Abstract
EACH group of animals dealt with in this new and admirably planned series is treated along definite lines; first the characters of the animals are described, then their systematic position, in some cases the best methods of fixation, the structure, the distribution, the method and powers of movement, the mode of feeding with details of the physiology of digestion and of excretion and an account of the food, the sense organs, reproduction and development, bionomics and relation to their surroundings with especial reference to parasites. Good bibliographies are provided, while oexcellent line drawings and maps to show the distribution illustrate the text. As a result of this mode of treatment, we are being provided with a well-balanced account of the fauna of the North and Baltic Seas, compact and yet far removed from the old-fashioned catalogues of genera and species. Points of particular interest, such as light production in Noctiluca, the growth rings on otoliths and scales in fish and the methods of marking flatfish with metal discs, are treated in detail. Further additions to this series will be awaited with interest by all workers in marine biology.
Die Tierwelt der Nord- und Ostsee.
G.
Grimpe
E.
Wagler
Herausgegeben von. Lieferung 2 (Teil 2. d1, 12. h1 ). Teil 2. d1: Noctiluca, von A. Pratje; Teil 12. h1: Teleostei Physoclisti, 10. Heterosomata, von W. Schnakenbeck. Pp. 12 + 60. 4.50 gold marks. Lieferung 3 (Teil 9. c1; 9 c2, 12. i1 ). Teil 9. c1: i. Opisthobranchia; ii. Pteropoda, von H. Hoffman; Teil 9. c2: Scaphopoda, von Tera van Bentham Jutting; Teil 12. i1: i. Amphibia; ii. Reptilia, von R. Mertens. Pp. 66 + 14 + 20. 7.80 gold marks. (Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H., 1926.)
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Die Tierwelt der Nord- und Ostsee . Nature 118, 223 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118223b0
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