INDEX

Actiniaria, 36, 93
—— two remarkable genera of, 15
Aegir, 15
Agassiz, A.,
—— on colour of Cœlentera, 65
—— on Echinoidea, 101, 103
Agassiz, L., on board the ‘Hassler,’ 12
‘Albatross,’ American vessel, 15
Alcyonaria, 95
—— phosphorescence of, 81
Amphipoda, 124
Anemones
—— of deep water, 36, 92
—— two remarkable genera of, 15
Annelida, 117
Ascidia compositæ, 146
—— salpiformes, 147
—— simplices, 142
Asteroidea, 104
Barriers of temperature, 32
Bathynomus, 129
Beddard, F. E., on Isopoda, 127
Benthos, 53
Berycidæ, 154
‘Blake,’ American vessel, 12
Blue mud, 42
Brachiopoda, 115
Brachyura, 138
Brisinga, 9, 105
Buchanan’s experiment, 19
Carpenter, P. H., on Crinoidea, 100
Cephalodiscus, 113
Cephalopoda, 120
‘Challenger,’ H.M.S., voyage of, 12
Cirripedia, 130
Cœlentera,
—— colour of, 65
—— of deep sea, 91
Colour
—— of the deep-sea fauna, 59, 66
—— of the deep-sea fish, 60
Copepoda, 124
Corals, 94
Crinoidea, 99
Crustacea, 123
—— colour of, 63
Darkness of the abyss, 22
Diatom ooze, 39
Dipnoi, 149
Echinoderma, 99
—— colour of, 64
Echinoidea, 101
Eels, 165
Elasipoda, 106
Elasmobranchii, 148, 153
Eryonidæ, 135
Eyes of abysmal animals, 67
—— of deep-sea crustacea, 72
—— of deep-sea fish, 69
—— of deep-sea mollusca, 71
—— of Genityllis, 118
—— of Neobythites, 69
—— of Serolis, 73
Fenja, 15
‘Fish Hawk,’ American vessel, 12
Fol and Sarasin’s experiments, 25
Foraminifera, 90
Forbes, on the probable existence of a deep-sea fauna, 2
—— on zones of distribution, 49
Ganoidei, 149
Gasteropoda, 119
Gephyrea, 116
Gills of deep-sea fish, 151
Globerigina ooze, discovery of, 5
—— distribution and composition of, 37
Green mud, 42
Gunn, Dr., on the eyes of Genityllis, 118
Günther, Dr., on deep-sea fish, 150
Hall, Marshall, 12
Halosauridæ, 164
‘Hassler,’ American ship, 12
Herdman, on Ascidians, 143, 146
Hermit crabs, 139
Hoek, Dr., on Cirripedia, 132
—— on Pycnogonida, 140
Holothuridea, 106
Hoyle, on Cephalopoda, 120
Hydroids, 92
‘Investigator,’ H.M.S., 16
Ipnops Murrayi, colour of, 60, 61
Ipnops Murrayi, phosphorescent organs of, 160
Isopoda, 127
Katantic sub-zone, 50
‘Knight Errant,’ H.M.S., 12
Lamellibranchia, 119
‘Lightning,’ H.M.S., 8, 9
Lime, scarcity of, in bones of bathybial fish, 83
—— in shells of mollusca, 83
Littoral sub-zone, 49
Lycodidæ, 155
Macrura, 135
Macruridæ, 156
Madreporaria, 94
Medusæ, 91
Mollusca, 119
—— colour of, 62
Moore, Capt., 94
Moseley, H. N., on colour of Cœlentera, 65
—— on phosphorescent organs of Ipnops, 160
—— on the darkness of the abyss, 22
—— on the phosphorescence of Alcyonarians, 25
Murray, on Bathypterois, 159
Nekton, 53
Neritic zone, 48
‘Norma,’ Mr. Hall’s yacht, 12
Norske Nord-havns expedition, 7, 15
Ophidiidæ, 156
Ostracoda, 123
Packard, on the illumination of the abyss, 23
Pediculati, 155
Pelagic zone, 47
Pennatulidæ, 96
Phoronis, 111
Phosphorescence of Alcyonarians, 81
— of deep-sea Crustacea, 80
— of Echinoderma, 81
Phosphorescent light in the abyss, 24
— organs of deep-sea fish, 77
Pigment in mucous membranes of deep-sea fish, 84, 152
Plankton, 52
Pleuronectidæ, 157
Polar currents, 30, 33
Polychæta, 118
‘Porcupine,’ H.M.S., 8, 9
Porifera, 91
Pourtales, Count, 10
Pressure in the abyss, 19
Protozoa, 88
Pteropod ooze, 39
Pycnogonida, 139
Radiolaria, 89
Radiolarian ooze, 39
Red mud, 37
— — off the Brazilian coasts, 42
Rhabdopleura, 111
Ross, Sir James, on the fauna of the deep sea, 3
Salmonidæ, 163
Sargasso sub-zone, 48
Sars, 6, 9,
— on Amphipoda, 125
— on Brisinga, 105
Schizopoda, 133
Scopelidæ, 158
Serolis, 127
Siphonophora, 92
Size of deep-sea animals, 85
— of fish, 153
Smith, Mr., on Lamellibranchia, 119
Spatangoids, 101
Sponges, 91
Stebbing, Rev. T. R., on Amphipoda, 125
Sternoptychidæ, 158
Stomatopoda, 133
Stomiatidæ, 162
‘Talisman,’ French vessel, 12
Teleostei, 149, 154
Temperature of the abyss, 28
Thomson, Sir Wyville, on Pourtalesia, 10
— on Thaumastocheles, 137
— on the darkness of the abyss, 22
— on the phosphorescence of the sea, 26
Thoracostraca, 133
‘Travailleur,’ French vessel, 12
‘Triton,’ H.M.S., 12
Tunicata, 140
Vegetable life, absence of, 42
Verrill, on the illumination of the abyss, 23
‘Vittor Pessani,’ Italian vessel, 12
‘Vöringin,’ Norwegian vessel, 14

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