032  033  034  035

    Structure of the Hard and Soft Parts  35   035  036  037  038  039  040  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  070  071  072  073  074  075  076

    General Remarks on the Structure of the Stylasteridæ  76   076  077

    Parasites of the Milleporidæ  78  078

    Distribution in Space and Time of the Stylasteridæ  78   078  079  080  081  082  083

    Species of stylasteridæ at present known  83   083  084  085  086  087  088  089

Section III. -- General Remarks on the Hydrocorallinæ  89   089  090  091  092

        Family Milleporidæ  92   092  093

        Family Stylasteridæ  93   093  094  095  096  097  098

    Pedigree of the Hydrocorallinæ  98   098  099  100  101


Introduction 102   102  103  104  105  106

    Mode of growth of the Corallum  106   106  107

    Mode of deposition of Hard Tissue 107   107  108  109

    Blue Coloration of the Corallum  109   109  110

    Structure of the Soft Tissues  110   110  111  112  113  114  115  116  117

    On the structure of a species of Sarcophyton  117   117  118  119  120  121

    General Remarks  121   121  122  123

    Characters of the Family Helioporidæ  123   123  124  125  126  127


Preface  127   127  128  129  130  131  132

    Table of Depths at which all Genera are known to occur  132   132  133  134

List of Species dredged by H.M.S. Challenger in deep water

    Family Turbinolidæ  134  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  171  172  173  174  175

    Family Oculinidæ  175   175  176  177  178  179  180  181  182

    Family Stylophoridæ  182   182

    Family Astræidæ  182   182  183  184  185

    Family Fungidæ  185   185  186  187  188  189  190

    Family Eursammidæ  190   190  191  192  193  194  195  196  197  198  199  200  201  202  203  204  205  206  207  208  209


Explanation of the Plates

    Hydrocorallinæ  209   209  210  211  212  213  214  215  216  217  218  219  220  221  222  223  224  225  226  227  228  229  230  231

    Helioporidæ  231   231  232  233  234  235  236  237  238

    Madreporaria  238   238  239  240  241  242  243  244  245  246  247  248