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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
Station 213. 
Organisms from 
Sdhfacb-Nbts. 
Surface Organis m s. — The following species are recorded from the surface at this 
Suction : — 
Radiolakia (Haeckel, Zool. pt. 40). j 
lim-cinof^phiem invaginata, Haeckel. 
Chcenico.^j)1mra nassiterna, Haeckel (?). 
Psilomelissa galeata, Haeckel. 
Sethoccmus trochus, Haeckel. 
Dictyomitra macilenta, Haeckel. 
Pteropoda (Pelseneer, Zool. pt. 65). 
Cavolinia longirostris (Lesueur). 
,, glohulosa (Rang). 
Fishes (Gunther, Zool. pt. 78). 
P senes cyanophrys, C.V. 
In addition, the following are recorded in the note-books : — Peridinium, Glohigerina, 
two species of Ctenophorse, Echinoderm and other larvm, Halobates, Fterotrachea, Salpa, 
Apjtemlimlaria, FritiUana, Amphioxus. A shark was seen while trawling. 
Station 214. Station 214 (Sounding 352), Samboangan to New Guinea (see Chart 31 and 
Diagram 15). 
February 10, 1875 ; lat. 4° 33' N., long. 127° 6' E. 
Temperature of air at noon, 81°’8 ; mean for the day, 80°’8. 
Temperature of water : — 
Surface, .... 
80-5 
200 fathoms. 
48-7 
25 fathoms, 
79-1 
225 „ . . 
47-8 
50 „ ... 
73-0 
250 „ 
46-8 
75 „ ... 
66-0 
275 „ 
45-9 
100 „ ... 
60-0 
300 „ 
45-2 
1*25 „ ... 
54-5 
350 „ 
43-9 
150 „ ... 
51-6 
400 „ 
43-0 
175 
50-0 
Bottom, 
41-8 
Density at 60° F. at surface, 1*02551 ; bottom, 1*02562. 
Depth, 500 fathoms ; deposit. Blue Mud, containing 34*34 per cent, of carbonate 
of lime (see Murray and Rcnard, Deep-Sea Deposits Chall. Exp.). 
At 4.45 A.M. the Meangis Islands were visible ahead. Sailed to the W. of them. 
At 8 A.M. got up steam. At 8.30 a.m. shortened and furled .sails, and proceeded under 
steam. Sounded in 500 fathoms. Put trawl over. Later in forenoon a canoe, carrying 
a Dutch flag, full of men and boys, natives of the Islands, came alongside with birds and 
mats to exchange for tobacco. At 12.30 p.m. hove up trawl with numerous specimens. 
Scut down trawl a second time. Obtained serial temperatures down to the bottom 
