Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte Ostasiens

Abstract

IT has been known for some time to zoologists that the southern coasts of Japan possess a very rich and varied marine fauna. The Challenger expedition gave us some indication of it, and various special memoirs by Japanese writers that have appeared in recent years have served to maintain and stimulate our interest in it. But the nine memoirs dealing with the collections made by Dr. F. Doflein in the Sagami and Sendai bays during the years 1904–5 bring home to us with great effect the amazing wealth with which our Japanese friends are favoured in respect of their submarine zoological treasures.

Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte Ostasiens.

Edited by Dr. F. Doflein. Japanische Alcyonaceen. By Prof. W. Kükenthal. Pp. 86 + Tafel v. Price 4 marks. Japanische Gorgoniden. Teil i. Die Familien der Primnoiden, Muriceiden, und Acanthogorgiiden. By Prof. W. Kükenthal and H. Gorzawsky. Pp. 71+Tafel iv. Price 3.60 marks. Japanische gorgoniden. Teil ii. Die Familien der Plexauriden Chrysogorgiiden und Melitodiden. By Prof. W. Kükenthal. Pp. 78+Tafel vii. Price 6 marks. Hydroidpolypen der japanische Ostküste. Teil i. Athecata und Plumularidæ. By E. Stechow. Pp. 109 + Tafel vii. Price 5 marks. Japanische Antipatharien. By E. Silberfeld. Pp. 30 + Tafel ii. Price 2.50 marks. Japanische Medusen. By O. Maas. Pp. 52 + Tafel iii. Price 4 marks. Japanische Actinien. By Dr. A. Wassilieff. Pp. 52 + Tafel ix. Price 2.70 marks. Japanische Ctenophoren. By Dr. Fanny Moser. Pp. 77 + Tafel ii. Price 5 marks. Uber Japanische Seewalzen. By E. Augustin. Pp. 444 + Tafel ii. Price 3 marks. (München: K. B. Akademie der Wissenschaften, G. Franz'schen Verlags, J. Roth, 1906–9.)