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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
Station 143. 
Animal* from 
liRcnoe. 
rtlll 
im I>cr«0rR 
Density at 60 c F. : — 
Surface, . 
. 1-02657 
300 fathoms, 
1 02572 
50 fathoms, 
. 1-02629 
400 „ 
1-02579 
100 „ . . 
. 1 02616 
Bottom, 
1-02607 
200 „ 
. 1-02593 
Depth, 1900 fathoms; deposit, Globigerina Ooze, containing 90'34 per cent, of 
carbonate of lime, and phosphatic concretions (see Murray and Renard, Deep- 
Sea Deposits Chall. Exp.). 
At G a.m. shortened and furled sails, and got up steam. At 7 a.m. sounded in 
1 900 fathoms. At 9 a.m. obtained serial temperatures down to 400 fathoms, and 
-amples of water for analysis. At 9 a.m. put dredge over. At 2 p.m. commenced 
heaving in dredge, which came up at 3.30 p.m. with a few specimens. At 3.45 p.m. 
made Jill plain sail. 
Distance at noon from Prince Edward Island, 997 miles. Made good 95 miles. 
Amount of current 16 miles, direction N. 
Tin t 11' wing species are recorded in the Zoological Reports from the dredge at this 
Station : — 
Astkroidea (Sladen, Zool. pt. 51). 
Parcnrfiaster pedicifer, u.g., n.sp. One small specimen (young of this species?); 
obtained also at Station 147, 1600 fathoms. 
OpHiCRoiDEA (Lyman, Zool. pt. 14). 
Oph i'Hjlypha irrorata , n.sp. Obtained also at Station 164b, 410 fathoms. 
Hoi.t thurioidea (Thiel, Zool. pt. 13). 
> ■ f o />'■ 'irs alkida, n.g., n.sp. One injured specimen ; obtained at no other locality. 
The Station-book records also : — Gorgonacea and Primnoa. 
Foramimi ki a (Brady, Zool. pt. 22): — The following species of Foraminifera were 
•b <-rvod in J he deposit from this Station; the pelagic species, which make up about 
77 per < cut. of the carbonate of lime present in the deposit, are marked thus x : — 
Itiloculina IiuIIouIcm, d'Orbigny. 
„ dvprtMa, d'Orbigny. 
Spimli<uUna rrmata y Karrvr. 
l/i/i. ina apjlulinatu (d’Orbigny). 
,, rirrularu (Boruemanu). 
M Molina, nejiarans, Brady. 
„ venusta, Karror. 
Astrorhiza anguloaa, Brady. 
I’kuih mosph trra fusca, Schulze. 
Sarcammina sphxriea, Sara. 
