Explore a historic reef plant of the deep seas—brought back by the H.M.S. Challenger voyage.
This edition catalogs reef corals collected during the Challenger expedition, with detailed plates and descriptions that illuminate coral structure, growth, and variation. The work presents a scientific snapshot of many species, their calicles, walls, septa, and internal features, alongside notes on where and how specimens were found.
The content is nonfiction and rooted in taxonomic study. Readers will encounter careful observations of coral forms, comparisons among genera, and insights into how corallum structures relate to classification. The material is presented in a traditional, plate-driven format that highlights anatomy and development without narrative fiction.
- Illustrated plates showing coral calicles, walls, septa, and inner structures for identification.
- Technical descriptions of multiple coral genera, their growth patterns, and variations across specimens.
- Locality notes from Fiji, Tongatabu, Bermuda, and Torres Strait survey sites, with depth context.
Ideal for readers of historical scientific expeditions, marine biology, and connoisseurs of classic natural history plates.Report on the Reef-Corals Collected by H. M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76