Abstract
THIS little book on the echinoderms of Denmark, by a well-known investigator of the group, is part of a Danish series comparable with the “Faune de France.” Considerable progress has been made since the Trustees of the British Museum published the late Jeffrey Bell's “Catalogue of British Echinoderms” but British naturalists will now find their needs almost completely supplied by Dr. R. Koehler's.” Echinodermes “and Dr. Mortensen's “Pighude.” Between them they cover the English Channel and the greater part of the North Sea. One would have liked some general discussion of the echinoderm fauna as a whole, with its relations to Arctic, Atlantic, and southern faunas, but this book, like Dr. Koehler's, is almost purely descriptive. Two points in which it differs from any previous work of the kind are the description of the larval forms of the species wherever known, and the inclusion of the chief Danish fossil echinoderms. The latter course is practicable for Denmark, because examples are virtually confined to the Chalk. Another useful and unusual feature is the indication of the tonic accent in systematic names, thus: Soldster indeca.
Pighude (Echinodermer).
Af Th. Mortensen. (Danmarks Fauna: Illustrerede Haandbøger over den Danske Dyreverden med Statsunderstøttelse udgivne af Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening.) Pp.274. (København: G. E. C. Gads Forlag, 1924.) 7.50 Kr.
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B., F. [Book Reviews]. Nature 114, 747 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114747b0
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