Pacific Science Volume 25, Number 3, 1971
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Item The Pacific Species of the Clinid Fish Tribe Starksiini(University of Hawai'i Press, 1971-07) Rosenblatt, Richard H.; Taylor, Leighton R Jr.The Atlantic species of the clinid fishes of the tribe Starksiini were revised by Bohlke and Springer (1961), who synonymized the nominal genus Brannerella with Starksia, and regarded the group as monogeneric. They recognized eight species, describing two as new. Subsequently three additional Atlantic species have been described (C.R. Gilbert, 1965; C.R. Gilbert, in press). The Pacific forms were last treated by Al-Uthrnan (1960) who recognized two species, describing Brannerella spinipenis as new. Our study began with the collection of an obviously und escribed species in the Gulf of California. Further examination of starksiin material revealed that the species that had been called Starksia cremnobates by recent authors (Hubbs, 1952; Al-Uthman, 1960; Bohlke and Springer, 1961) could not be referred to cremnobates of Gilbert and had never been named. This species differs so strongly from the other starksiin species that a new genus is proposed for it. This, coupled with the discovery of seven additional undescribed species of Starksia, bringing the total for the eastern Pacific to nine, has necessitated an extensive treatment of all the Pacific species.Item Predation by the Nudibranch Dirona albolineata on Three Species of Prosobranchs(University of Hawai'i Press, 1971-07) Robilliard, Gordon A.Item Breeding in an Oceanic Population of Pleuroncodes planipes (Crustacea, Galatheidae)(University of Hawai'i Press, 1971-07) Longhurst, Alan R.; Seibert, Don L.The pelagic population of Pleuroncodes planipes known to occur in the California Current Extension is partly recruited by drift of megalopas from neritic regions and partly, as demonstrated by EASTROPAC samples, by breeding in situ.Item Megalobrachium poeyi (Crustacea, Decapoda, Porcellanidae): Comparison between Larval Development in Atlantic and Pacific Specimens Reared in the Laboratory(University of Hawai'i Press, 1971-07) Gore, Robert H.Item The Natantian Shrimps (Crustacea, Decapoda) Associated with Invertebrates in Hawaii(University of Hawai'i Press, 1971-07) Castro, PeterItem Substrate Selection in Caprellid Amphipods of Southern California, with Emphasis on Caprella californica Stimpson and Caprella equilibra Say (Amphipoda)(University of Hawai'i Press, 1971-07) Keith, Donald E.The substrate affinities of Southern Californian caprellids were studied with principal interest in two species, Caprella californica and Caprella equilibra. Experiments designed to test the selectivity for three substrates at Long Beach Marina showed C. californica to "prefer" the bryozoan Bugula neritina over the algae Polysiphonia pacifica and Ulva lobata. Caprella equilibra showed no preference between Bugula neritina and Polysiphonia pacifica, but selected these substrates over Ulva lobata. Selectivity of Caprella californica was attributed to its cryptic adaptation.Item A Remarkable New Amphipod Genus (Crustacea, Gammaridae) from Eniwetok Atoll Lagoon(University of Hawai'i Press, 1971-07) Croker, Robert A.Item Helminths from the Exotic Game Birds of the Puuwaawaa Ranch, Hawaii(University of Hawai'i Press, 1971-07) Lewin, V.; Holmes, J.C.Item Notes on Indo-Pacific Scleractinian Corals. Part 7 Catalaphyllia, a New Genus of Reef Corals(University of Hawai'i Press, 1971-07) Wells, John W.Item Ecology and Taxonomy of an Epizooic Diatom(University of Hawai'i Press, 1971-07) Russell, Dennis J.; Norris, Richard E.An epizooic diatom, Sameioneis carinaes gen. et sp. nov., has been found in the inland marine waters of northwestern Washington. It was found attached only to the copepod Corycaeus affinis. Attachment of the diatom occurs mainly on the second antennae and thoracic segments of male animals, and on the carapace and thoracic segments of females, which are the areas of contact during copulatory and noncopulatory clasping. It is probable that the diatoms are transferred to other animals during these activities.