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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
Statios 289. 
ORGANt.oMS FROM 
SCRFACE-NriH. 
Station 290. 
Fisihs (Giiuther, Zool. pt. 57). 
liatfnfplcrois longicauda, n.g., n.sp. One specimen ; obtained at no other locality. 
In addition to the foregoing, the following are recorded in the Station-book : — 
Esperid Sponge (osculuni only), two Serpula tubes attached to manganese nodules. 
Excluding Protozoa, over a dozen specimens of invertebrates and fishes were 
obtained at this Station, belonging to about 10 species, of which 8 (all those 
reported) are new to science, including representatives of 6 new genera ; 6 of the 
new species and 2 new genera were not obtained elsewhere. 
Surface Organisms. — The following species of Radiolaria are recorded from the surface 
at this Station : — 
K.\I)IOL.\ri.\ (Haeckel, Zool. pt. 40). 
Siphonosphwra chonophora, Haeckel. 
SpfuT7'OsfijIus diadema, Haeckel. 
CenelUpsis micropora, Haeckel. 
Druppocarpus ananassa, Haeckel. 
Ceriaspis inermis, Haeckel. 
Sethocephalus platycryphalus, Haeckel. 
Cannorrhaphis lampoxanthium, Haeckel. 
In the tow-nets attached to the trawl were several forms of Phaeodaria {Challengeria 
and Tuscarora) and other Eadiolaria, Cypridinx, shrimps and smaller Crustacea, and two 
small Sternoptychids, while from the surface the usual surface things, as noted at the 
last Station, were obtained, including some broken portions of Ethmodiscus, and small 
Foraminifera (principally Pulvinulina). 
Station 290 (Sounding 435), Tahiti to Valparaiso (see Chart 38 and Diagram 20). 
October 25, 1875 ; lat. 39° 16' S., long. 124° 7' W. 
Temperature of air at noon, 52°’8 ; mean for the day, 50°'l. 
Temperature of water : — 
Surface, . 
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1.300 „ 
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