The fauna of the deep sea

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Sydney J. Hickson. The fauna of the deep sea

The fauna of the deep sea

Table of Contents

PREFACE

CHAPTER I. A SHORT HISTORY OF THE INVESTIGATIONS

CHAPTER II. THE PHYSICAL CONDITIONS OF THE ABYSS

CHAPTER III. THE RELATIONS OF THE ABYSMAL ZONE AND THE ORIGIN OF ITS FAUNA

CHAPTER IV. THE CHARACTERS OF THE DEEP-SEA FAUNA

CHAPTER V. THE PROTOZOA, CŒLENTERA, AND ECHINODERMA OF THE DEEP SEA

CHAPTER VI. THE VERMES AND MOLLUSCA OF THE DEEP SEA

CHAPTER VII. THE ARTHROPODA OF THE DEEP SEA

CHAPTER VIII. THE FISH OF THE DEEP SEA

INDEX

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Sydney J. Hickson

Published by Good Press, 2021

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In the spring of the following year, 1869, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty despatched the surveying vessel ‘Porcupine’ to carry on the work commenced by the ‘Lightning.’

The first cruise was on the west coast of Ireland, the second cruise to the Bay of Biscay, where dredging was satisfactorily carried on to a depth of 2,435 fathoms, and the third in the Channel between Faeroe and Scotland.

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