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DR. H. LYMAN CLARK, of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass., who is one of the outstanding authorities on echinoderms, has given in this catalogue the results of his studies, extending over some months in 1924, of the British Museum collection. This has been known as one of the important collections of sea-urchins since the time of J. E. Gray's first connexion with the Museum in 1824, in which year he published a paper—dealing with about 50 species—which may be regarded as the foundation for a catalogue. For thirty years Gray continued his study and, at intervals, his publications on sea-urchins. Since his time the collection has received notable additions from the expeditions of the Challenger, Alert, Penguin, and Egeria, from the collections made by Prof. A. Willey and Prof. J. Stanley Gardiner, and from those made during the recent British Antarctic Expeditions; it now ranks as one of the foremost collections of the world. It contains about 8000 specimens representing 382 species grouped in 146 genera, and Dr. Clark directs attention to the wealth of large examples in many of the series. He gives a table showing that in the collection is type material of in forms, 25 of which are new species or varieties described in this volume.
A Catalogue of the recent Sea-Urchins (Echinoidea) in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History).
By Hubert Lyman Clark. Pp. xxviii + 250 + 12 plates. (London: British Museum (Natural History), 1925.) n.p.
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A Catalogue of the recent Sea-Urchins (Echinoidea) in the Collection of the British Museum (Natural History) . Nature 116, 309 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116309b0
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