A\ ACCOUNT OF THE 



ALCYONARIANS 



COLLECTED BY TIIK 



ROYAL INDIAN' MARIXE SURVEY SHU' 



INVESTIGATOR 



IN TIIK 



INDIAN OCEAN 



BY 



J:>ARTHUR THOMSON, MA, 



REGIUS PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY IN TIIK UXIVKKSITY or Al:i:i:l>Ki:\ 



AND 



W^D^HENDERSON, M.A., B.SC., 



CARNEGIK KKI.I.OW, I'N'IVKU.SITV OF AHEKI'KKN 



I. THE ALCYONARIANS OF THE DEEP SEA 



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CALCUTTA: 



PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF 

 THE INDIAN MUSEUM 



1906 



