Jahresbericht der Commission zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der deutschen Meere in Kiel für die Jahre 1872, 1873

Abstract

THE second portion of the Report of the North Sea Expedition, just published, contains Article VI., Bryozoa, edited by Dr. Kirchenpauer. Like most of his countrymen, the author accepts Ehrenberg's name for this group, although there is no doubt that, as urged by Allman and Busk, Vaughan Thomson's name (Polyzoa) has the priority. The number of species met with is but small; we make it 55, the author 54, but perhaps he excludes Pedicellina echinata. A most interesting account is given of the Flustra of the Northern Sea, and we welcome the account of the geographical distribution which is appended to each species as a valuable addition to our knowledge. From the richness of Dr. Kirchenpauer's collections, he was peculiarly well able to give a long list of habitats. Among the very complete list of authors quoted, we miss a paper on New Zealand Polyzoa by Sir C. Wyville Thomson, published in the Natural History Review for 1858.

Jahresbericht der Commission zur wissenschaftlichen Untersuchung der deutschen Meere in Kiel für die Jahre 1872, 1873.

Im Auftrage des Königlich Preus-sischen Ministeriums für die landwirthschaftlichen Angelegenheiten, herausgegeben von Dr. H. A. Meyer, Dr. K. Möbius, Dr. G. Karsten, Dr. V. Hensen, Dr. C. Kupffer. (Berlin, 1875.)