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THE monumental work under the above title by Prof. G. O. Sars, of Christiania, is still being added to, although the first parts appeared so long ago as 1890. It is indeed no small task that the distinguished author has set himself. From the first he proposed to give a description of all the species of Crustacea hitherto known from Norway, and furthermore, to accompany the diagnoses by accurate figures of all the forms. There was no doubt that a work so extensive and so profusely illustrated would prove of great value to all systematic workers, but there was also little doubt that the publication would spread over years, and the work extend to hundreds of pages and a great number of plates. This has proved to be the case, for the most recent parts published (parts xxiii. and xxiv. of vol. v., 1908) bring the total up to 1540 pages of letterpress and 724 plates.
An Account of the Crustacea of Norway.
By Prof. G. O. Sars. Vols. i.–v. Vol i., Amphipoda. Pp. 708; 248 plates. Vol. ii., Isopoda. Pp. 270; 104 plates. Vol. iii., Cumacea. Pp. 115; 72 plates. Vol. iv., Copepoda Calanoida. Pp. 171; 108 plates. Vol. v., Copepoda Harpacticoida. (Bergen: Published by the Bergen Museum, 1890–1908.)
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CUNNINGTON, W. An Account of the Crustacea of Norway . Nature 80, 184 (1909). https://doi.org/10.1038/080184a0
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