Part 2 — CHAPTER XX. THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF MARINE LIFE.
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CHAPTER XX. THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF MARINE LIFE.
The Dependence of all created Beings upon Space and Time.—The Influences which regulate the Distribution of Marine Life.—The four Bathymetrical Zones of Marine Life on the British Coasts, according to the late Professor Edward Forbes of Edinburgh.—Abyssal Animals.—Bathybius Haeckelii.—Deep-Sea Sponges and Shell-Fish.—Vivid Phosphorescence of Deep-Sea Animals.—Deep-Sea Shark Fishery—The "Challenger." 405