Table 1. Contributor authors of taxonomic reports on sessile and motile megabenthic
invertebrates and fishes collected during sampling expeditions of deep sea habitats from
Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands
HMS Challenger Expedition (1873)
Sponges Monaxonida (Ridley and Dendy, 1887); Tetractinellida (Sollas, 1888),
Hexactinellida (Schultze, 1887); Keratosa (Poléjaeff, 1884; Haeckel, 1889); Corals
(Moseley, 1881); Crinoidea (Carpenter, 1884); Asteroidea (Sladen, 1889), Ophiuroidea
(Clark, 1882); Echinoidea (Agassiz, 1881); Macrura (Spence Bate, 1888); Anomura
(Henderson, 1888); Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda (Watson, 1886)
Blake Expedition (1878-79)
Crinoidea (Carpenter, 1882); Ophiuroidea (Lyman, 1882)
Fish Hawk Expedition (1899)
Sponges (Wilson, 1900); Corals (Vaughan, 1900); Echinoiderms (Clark, 1900); Anomurans
(Benedict, 1900); Brachyura and Macrura (Rathbun, 1900), Mollusks (Dall and Simpson,
1900); Fishes (Evermann and Marsh, 1900)
Johnson-Smithsonian Expedition (1933)
Sponges (de Laubenfels, 1934); Echinoderms (Clark, 1934 a, b, c, d); Mollusks (Bartsch,
1934; Cooper, 1934; Corea, 1934); Crustaceans ( Rathburn, 1934; Shoemaker, 1934;
Wilson, 1935; Tattersall, 1937); Fishes (Myers, 1935; Schultz, 1937; Reid, 1934, 1940)
R/V Atlantis West Indies Expedition (1954)
Cephalopoda (Voss, 1958)
R/V Oregon and R/V Delaware Exploratory Fishery Cruises (1975-85)
Fishes (Nelson et al. 1984)
Mollusks (Cooper, 1977)
Seward Johnson Sea Link II Submersible Survey (1985)
Fishes (Nelson and Appeldoorn (1985)
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