. 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. Fig. 398. —Ophioptepale Goesiana. ^. Fig. 395). So there may be every diversit}^ of general form, from the smooth simple Ophiomusium planwn (Fig. 396) to. Fig. :]i)4. — Ophiura Elaps. l^f^. the highly complex Ophiomyces frutectosiis. (Fig. 397.) No conditions could well be more

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. 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. Fig. 398. —Ophioptepale Goesiana. ^. Fig. 395). So there may be every diversit}^ of general form, from the smooth simple Ophiomusium planwn (Fig. 396) to. Fig. :]i)4. — Ophiura Elaps. l^f^. the highly complex Ophiomyces frutectosiis. (Fig. 397.) No conditions could well be more favorable to ophiurans than those of the West Indian waters. A tropical sun gives to the shallows. 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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