Grigg, Richard W; Wells, John W; Wallace, Carden(University of Hawai'i Press, 1981-01)
Present occurrence of the coral genus Acropora in Hawaii has
long been questioned. This paper reviews the scientific literature concerning
this controversy and presents the results of a recent resource survey of the
entire ...
Grigg, Richard W(University of Hawai'i Press, 1981-01)
Acropora was present in Hawaii during the Miocene but disappeared
from the geological record during the Pleistocene. In the present
(Holocene), Acropora appears to be in the process of recolonizing the archipelago.
Three ...
Robison, Bruce H; Young, Richard Edward(University of Hawai'i Press, 1981-01)
A. peculiar circumoral organ in a pelagic bolitaenid octopus
luminesced brilliantly when treated with H2O2. This is the first confirmed
luminescent organ In an octopus. Similar organs are found only in females of
Eledonella ...
Lobel, Phillip S(University of Hawai'i Press, 1981-01)
Bodianus prognathus, a new species, is described from Fanning
Atoll, Line Islands, Central Pacific. It is distinct from its congeners by having
an extremely elongate snout. It resembles B. diana in color pattern.
Leaves from two varieties of Met rosideros collina subsp. polymorpha, var. polymorpha and var. glaberrima, were sampled in two successional
communities on the island of Hawaii. One variety, polymorpha, has
coriaceous ...
Perron, Frank E(University of Hawai'i Press, 1981-01)
The planktotrophic larvae of Conus lividus, C. quercinus, C.
flavidus, C. striatus, and C. marmoreus were reared through metamorphosis in
the laboratory and were described and figured . Minimum planktonic periods
of ...
Christensen, Carl C; Kirch, Patrick V(University of Hawai'i Press, 1981-01)
Eighteen species of nonmarine mollusks are recorded from the
island of Tikopia, southeastern Solomon Islands. Material studied was obtained
from eight archaeologica l sites; a small sample of live-collected specimens
was ...
Three freshwater fish species new to the Fiji Islands are recorded.
These species are Coelonotus argulus Peters (Syngnathidae),
Doryichthys retzi (Bleeker) (Syngnathidae), and Butis butis (HamiltonBuchanan)
(Eleotridae).
Randall, John E; Randall, Helen A(University of Hawai'i Press, 1981-01)
The Indo-Pacific labrid fish genus Pseudojuloides Fowler is
characterized chiefly by a slender body (depth usually 4-5 in standard length) ,
IX,1l or 12 dorsal rays, a single pair of canine teeth anteriorly in jaws
followed ...
