. 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 1800. Blake (Ship); Marine animals -- Atlantic Ocean; Marine sediments; Ocean. DEEP-SEA TYPES. HOLOTHURIANS. 87 Huge species of Elasipoda were found in great numbers at several stations beyond 1,000 fathoms. The same species were also dredged by the U. S. Fish Commission, and the drawings here given of the gigantic Benthodytes and Euphronid
. 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 1800. Blake (Ship); Marine animals -- Atlantic Ocean; Marine sediments; Ocean. DEEP-SEA TYPES. HOLOTHURIANS. 87 Huge species of Elasipoda were found in great numbers at several stations beyond 1,000 fathoms. The same species were also dredged by the U. S. Fish Commission, and the drawings here given of the gigantic Benthodytes and Euphronides I owe to the kindness of the Fish Commissioner, Professor Baird. Benthodytes (Fig. 344) is flat below, convex above, of a trans-. -J J Fior. ^]44.—Uenthodvtes 2,i<rantea. (U. S. F. C.) lucent appearance, but of considerable consistency when fresh. It was most difficult to preserve these huge holothurians in al- cohol, and the specimens sent to Dr. Theel were too imperfect for study. Euphronides (Fig. 345) resembles Benthodytes in -4 Fig. 345. —Euphronides cornuta. |. (U. S. F. C.) general outline, but in profile is high, slopes anteriorly and pos- teriorly, and has a lobed posterior appendage and a series of ap- pendages placed in pairs on the bevel of the anterior extremity. It is of a reddish brown 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 Houghton, Mifflin
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