. 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. Porcupine (Ship); Lightning (Ship); Ocean; Marine animals; Deep-sea temperature; Marine sediments. CHAP. III.] THE CEUISES OF THE 'PORCUPINE.' 87 weather, off Valentia and between Valentia and Galway, at depths varying from 80 to 808 fathoms (Station 2), with a temperature at the latter depth of 5°-2 C. The general character of the fauna wa
. 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. Porcupine (Ship); Lightning (Ship); Ocean; Marine animals; Deep-sea temperature; Marine sediments. CHAP. III.] THE CEUISES OF THE 'PORCUPINE.' 87 weather, off Valentia and between Valentia and Galway, at depths varying from 80 to 808 fathoms (Station 2), with a temperature at the latter depth of 5°-2 C. The general character of the fauna was that which we have hitherto been in the habit of regard- ing as Northern. Several interesting things were met with—Niicula tumidiila^ Malm. ; Leda frigida^ ToRELL ; Verticordia ahyssicola, Jeffreys ; and Siphonodentalium qidnquangulare, Forbes. Among the echinoderms a multitude of the large form of. Fig. 8.—Go»oj7fa'WioniftoifZes, Fabruius. Young. Twice the natural size. (No. 3.) Echinus norvegicus, D. and K., which I am now inclined to regard, along with several of its allies, as a mere variety of U. flemingil, Ball ; and the fine asterid already mentioned, Brisinga coronata, G. O. Sars. Some interesting crustaceans, including Gonoijlax rhomboides, Fab. (Fig. 8), a well-known Mediterranean species, and a young specimen of Geryon tridens, Kroter (Fig. 9), a rare Scandinavian form, and the only known North European bra-. 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, Macmillan and co.
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