Archive image from page 228 of The depths of the sea. 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, depthsofseaaccou00tho Year: 1873 chap, iv.] THE CRUISES OF THE 'PORCUPINE: 173 We took one or two small examples of a very fine ophiurid, of which larger specimens had been pre- viously found at about the same depth and tem- perature during the second cruise of the same
Archive image from page 228 of The depths of the sea. 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, depthsofseaaccou00tho Year: 1873 chap, iv.] THE CRUISES OF THE 'PORCUPINE: 173 We took one or two small examples of a very fine ophiurid, of which larger specimens had been pre- viously found at about the same depth and tem- perature during the second cruise of the same season off the coast of Ireland. This form probably ought to be referred to Lyman's genus Ophiomusium, Fig. 33.—Ophiomusium lymani, Wyville Thomson. Oral surface. though the characters of the genus must be some- what altered to admit it. Ophiomusium ebumeum, Lyman, of which several specimens were taken by Count Pourtales at depths of from 270 to 335 fathoms, off Sandy Key, is distinguished by the great solidity and complete calcification of the
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