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Excerpt from The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 1886-88, Vol. 4: Zoology The study of the species brought home by the Challenger Expedition, which I was privileged to examine and describe, has revealed much valuable information with respect to the bathymetrical and geographical distribution of many species. The greatest depth at which a recent species of the class has been found alive was 2900 fathoms. A number of forms inhabit and prefer rocky and stony parts of the bottom, or are attached to corals, and are therefore more difficult to obtain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.