The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger Zoology 73 Report on the Actiniaria. Supplement.

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 LXXIII

1888

Report on the Actiniaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873-76.
Supplement.

by

Professor Richard Hertwig.

(The Manuscript was received 21st January 1888.)

56 pp. Illustrated with 4 plates.

This Report is bound in the H.M.S. Challenger Reports, Volume 26, 1888.

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

June, 2004.

Sphenopus pedunculatus Plate I	Amphianthus ornatum Plate I
Corticifera lutea Plate I	Zoanthus confertus Plate I

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.

Click on image for map at 200 ppi.

Left Section at 800 ppi

Middle Section at 800 ppi

Right Section at 800 ppi

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 1   001 002 003 004 005 006 007

SYNOPSIS OF THE FAMILIES OF THE HEXACTINIÆ 7   007 008

DESCRIPTION OF GENERA AND SPECIES
    Tribe I. HEXACTINIÆ 9   009 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033
    Tribe II. PARACTINIÆ 33   033 034
    Tribe III. EDWARDSIÆ 34   034
    Tribe IV. ZOANTHEÆ 34   034 035 036 037 038 039 040 041 042 043 044 045 046 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054
    Tribe V. CERIANTHEÆ 54

TABLE OF CONTENTS 55   055

PLATES.

#	Click for plate at 100 ppi	DESCRIPTION
01 I	Plate at 200 ppi	description
02 II	Plate at 200 ppi	description
03 III	Plate at 200 ppi	description
04 IV	Plate at 200 ppi	description