Contributions to the natural history of the United States of America
By: by Louis Agassiz
Contributors: Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910; Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910, author
Series: v. 5: Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College -- v. 5, no. 1; Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College -- v. 5, no. 1; Open Collections Program at Harvard University
Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
Published: 1857
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 77
Subjects: Cnidaria; Animals; Classification; Zoology; Chelonia (Genus); Turtles; Starfish
Other titles: Natural history of the United States
Notes: The complete work was to include 10 vols., but only 5 were published.

First monograph (v. 1-2) in 3 parts; second monograph (v. 3-4) in 5 parts; third monograph (v. 5) in 2 parts.

Vol. 5 was written by Alexander Agassiz and also published in the Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, vol. 5, no. 1.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: v. 1, pt. 1. Essay on classification; title: v. 1, pt. 2. North American Testudinata; title: v. 2, pt. 3. Embryology of the turtle; title: v. 3, pt. 1. Acalephs in general; title: v. 3, pt. 2. Ctenophoræ; title: v. 4. pt. 3. Discophoræ; title: v. 4, pt. 4. Hydroidæ; title: v. 4, pt. 5. Homologies of the Radiata; title: v. 5, pt. 1. Embryology of the starfish; title: v. 5, pt. 2. Hard parts of some North American starfishes.