. 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. 397. — Ophiomyces fniteetosus. lus secundus, Fig. 398). These conditions naturally give rise to much variety in form, and to a great abundance of individu-. Fig. o98.—Ophiomastus seciinclus. ^. als. The nine species mentioned by Mliller and Troschel, in 1842, as belonging t
. 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. 397. — Ophiomyces fniteetosus. lus secundus, Fig. 398). These conditions naturally give rise to much variety in form, and to a great abundance of individu-. Fig. o98.—Ophiomastus seciinclus. ^. als. The nine species mentioned by Mliller and Troschel, in 1842, as belonging to this area, have increased to one hundred and fifty-five, which are distributed at various depths. On the flats and reefs, near islands and keys, may be found colonies of Ophiothrix, blue, green, or red, with their translucent thorny arm- spines, and the humble Ophiactis swarming on great sponges; while here and there a yellow or vermilion star marks the soft 02:)hiomyxa Jiaccida. To the brown gorgonians clings the large Ophiocoma, similar in color; and sometimes a Medusa-head, whose branching arms excited the wonder of old Rondelet, twines about the thicker stems. These and their companions, living in a strong light, and in warm shallow water, present brilliant and well-marked colors. Nor are those that inhabit the dark and cold depths of the ocean always pale; on the contrary, many are of a bright orange or red. They are peculiar, how- ever, in that their colors generally fade in alcohol; and in an alcoholic collection the shallow species may readily be distin- guished by their brighter 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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