. The depths of the sea. An account of the general results of the dredging cruises of SS. Porcupine and Lightning during the summers of 1868, 1869 and 1870, under the scientific direction of Dr. Carpenter, , J. Gwyn Jeffreys, , and Dr. Wyville Thomson, Lightning (Ship); Ocean; Marine animals; Deep-sea temperature; Deep-sea desposits; Porcupine (Ship). 114 THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA. [chap. III. the corticate type, though it differs from all the other known members of the order in being supported on a long symmetrical stalk formed, as Professor Loven has shown, of sheaves of
. The depths of the sea. An account of the general results of the dredging cruises of SS. Porcupine and Lightning during the summers of 1868, 1869 and 1870, under the scientific direction of Dr. Carpenter, , J. Gwyn Jeffreys, , and Dr. Wyville Thomson, Lightning (Ship); Ocean; Marine animals; Deep-sea temperature; Deep-sea desposits; Porcupine (Ship). 114 THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA. [chap. III. the corticate type, though it differs from all the other known members of the order in being supported on a long symmetrical stalk formed, as Professor Loven has shown, of sheaves of short spicules bound together. Fio. 13.—Stylocordylaboreidis, Lovim Statural sue (Xo. 04.) by horny cement. A tuft of delicate fibres fixes the base of the stem in its position. Professor Oscar Schmidt, in his "Outline of the Sponge Fauna of the Atlantic," refers this form to his genus Cometclla,. 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 Thomson, C. Wyville (Charles Wyville), Sir, 1830-1882; Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885; Jeffreys, John Gwyn, 1809-1885. London ; New York : Macmillan and co.
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