The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger: Zoology Report 9 on the Echnoidea

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.

Captain FRANK TOURLE THOMSON, R.N.

Prepared under the Superintendence of

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

ZOOLOGY Part IX

1881

Report on the Echinoidea dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years
1873-1876.

by

Alexander Agassiz.

(Received September 1, 1880.)

321 pp. Illustrated with 66 plates.

This Report is bound in the H.M.S. Challenger Reports, Volume 3, 1881.

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

June, 2004.

NOTICE to Volume 3 by Sir C. Wyville Thomson n1 n2

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Phormosoma loculentum
Plate IX

Asthenosoma tessellatum
Plate XIXb

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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CONTENTS

Introduction 1   001
    Classification 2   002 003
    Determination of the Axis of the Echinoidea 4 004 005 006 007
    Comparison of the Coronal Plates of the Test 8   008 009 010
    Anal System 11   011 012
    Fascioles 13   013 014 015 016 017
    Character of Systematic Affinity of Allied Groups of Echinoidea 18 018 019 020 021 022 023 024
    Connection between the Cretaceous and the Recent Echinid Faunæ 25   025 026 027 028 029
    Comparison between the Tertiary and Recent Echinids 30 030 031 032

DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES

Sub-order Desmosticha 33
    Family Cidaridæ 33   033 034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055
    Family Arbaciadæ 56   056 057 058 059 060 061 062 063
    Family Diadematidæ 64   064 065 066 067 068 069 070
    Family Echinothuridæ 71   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
    Family Echinometradæ 105   105 106
    Family Echinidæ 107   107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117

Sub-order Clypeastrida
    Family Clyprastridæ 118   118 119 120
    Family Scutellidæ 121 121

Sub-order Petalosticha
    Family Cassidulidæ 122   122 123
    Family Spatangidæ 124
       Sub-family Pourtalesiæ 124   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
       Sub-family Holasteridæ 159   159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170
       Sub-family Spatingina 171   171 172 173 174 175 176
       Sub-family Brissina 177   177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206

GEOGRAPHICAL AND BATHYMETRICAL RANGE 207   207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222

    Littoral 223   223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231
    Continental 232   232 233 234 235 236
    Oceanic or Abyssal 237   237 238 239 240
       Supplementary Abyssal List 241 241 242 243 244 245

    Geographical Range of the Continental and Abyssal Species 246 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277

EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES (see table below) 278   278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318

INDEX OF GENERA AND SPECIES 319   319 320 321

PLATES.

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01 I	Plate at 200 ppi	278
02 II	Plate at 200 ppi	279
03 III	Plate at 200 ppi	280
04 IV	Plate at 200 ppi	280
05 V	Plate at 200 ppi	281
06 VI	Plate at 200 ppi	281
06a VIa	Plate at 200 ppi	282
07 VII	Plate at 200 ppi	283
08 VIII	Plate at 200 ppi	284
09 IX	Plate at 200 ppi	284
10 X	Plate at 200 ppi	284
10a Xa	Plate at 200 ppi	285
10b Xb	Plate at 200 ppi	285
11 XI	Plate at 200 ppi	286
12 XII	Plate at 200 ppi	286
12a XIIa	Plate at 200 ppi	286
13 XIII	Plate at 200 ppi	287
14 XIV	Plate at 200 ppi	287
15 XV	Plate at 200 ppi	287
16 XVI	Plate at 200 ppi	288
17 XVII	Plate at 200 ppi	288
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18 XVIII	Plate at 200 ppi	289
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18c XVIIIc	Plate at 200 ppi	290
19 XIX	Plate at 200 ppi	291
19a XIXa	Plate at 200 ppi	292
19b XIXb	Plate at 200 ppi	292
20 XX	Plate at 200 ppi	292
20a XXa	Plate at 200 ppi	293
21 XXI	Plate at 200 ppi	294
22 XXII	Plate at 200 ppi	295
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23 XXIII	Plate at 200 ppi	296
24 XXIV	Plate at 200 ppi	296
25 XXV	Plate at 200 ppi	297
26 XXVI	Plate at 200 ppi	297
26a XXVIa	Plate at 200 ppi	298
27 XXVII	Plate at 200 ppi	299
28 XXVIII	Plate at 200 ppi	299
28a XXVIIIa	Plate at 200 ppi	299
29 XXIX	Plate at 200 ppi	300
29a XXIXa	Plate at 200 ppi	300
29b XXIXb	Plate at 200 ppi	301
30 XXX	Plate at 200 ppi	302
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31 XXXI	Plate at 200 ppi	303
32 XXXII	Plate at 200 ppi	304
33 XXXIII	Plate at 200 ppi	304
33a XXXIIIa	Plate at 200 ppi	305
34 XXXIV	Plate at 200 ppi	305
35 XXXV	Plate at 200 ppi	306
35a XXXVa	Plate at 200 ppi	307
35b XXXVb	Plate at 200 ppi	308
36 XXXVI	Plate at 200 ppi	309
37 XXXVII	Plate at 200 ppi	309
38 XXXVIII	Plate at 200 ppi	310
39 XXXIX	Plate at 200 ppi	311
40 XL	Plate at 200 ppi	311
41 XLI	Plate at 200 ppi	312
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45 XLV	Plate at 200 ppi	316