. 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 1880. Blake (Steamer); Marine animals -- Atlantic Ocean; Marine sediments. Fig. 429. — Gleba hippopus. (Fewkes.) stage of Agalma having no nectocalyces, in which a similar circle of covering scales is found. A new species, A. formosa, from the Florida Keys, has been added to the medusae of the Gulf Stream. The close resemblance of the swimming-bells of on
. 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 1880. Blake (Steamer); Marine animals -- Atlantic Ocean; Marine sediments. Fig. 429. — Gleba hippopus. (Fewkes.) stage of Agalma having no nectocalyces, in which a similar circle of covering scales is found. A new species, A. formosa, from the Florida Keys, has been added to the medusae of the Gulf Stream. The close resemblance of the swimming-bells of one genus of the floatless siphonophores to a horse's hoof suggested the name of hippopus to designate a wide-spread Mediterranean species (Crleba hippopus, Fig. 429) found in the Gulf Stream Fig. 4l'S.—Agalma Okenii. 1. (Fewkes.). 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 ; New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Co.
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