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ANIMAL:EXPLORINGTHE
ZOOLOGICALWORLD
POLYPUSLEVIS,CARLCHUN,1910-15
Theoctopus(Muusoctopus,
formerlyPolypus,levis) wasfirst
describedin 1885 ontheBritish
oceanographicresearchexpedition
undertakenbyHMSChallenger,
inspiringtheGermanmarine
biologistCarlChuntopersuadethe
Germangovernmenttofundan
expeditionofitsown.Theysetout
in 1898 withChunasleadertomake
detailedstudiesoftheSubantarctic
seasandgathera largecollectionof
botanicalandzoologicalspecimens.
Chunwasanexpertoncephalopod
molluscs–octopuses,squidsand
theirrelatives–andheincludedan
accountofthisgroupintheresults
oftheexpedition.
Animal:ExploringtheZoological
World, publishedbyPhaidon,is
available now (£39.95)