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 XII

1882
 
 Report on the Deep-Sea Medusæ dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-1876.


by

  Professor Ernst Haeckel, M.S., Ph.D.,

(Received March 1, 1881.)


154 pp. Illustrated with 32 plates,
and a Memoriam to Sir C. Wyville Thomson.

This Report is bound in the H.M.S. Challenger Reports, Zoology Volume 4, 1882.

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

June, 2004.

Copyright © 2004 by David C. Bossard.


Thamnostylus dinema,
Plate I, Fig. 1, Page 2.



Drymonema victoria,
Plate XXXI, Fig. 1, Page 125.





A high resolution  (800 ppi) world map showing the H.M.S. Challenger Track and Sounding Stations
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From Zoology Volume LIII, 1887.

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TRIBUTE TO C. WYVILLE THOMSON   v  vi  vii  viii  ix


CONTENTS

DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES

CLASS I.  CRASPEDOTÆ 
    Order I.  ANTHOMEDUSÆ  1  001  002  003  004
    Order II.  LEPTOMEDUSÆ  5   005  006  007  008
    Order III.  TRACHOMEDUSÆ  9   009  010  011  012  013  014  015  016  017  018  019  020  021  022
    Order IV.  NARCOMEDUÆ  23   023  024  025  026  027  028  029  030  031  032  033  034  035  036  037  038  039  040  041  042  043  044  045  046  047

CLASS II.  ACRASPEDÆ  48
    Order V. STAUROMEDUSÆ  48   048  049  050  051  052  053  054  055  056  057  058  059  060  061
    Order VI.  PEROMEDUSÆ  62   062  063  064  065  066  067  068  069  070  071  072  073  074  075  076  077  078  079  080  081  082  083  084  085  086  087  088  089  090
    Order VII. CUBOMEDUSÆ  91   091  092  093  094  095  096  097  098  099  100
    Order VIII.  DISCOMEDUSÆ  101   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
   
SURVEY OF THE FAMILIES OF THE SYSTEM  141   141  142

GLOSSARY  143 to 154   143  144  145  146  147  148  149  150  151  152  153  154




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