A Catalogue Of Recent Cephalopoda

Author : William E. Hoyle
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333949181
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (491 download)

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Download or read book A Catalogue of Recent Cephalopoda written by William E. Hoyle and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Catalogue of Recent Cephalopoda: Supplement, 1887-96 The new forms are in nearly all cases adequately described, and in the majority of instances figured with sufficient detail, so that there has been comparatively little room for doubt as to their claim to specific distinction. In cases of uncertainty I have adhered to the principle, mentioned in my previous list, of not registering species as identical without very strong evidence. In the case of a Catalogue like the present, which makes no pretensions to monographic completeness, less harm is done by letting two names stand side by side than by hastily entering them as synonymous. Most of the novelties are from the eastern seas, and are due to the investigations of Dr Ortmann into the Japanese forms, of the late Dr Brock, whose untimely death deprived zoological science of a promising worker in this interest ing field, and of Mr Goodrich, who has reported upon the collections in the Calcutta Museum. It is, however, no injustice to these workers to say that the most important systematic work on the Cephalopoda which has appeared in recent years is the Monograph which Dr J atta has published in the Fauna and Flora of the Gulf of Naples. It is the result of more than ten years work, and is based upon abundant material prepared with all the resources which have rendered the Naples station famous all over the world. The descriptions are careful and elaborate, and there is a wealth of illustrations, which should render it impossible in future to mistake any of the species there enumerated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.