. A contribution to American thalassography : Three cruises of the United States Coast and geodetic survey steamer "Blake", in the gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean sea, and along the Atlantic coast of the United States, from 1877 to 1880. Blake (Steamer); Marine animals -- Atlantic Ocean; Marine sediments. Fig. 371. — Paleopneustes hystrix. deep claret-colored * Paleopneustes., characterized by their emi- nently spatangoid mouth, by their simple ambulacra! system and somewhat clypeastroid or even echinidal spines, as in Paleopneustes hystrix (Fig. 371), in which the spines re- semble
. A contribution to American thalassography : Three cruises of the United States Coast and geodetic survey steamer "Blake", in the gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean sea, and along the Atlantic coast of the United States, from 1877 to 1880. Blake (Steamer); Marine animals -- Atlantic Ocean; Marine sediments. Fig. 371. — Paleopneustes hystrix. deep claret-colored * Paleopneustes., characterized by their emi- nently spatangoid mouth, by their simple ambulacra! system and somewhat clypeastroid or even echinidal spines, as in Paleopneustes hystrix (Fig. 371), in which the spines re- semble more those of a true Figr. 372. — Palseotropus Josephinae. ? . -n i • 1 1 • i Echinus than a spatangoid. Other typical modern Ananchytidse are the West Indian Palseo- brissus and Palaeotropus. (Fig. 372.) 1 The colors of the deep-sea echini alcohol in which they were placed. The and other echinoderms seem to be spe- color of the littoral or shallow-water spe- cially fugitive, and greatly discolored the cies is far more Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910; U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. Boston ; New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Co.
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