Kofoid, Charles Atwood; Campbell, Arthur Shackleton The Ciliata: The Tintinnoinea. Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific, in Charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer, 'Albatross,' from October 1904 to March 1905. Lieut-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S. N., Commanding. XXXVII. Published by Printed for the Museum, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1939. (Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College, April, 1939 issue.)
Soft cover, 4to, in printed brown wraps, thirty-six plates of black and white illustrations, including map of species distribution. This scientific report on new species of single-celled plankton, found in both marine and freshwater sources, was made from collections taken by Prof. Agassiz and his assisstants from Harvard's Museum of Natural History in the early twentieth century, on his third scientific cruise of 1904-05. Tintinnoinea are thought to be an important indicator of marine pollution. This "Albatross" expedition by Agassiz included one of the co-authors Prof. Kofoid, as well as others. Archeological stops and inland excursions were made at Cook's Bay in French Polynesia, La Perouse Bay in Hawaii, on the way to their main destination of Easter Island, and threafter on to the Galapagos Islands. CONDITION: Very Good. Some tears to wraps at head of spine (rear) and foot of spine (front) and crease affecting front of wraps and first couple of pages. Otherwise clean and with many pages unopened. REF: Smithsonian Archives.

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