. 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. 160 TBE DEPTHS OF THE SEA. [chap. IV. in sand patches, Ophloghjpha sarsii, Lutken. The most abundant asterid was Asteropecten tenuispi- nus, always a marked object from its bright red colour— with here and there an example of Archaster androme
. 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. 160 TBE DEPTHS OF THE SEA. [chap. IV. in sand patches, Ophloghjpha sarsii, Lutken. The most abundant asterid was Asteropecten tenuispi- nus, always a marked object from its bright red colour— with here and there an example of Archaster andromeda and Pteraster militaris. Every haul brought up several specimens of the so called large. Fio. 2b. — Arclioittr vexilUfer, Wtville Thojjfon. One-tliird the natural size. (No. 76.) form of Echinus norvegicus, here of a pale colour, somewhat conical, and looking suspiciously like small forms of E. flemingii Along Avith one or two specimens of Archaster andromeda^ we took at Station 76 an exceedingly beautiful Archaster (Fig. 25), certainly by far the finest species yet dredged in the Northern Seas. The .arms are flattened, somewhat square in section. 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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