Excerpt from An Account of the Crustacea of Norway, Vol. 1: With Short Descriptions and Figures of All the Species In presenting to the scientific world the 1 st Volume of the great work on Norwegian Crustacea, which I have entered upon, I wish to make the following observations about the plan of the work in general, and especially that of the present Volume. The author, who during a long series of years has been engaged by the government to make investigations about the sea-fisheries of Norway, and for this purpose has made numerous journeys of research along the whole Norwegian coast, from the Christianiafjord to Vadso, has thereby had an unusually convenient opportunity for at the same time studying the rich marine invertebrate fauna occurring along that extensive coast, and has especially made himself familiar with the several groups of Crustacea, which had long before been his special study. A very large amount of zoological material has thus from time to time been brought together from many different localities, and among this material have been found numerous interesting forms new to science. Most of the new Crustacea have been briefly characterised by the author in several papers, chiefly published in the Transactions of the Scientific Society of Christiania, and a few groups, for instance the Mysidtr, have also been more fully treated of in separate treatises. It has, however, appeared to the author very desirable, that a full account of the rich carcinological fauna of Norway should be given, like that of the Briti.sh Crustacea long ago published by several distinguished carcilogists, both because such faunistic works have on tlie whole shown themselves to be extremely useful, and because the fauna of Norway, as is well known, belongs to two distinct zoological regions, the boreal and arctic, and thus exhibits characteristic differences from that of the British Isles. Indeed, the author has long felt it as a veritable duty, by entering Upon a such work, to utilise his long experience for the benefit of future carcinologists. But the great expenses connected with the publication of such an extensive work in the usual manner, as publication from the University, have hitherto prevented him from realizing his plan, and it is only. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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