INDEX.
Reading edition
A.
Air-bladders in Plankton, 90.
Alcyonarians of Coral-reef, 67.
Alcyonium, 42.
Alternation of Generations, 31, 93, 99.
Angler-fish, 39.
Azoic, without animal life, 9.
B.
Barbel, a tentacle on the lower jaw of Fish such as the Cod, 52, 139.
Barnacles, 40;
on Whale, 159.
Benthos, the animals living on the bottom of the sea, 110.
Blue-shark, 121.
Blue-whale, 126.
Bonito, 121.
Boring Mollusc, 43.
Bopyrus, 170.
Brachiolaria, 112.
C.
Caller-crab, 76.
Cetacea, 125.
Cilia, minute vibratile hair-like processes on the body of some small animals, 111.
Cirripedia, a group of Crustacea to which the Barnacles belong, 168.
Cod-fish Family, 52.
Coffer-fish, 63.
Colour in shallow water animals, 31;
in deep-sea animals, 137.
Copepods, 86;
parasitic, 169.
Corals, 57.
Coral and Worm, 151.
Coral-reefs, 56;
shells of, 65;
Anemones of, 66;
alcyonarians of, 67;
different forms of, 68;
Fauna, of outer edge of, 78.
Crab-galls, 158.
Crab and Sea-weed, 162.
Crustaceans of the rocks, 48.
Ctenophores, a group of Cœlenterates, 85.
Currents, 16.
Cuttle-fish, 49.
D.
Density of Sea-water, 13.
Depths of the Sea, 10.
Diatoms, minute unicellular, plants, 23.
E.
Electric Organ, 37.
Eyes, 27;
of Scallops, 29;
of larval Tunicate, 30;
of Medusæ, 30;
of deep-sea animals, 138.
F.
Fauna, the animals living in a particular region considered as a whole.
Filograna, 57.
Fish of the rocks, 51;
of the Coral-reefs, 63;
of the surface waters, 119;
of the deep-sea, 139.
Fish-lice, 167.
Flying-Fish, 120.
Fur-seal, 133.
G.
Gas reservoirs in Plankton, 90.
Gastropods of shallow water, 45;
of Plankton, 100.
Gelasimus, 76.
Globe-fish, 63.
Globigerina, 21, 104.
H.
Hag-fish, 166.
Halobates, 102.
Hermit-crab, 147.
Herrings, 123.
Hormiphora, 85.
I.
Inachus, 162.
Ipnops, 138.
Isopoda, a group of Crustaceans to which the Wood-louse belongs, 139.
J.
Janthina, 101.
Jelly-fish, 84, 92.
John Dory, 54.
L.
Lamprey, 166.
Larva, a young immature free individual differing in form from the Parent.
Larvæ in surface waters, 109.
Leeches, 166.
Lithothamnion, 20, 57.
Lug-worm, 34.
Lump-sucker, 52.
M.
Mackerel, 124.
Madrepore, 57.
Mangrove-swamp, 73.
Medusæ, 31, 92.
Melia tesselata, 148.
Millepore and Barnacle, 155.
Mud-line, 19.
N.
Nauplius larva, 40, 115.
Nekton, 119.
Noctiluca, 109.
O.
Ooze, 21.
P.
Palolo Worm, 79.
Parasitism, 164.
Periophthalmus, 74.
Periwinkles, 45.
Pholas, 43.
Phosphorescence, 82, 107;
of deep-sea fauna, 140.
Phyllopteryx, 26.
Physalia, 97.
Pipe-fish, 25.
Plankton floating or drifting animals of a region considered as a whole, 83.
Pluteus, 113.
Porpoise, 127.
Prawn, parasite of, 170.
Pteropod, 21, 102.
Pyrosoma, 108.
R.
Radiolarians, 22, 160.
Razor-shell, 35.
Red clay, 21.
Right-whale, 126.
Rocks, Fauna of, 39.
S.
Sabella, 153.
Sacculina, 168.
Salps, 98.
Sandy shores, Fauna of, 34.
Sargasso, 106.
Scallop, eyes of, 29.
Scopelus, 123.
Sea-anemones, 66, 163.
Sea-bottom, 18.
Sea-elephant, 132.
Sea-horse, 26.
Sea-lilies, 144.
Sea-lion, 132.
Sea-sawdust, 106.
Sea-urchin, 43.
Sea-weeds, 24, 106.
Seal, 130.
Serpula, 41.
Shells of Coral-reef, 65.
Ship-worm, 43.
Shrimps, 31.
Siphonophores, 95.
Skates, 36.
Slime glands of Fish, 165.
Sole, 37.
Solen, 35.
Sperm-whale, 127.
Spines in Plankton, 90.
Sponge, Hermit-crab and Worm, 150.
Star-fish, 44;
method of feeding of, 29.
Stenopus, 33.
Sting-ray, 36.
Stinging of Cœlenterates, 97.
Sun-fish, 122.
Swamp-fauna, 74.
Symbiosis, 146.
T.
Temperature of sea-water, 11.
Teredo, 43.
Thread-cells, 97.
Tides, 15.
Torpedo, 37.
Trepang, 153.
Trichodesmium, 106.
Tridacna, 65.
Trigger-fish, 63.
Tunicates, eye of, 30.
V.
Velella, 96.
W.
Walrus, 134.
Worm-tubes, 163.
X.
Xenophora, 162.
Y.
Yellow cells, 160.
Z.
Zoophytes, 30, 161.
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