Abstract
THE collection of specimens of marine animals by individual workers and on fully organized expeditions has been carried on for many years, and still continues. To the systematic zoologist, much of the interest in these collections lies in the discovery of new or rare species which may throw light on evolutionary trends and classification. But the gradual accumulation of publications giving the faunistic results of collections, and often comprising lists of already known species, serves another purpose. Each record marks a pin prick on the globe to add to our picture of the geographical distribution of that species. It is only after many years of such recording of already described and well-known species have passed that this second purpose can reach fruition in an outline of marine zoo-geography.
Tiergeographie des Meeres
Von Prof. Sven Ekman. Pp. xii + 542. (Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft m.b.H., 1935.) 32 gold marks.
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R., F. Tiergeographie des Meeres. Nature 139, 694–695 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139694a0
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