AMPHIPOD NEWSLETTER 8 I ‘.iTC J.'3L!w I Tr.’or,:30 October 1976 This issue of A.N. is long overdue and I apologize for the delay which is entirely my own fault, and caused by a combination ' of too much work and not -quite good, enough health. For the same reasons, some of yoi-i also have had to wait too long for my reply to their letters, and again I apologize. Jerry Barnard has contributed a further essay on the Chonos Stam Tree and its connection with amphipod evolution, and Diana Laubitz sent an extensive review of Vassilenko's Caprellid monograph. For the rest this issue is mainly dedicated to the usual columns. The group of regional editors and "collectors” is fortunately growing steadily and payment via these colleagues appears to be the most effec- tive way of minimizing the administrative inroads on our subscription money due to international bank transactions Earlier Akira Taniguchi (japan), Les Watling (eastern USA, new address: Dept of Oceanography, Univ. of Maine, Walpole, Maine 04573) and W.D. Williams (Australia-N . Zealand) had offered their assistance. New regional editors are John Chapman (Bodega Marine Laboratory, P.O. Box 247, Bodega Bay , Cal. 94923, U.S.A.) for the western U.S.A., Diana Laubitz (Museum of Natural Sciences, Canadian Oceanographic Identif ication Centre, Ottawa KIA 0M8 , Canada) for Canada, and Mike Thurston (Inst, of Oceanographic Sciences, Wormley, Godalming^ Surrey , UK) for Great Britain. I plan to print a new complete list of subscribers in the next newsletter, and will therefore ask everybody to check carefully whether the address on this newsletter is the correct one, and to send me corrections. I am very grateful to those of you who send me reprints of their recent papers; this is of much help as I seem to get less and less time for keeping abreast with the amphipod literature via primary and reference literature . Deadline for A.N. 9 will be 1. may 1977. Wim Vader Trornso Museum University of Trornso N- 9001 Troms 0 Norway - 2 - THE AMPHIPODA AND THE CHON OS TREE ( a reply to John Luther Mohr about collar ciliotes) Jerry L. Barnard I pointed out several times on pp . 21-30 of USNM Bull. '271 (1 969) that there is virtually no objection to the utilization of the Corophioidea (which includes Ampi thoidae , Corophiidae, the aorids , isaeids, photids) etc. as the basic amphipod and that this group may actually represent a more primitive (or at least equivalent) state than the Gammarid-like groups. Something more than we know about the simple and gross morphology of amphipods will be required to reach conclusions about this because of the massive parallels in morphology between Gammarids and Corophioids. Gammarids are only basic because the vast majority of Gammaridea has laminar telsons in contrast to the Corophioids which have fleshy telsons. The fleshy telson is a far better generalized antiquity in crustaceans than the laminar cleft form so that I have no objection to visualizing the primitive coroph- ioids (such as Gammaropsis 1 as basic. On first sight these animals can scarcely be distinguished from gammarids. They are, of course, domicolous, meaning that they have web spinning glands, lost in all other amphipods except Ampeliscidae (where they appear to have been recreated) and this is not a very parsimonious attribute. However, the attribute is lost even within the Corophioidea and I don’t want to suggest that living primitive corophioids are the absolute ancestors of everything else, i.e., the living link. John Mohr is also correct about his antipodean implications. Much has gone on there. Bousfield's elegant classification of Gammaroids (in press^ Crustaceana ) isolates the Crangonychoid group composed of Noto- gean gammarids, those from South Africa, the strict Crangonychids of Holarctica plus the east Asian Pseudocrangonychids , all of which have sternal gills. (Note, the sternobranchiate Paramoeras must be added to the scheme) . I note that the plesiomorphic Notogean representatives are almost identical to certain Palearctic plesiomorphs except for the simpler transverse setation on the urosome. If we visualize a world of Pangea in early Mesozoic times and propound a cool temperate purely freshwater pathway from southern Africa to Palearctica we can scatter Crangonychoids pandemically (except Neotropica) . Now if we move into later Mesozoic times with Australia fully disjunct, with South America shifted more than a few score miles away from Africa, and with North America also escaping Laurasia, we can visualize a Palearctic cycle of crangonychoid emergence into the sea (or the brac- kish embryo of the North Atlantic) with concomitant loss of sternal gills and then reinvasion of Palearctica en masse. Australia and South -3- Africa are left with crangonychoids never to be challenged by the new gammarids because of distance and probable emergence of new climatic zonation. North America has pulled away too far to permit more than a token invasion of the garmnarid form, thus leaving Neo- tropica dominated by crangonychoids. In fact the gammarids there may be quite late in arrival. The new gammarids plus invasive niphargids from the sea almost fully extirpate crangonychoids from Palearctica, leaving the east Asian groups contracted but under pressure. All this does not imply that Notogea was the source of crangonychoids , but that it is their main refuge in plesiomorphic condition. The Nearctic crowd is mostly very derived or advanced , though a few plesio- rnorphs remain in the southeast. At least one of the Notogean taxa has developed the marine kind of uropod 3 ( Phreatogammarus ) which is reflected in the Ceradocids , Hadziids, Bogidiellids and Kergueleniola etc. Barnard (1972, 1972a, 1974) and Barnard and Drummond(in prep.) show that many other things have occurred in Auatralia or that Australia contains the refugial evidence of these events, such as the elaboration of phoxocephalids and dexaminids . And yet to be explored but in progress, are some of the strange events in telsonic morphology tied up in the Gammaropsis-to-marine-Gammaroid cycle (originally described by Thomson) . I am not surprised at and am very receptive to the idea that Ampithoidae (as part of the Corophioidea) have the more generalized (or primitive?) collar ciliates. This is the kind of information we need to solidify any theory about evolutionary deployment in Amphipoda. The morj^hology of Palearctic Gajnmarids, Notogean Crangonychoids, and generalized Corophioids is so strongly parallel that some other input must be made. Gammarids are the most parsimonious group because they have laminar telsons and lack sternal gills, and spinning glands. Corophioids and Crangonychoids are equivocal because they each carry a rarity, spinning glands or sternal gills. If Corophioids are the more primitive group then sternal gills were a new but transitory attribute quickly lost in the bulk of the descendents but providing the taxonomist with a marker to show the freshwater cycle. Early corophioids need not be saddled with spinning glands, we could suppose that only those corop- hioids with glands survived the onsl ought of the later garrmiarids and their descendents or even various descendents of corophioids. -4- Unless we get some molecular evidence, new fossils or undiscovered living links we may have to settle for a philosophic view on a Corop- hioid primordiality , based on attendant coirimensals and parasites and a forthcalling of probabilities about the telson. John Mohr’s evidence certainly helps and I hope he will put this into the official literature in a form directed to the attention of amphi- podologists. Anyway, I've been working on an evolutionary essay along these lines for several years and it has finally turned into a small book nearing completion. Jolin Mohr's note has reminded me to look into this business so that a bare mention of it can be included. LAST MINUTE ADDITIONS BENSON, J.A. & R.D. LEWIS, 1876. An analysis of the activity rhythm of the sand beach amphipod, Talorchestia guoyana . J. comp. Physiol. 1 03 : 339-352 (Not seen) DORGELO, J. , 1976. Salt tolerance in Crustacea and the influence of temperature upon it. Biol. Rev. 255-290 (More will be said about this interesting paper in A.N. 9). FLOESSNER, D,, 1976. Biornasse und Produktion des Makrobenthos der mittleren Saale. Limnologica 1_0: 123-153. HOLLAND, D.G. , 1976. The distribution of the freshwater Malacostraca in the area of the Mersey and Weaver River Authority. Freshw, Biol. 6 : 265-276 (Not seen) HOLLAND, D.G., 1976. The inland distribution of brackish-water Gammarus species in the area of the Mersey and Weaver River Authority. Freshw. Biol. 6 : 277-285 (Not seen) KIRILLOVA, L.M., 1974. (Effects of chlorophos and enterobacterin on Gammarus pul ex , a member of nektobenthic fauna.) Pp 20-23 in L.A. LERNIKOV (ed). (Effects of pesticides and petroleum products on aquatic organisms). Izv. Gos NIORKh 98 , 1974. (in Russian, not seen. Chlorophos caused no morta- lity at cone, of 0.06 mg/l and below, over 50 % mortality at 0.5 nig/l , 100% after 25 h. at 6 . 25 mg/l, and 100% after 2 h. at 100 mg/l. Enterobacterin was not toxic at cone, up to 40 mg/l . ) KOSTALOS , M. 8c R.L. SEYMOUR, 1976. Role of microbial enriched detritus in the nutrition of Gammarus minus (Amphipoda). Oikos 27 : 512-516 ("Evidence indicates that the nutrition of G. minus is based on a food chain of detritus and the associated fungi") ”5- REVIEW CAPRELLIDS OF THE SEAS OF THE USSR AND ADJACENT WATERS. S.V. VASSILENRO, 1974. KEYS TO THE FAUNA OF THE U.S.S.R. 107. LENINGRAD^ 288 p. Diana Laubitz. Dr. Vassilenko's monograph will be welcomed by all who are interested in northern faunas, particularly in view of the' incredible abundance of the caprellids in certain areas (up to 95,000/rn ). The introductory morphological section rightly emphasizes variable characters. Some of the statements are perhaps too general: eg. the ornamentation of brood plates and of mx. 1 outer plate does differ, and may prove to be of taxonomic signif icance . Similarly, although the abdomen of non-Paracercopid families usually is' cons iderably shorter than pereonite 7 ' , it can be as long ( Aeginina, Mayerella )or even longer ( Protoaeginella ) . Conversely, Vassilenko suggests that the ornamentation of the body is sufficiently specific to serve as a systematic character, a statement which, if interpreted in its narrow sense, is hard to accept. Relationships within the Caprellidea are still obscure, despite the efforts of Vassilenko, and McCain (1970). In the evolutionary section, the families and subfamilies have been modified but they are still far from satisfactory. Some of the diagnostic characters are of doubtful nature, such as abdomen, 'pseudochelae' (prehensile pereopods) and degree of cephalizat ion , Assuming a podocerid-caprogammarid provenance of the caprellids, reduction of the abdomen was not fundamental to the evolution of the suborder (Barnard 1969). In its present vestigial and presujned nonfunctional form, it is possibly only of generic signif icance , except where it is obviously segmented, l^'^ehensile pei'eopods may be of some significance, but they are also obviously related to habit: many deep water species from various genera normally showing prehensility have lost this character, presumably as an ecological adaptation. The head suture of caprellids is highly variable between genera; even within the Paracercopidae it may be complete ( Cercops holboelli ) or absent ( Pseudocercops kussakini ) , throwing into doubt its use as a higher taxonomic character. Families Paracercopidae (surely there is a strong case for this to have been named Cercopidae) and Phtisicidae are homogeneous groupings, although I agree with Vassilenko that Caprell inoides and Pseudaeginella are probably mis-assigned to Dodecadinae. Family Caprellidae, as she acknowledges, is still badly in need of revision. Subfamilies, here based on degree of cephalization , would have had very different consti- - 6 - tiAent genera had they been based on certain mouthpart characteristics. However, I sincerely hope that no further revisions are attempted until we have more accurate knowledge of some of the more obscure genera, such as Noculacia . The systematics section covers 75 species in 12 genera; 11 new species are described. All of the species available to the author are well illustrated with clear, comprehensive, mostly original drawings; photo- graphs, when used, have not reproduced well. The key to Caprella and Metacaprella (60 spp.) has been competently constructed, although covering only adult males. I am informed (Douglas Schamel) that it works very well, despite rather heavy emphasis on pereopods (alas, often missing) . In short, this monograph will be indispensible to anyone working with caprellids north of the tropics. A number of the Caprella species are obviously closely related, and I hope that a revision of this unwieldy genus may sometime be possible. If such a time comes, the task will be made easier by Dr. Vassilenko's extensive coverage of the species of the seas of the IJ.S.S.R. REVIEW KEY TO BRITISH FRESHWATER CRUSTACEA; MALACOSTRACA . T. GLEDHILL D.W. SUTCLIFFE & W. D. WILLIAMS, 1976. FRESHWATER BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SCIENTOFIC PUBLS 32 , 72 pp . Price to non-Members L 1-00. Reviewed by V/im Vader This is an excellent and most useful booklet, packed with information and with a wealth of up-to-date references to the primary literature. It is relatively cheap and can therefore be recorrmianded also for people outside western Europe as a handy introduction to the fauna of this region and its literature. For colleagues working within the area the booklet is of course a must. Treatment of the Amphipoda is curiously uneven, in that the publication gives both more and less than its title promises. That is, on one hand, the key to the genus Garmnarus includes also the brackish-water and most marine species of this genus (but not Mar inogammarus ) , on the other hand, a number of amphipods which can habitually be found in almost fresh water in Britain, such as Melita pellucida , Leptocheirus pilosus , -7- Corophii.un lacustre and C. mul tisetosum , are not mentioned at all. In the case of Corophium , this may easily lead to too facile identif ication of all animals found as C. curvispinum , as the description and illustra- tion of this species are quite generalized, while neither Stock's des- cription of C. multisetosum nor Hamond ' s paper on the Amphipoda of Norfolk are referred to in the bibliography. The extensive key to British Gamma rus species is most helpful and wel- come, and will no doubt be much used. In the next edition one would therefore hope for the inclusion in the key of Stock's, work on the species in the locusta -group and Rygg ' s paper on identification characters of juvenile specimens (both papers are mentioned) . Also the exotic semi- terrestrial talitrids, among which at least Talitroides dorrieni occurs in f reeland populations, seem worth at least a reference. A next edition will actually be the third, as the present book is itself a much revised version of a similarly named publication in this series, published in 1960. References . HAMOND, R. , 1967. The Amphipoda of Norfolk. Cah. Biol. mar. _8, 113-152 (see especially p. 142). RYGG, B. , 1974. Identification of juvenile Baltic gammarids (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Ann-zool . f enn . Vl_, 216-219. STOCK, J.H., 1952. Some notes on the taxonomy, the distribution, and the ecology of four species of the amphipod genus Corophium (Crustacea, Malacostraca) . Beanfortia _2 (21), 1-10. STOCK, J.H., 1967. A revision of the European species of the Gammarus locusta -group . Zool . Verb., Leiden 90, 1-56. PAPERS DEALING WITH AMPHIPODA IN 2 RECENT SYMPOSIA Claude De Broyer has participated in two symposia this autumn and he has sent me abstract of those lectures in which amphipods played a significant role. It is people like Claude and their constant services which save A.N, from an untimely death, and again I must urge you all to ”go and do likewise” (W.V.) I . JOINT OCEANOGRAPHIC ASSEMBLY, EDINBURG^I 3-24 SEPT. 1976 . COLWELL, R.R. 8c P. TABOR. Metabolic activities of Bacteria associated with sediment, water and animals from deep ocean environments . (’’The intestinal microflora of deep-sea arnphipods has been found to exhibit growth rates and substrate conversion approxi- mately equal to, or greater than, atmospheric controls during short-term incubation, suggesting an important role of these microorganisms in biodegradation in the deep sea." The arnphipod investigated is a Hirondellea n.sp. collected in baited traps) GEORGE, R.Y. Pressure-temperature effects on deep-sea metazoans during retrieval and subsequent acclimation. (Postulates the hypothesis that true abyssal metazoans are strictly stenothermal and barophyllic. Most of the experimentation has apparenthy been carried out on abyssal arnphipods and decapods , and informa- tion on their survival activity and respiration in relation to [temperature and hydrostatic pressure is given) . HARDISON, G.R. 8c L.P. MADIN . A search for surfaces in the open ocean: hyperiid arnphipods and gelatinous zooplankton as an illustra- tive system. (Interactions between hyperiids and gelatinous zooplankton are of many types: parasitism, as in species of Lycaea on salps and Thyropus on siphonophores , commensalism, as in species of Vibilia on salps and Scina on siphonophores; and predation, as species of Qxycephalus on salps and ctenophores. Differences in morphology seem to be related to the specificity and nature of the interactions of hyperiid arnphipods with gelatinous zooplankton . ) MACDONALD, A.G. The vertical distribution and pressure tolerance of deep sea animals. (Four deep-sea species, i.a. the ajuphipods Lanceola sayang , Orchomene sp . and Tin et onyx sp.show no pressure- induced hyperexcitability and/or marked resistance to pressure- paralysis) . POLK, P. The sluice-dok at Ostend. (With data on the colonization of Polydora mud by Jassa falcata along the coast, but by Corophium insidiosum in the sluice-dock) WOLFF, T. Utilization of plant remains, mainly seagrass, by deep-sea animals. Data on collections of plant remains from the IhAerto Rico and Cayman trenches and the Carabean, i.a. a probably new Onesimoides sp. feeding on plant remains. See also Wolff's paper on the subject in Aquat Dot 2 , I61-17d, 1976. -9- II 11th EUROPEAN SYMPOSIUM ON MARINE BIOLOGY^ GALWAY (IRELAND) , 9-11 OCTOBER 1976 . ANDERSIN, A.B. & J. LASSIG. Cormnunity structure of soft-bottom macro- fauna in different parts of the Baltic. CEDERWALL , H. Annual macrofauna production of a soft bottom in the northern Baltic proper. Macrofauna almost totally dominated by 5 species, i.a. the amphipods Pontoppreia affinis and P. femorata , which were the most abundant. Production of P. affinis per year/m 3.2 g dryweight or 7 1 K j , ' of P. femorata 1.4 g dryweight or 31 Kj per year (The 3 other corrmion species together produced 1.2 g) . Pontoppreia species are deposit feeders and have a life cycle of 2 years. KNIGHT-JONES , E.W, & A. NELSON-SMITH. Sublittoral transects in the Menai Straits and Milford Haven. With many ecological and biological data an the amphipods of the transects; noted in the abstract are Caprella linearis , C, fretensis , Apherusa .j^rinei and Tritaeta gibbosa . LEVINTON, J.S.^G.R. LOPEZ, H.N. LASSEN & U. RAHN . Feedback and structure in deposit-feeding marine benthic communities. A study from New England, concerned wit^ grazing by Orchestia grillLis and a gastropod in a Spartina marsh. The authors find a) that transfer of nitrogen from the detrital fraction to the microbial fraction is accelerated by amphipod grazing and b) that microbial stand- ing crop, measured by ATP per milligram detritus, increases with increased grazing. Orchestia does not ingest fecal pellets directly, only ingesting sediment after pellets have been broken down. Food limitation is therefore not only predicated on the absolute amount of microbial food, but may often be limited by the rate of breakdown of fecal pellets. MOORE, P.G. Organization in simple communities: observations on the natural history of Hyale nilssoni (Arnphipoda) in high littoral seaweeds. A most interesting study on the virtual "monocul- tures" of Hyale in the high eulittoral seaweed Pelvetia canal i - culata. NEXT GAMMARUS AND NIPHARGUS SYMPOSIUM The first circular letter concerning the 4th International ColloquiujTi on Gammarus and Niphargus, which will be held in Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. in 1978 (10-1 6th September) has been sent out by professor Buikema (for the Groundwater part) and Holsinger (f or the amphipod part) in October , 1Q7A Rnd PVPT^V— - 10 - body interested can get further data by contacting Jolin R. Holsinger, Associate Pi-’ofessor of Biological Sciences, Old Dorainion University, Nordfolk, VA 23508, U.S.A. In accordance with the wishes of the Schlitz participants, the organizers are attempting to get funds to assist with the ti'avel expenses of our colleagues from Eastern Europe. The conference v/ill cover five full days, of which the first two will be devoted to amphipod papers, the third will be an all-day field excursion to selected springs and Karst areas, and the last two will contain the Groundwater Symposiwn. NEWS PROM COLLEAGUES Claude DE BROYER. The following papers are in the press: 1. "Analysis of the gigantism of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Gammaridean Amphipoda" in Proc. 3d Symp. Antarct. Biol. This work is an analysis of relative gigantism at the intrageneric level of all the species belonging to genera occurring in the Southern Ocean and in at least one other zoogeographical region . 2 . "Revision des genres Ambasiopsis K.H. Barnard et Neoambasia Dahl" in J. nat. Hist. Gary W. DICKSON: I am a graduate student completing my M.Sc degree in biology under Dr. Jolin Holsinger (See elsewhere in this issue). I will be starting a doctoral program this June in the Dept of Zoology at the Univ. of Georgia. I hope to continue research on some aspect of the amphipod-fungi feeding relationship. I have one other paper in press; Dickson, G.W. 8c P.W. Kirk Jr., 1 976. Distribution of heter- trophic microorganisms and their relation to detritivore populations in Virginia caves. In R.A. Paterson & M.K. Roane (eds). The distributional history of the biota of the southern Appalachians. IV Algae and Fungi. Univ. of Virginia, Charlotteville , Va (in press). Iraida I GREZE: I am now studying the amphipods of the Mediterranean from the samples collected during our expeditions of 1970 and 1974. I shall analyze the list of amphipods, their ecological distribution and some biological data. My monograph "Amphipoda of the Black Sea and their biology" is now in the press. John R, HOLSINGER; For the past two years 1 have been studying samples of subterranean amphipods from an artesian well at San Marcos in Hays Co., Texas (USA). The specimens are being obtained through an extensive sampling program being carried on by Dr. Glenn Longley and his associates at the Aquatic Station of Southwest Texas State University. Ajriphipods , along with many other forms of subterranean animals, are coming out of this well almost daily. Specimens are being collected in a fine mesh net which has been placed over an outlet pipe. The amphipod fauna in this well is truely phenomenal , both in density and diversity of species. To date it includes what appears to be five families (Crangonychidae , Hadziidae, Bogidiellidae and two undescribed ones), six genera (four ' undescribed) , and eight species. Two of these species, Stygonectes flagellatus and Mexiweckelia texensis , have been described previously. M. texensis , however, on closer study appears to represent a new genus closely related to Mexiweckelia which is otherwise found only in Mexico. The well is 426 meters deep, but the faima is coming from an underground chamber at a depth of 58 meters. In addition to the rich amphipod fauna, are shrimps ( Palaemonetes antrortun ), isopods ( Cirolanides texensis and Lirceolus smithii ) , thermos- baenaceans ( Monodella texana ), copepods ( undescribed species), snails ( Horatia spp . )^ planarians ( Sphalloplana mohri ), ostracods ( undescribed species) , dystiscid beetles (new geniis and species being described), and salarnaxUders ( Typhlomolge rathbuni ).In terms of diversity, density and endemism, this may be one of the richest subterranean aquatic habj.tats in the world. Nearby Ezells Cave, now a protected cave pi'eserve, is presumably a part of the aquifer tapped by the artesian wel] and contains many of the same species. The unique San Marcos aquifer is being studied by Dr. Longley, who is being assisted by a number of systematists working with the various undescribed taxa. My part of the project is con- cerned with the systematics of the amphipods. My main reason for writing this note is to determine from my colleagues whether a situation similar to the one in Texas exists anywhere else in the world. I am especially eager to find out if there are any other aquatic subterranean habitats in the world with an amphi- pod fauna consisting of eight different species, in particular one with this much taxonomic diversity. With the possible - 12 - exception of S, Pla(?ellatus . all other amphipod species are so far known, only from the San Marcos aquifer. Any information on comparable subteri’anean aquatic habitats anywhere in the world would be greatly appreciated and helpful in our interpretation of this system. I would like to have such information by the autuimn of 1976, since we hope to begin pre- paration of a manuscript during late 1976 or early 1977. In addition to the artesian well study, I am making fairly good progress with Part II of my revision of the subterranean amphi- pod genus Stygobromus . A manuscript is nov/ being prepared which will contain descriptions of 31 new species from the Appalachian region of the United States. Three previously known species are being redescribed and new distributional data will be included on species from this region formerly assigned to the genus S tyqonectes (now considered by me to be a s>riony7n of Stygobromus for reasons given in the paper I presented at the Schlitz meeting). The manuscript for Part II is being prepared for publication in the Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology series. Jeff HUGHES: My Master’s Degree work, under the advisorship of Drs. Peter Jumars and Karl Banse, is a study of the life history and ecology of a dogielinotid amphipod on the outer coast of Washington State. This species frequents the upper intertidal and trades numerical dominance there with a haustoriid amphipod. I hope to finish my year-long field, sampling program by this summer . Krzystof JAZDZEWSKI .sent a greeting from the southernmost landing place during the interesting First Polish Antarctic Marine Research Expedition, Palmer Station (64°46'S 64^05’W). ” We have also visited King George Island (South Shetlands) and South Georgia I believe the most beautiful island in the world" he wrote. Jim K. LOWRY: Suzanne Bullock and I have completed a catalogue to the 524 species and subspecies of marine gammaridean amphipods recorded South of 50° S latitude. A synonymical bibliography is included for each species, along with distribution and depth records. The catalogue is complete thi'ough 1974, and we are getting the 1975 literature together now. Hopefully it will be published in the not too distant future as a Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand. -1 3- Don Horning and I are working on a revision of the genus Cerapus . We have four species from New Zealand and another probable new species from Australia. V/e are interested in seeing Cerapus from as many different areas as possible and would welcome specimens from anyone with Cerapus in their collections. (Jim also wonders whether readers of the A.N. would be interes- ted in a section on bibliographies of past amphipod workers. If so, he writes', I could supply one for Charles Chilton. Please let me know, if you are interested in this generous offer*W.V.) David McGRATH: I now study the benthic amphipods in the Galway Bay area, West of Ireland. Eric L. MILLS. I think you know of my year in Cambridge, 1974-75, study- ing A.M, Norman and the Shetland dredgings that took place under J. Gwyn Jeffreys* direction during the I860's. I have also been at work on a manuscript on Edward Forbes ' marine Biological work. Not much of this is related to amphipods, but while I was in Cambridge I finished a bibliography and biographical sketch (complementary to my paper of 1972) on T.R.R. Stebbing. My main research in biology during the last year has involved the identif ication of the animals from a series of subtidal collections taken on the coast of Labrador at about 56® N. Most of the groups except the polychaetes and amphipods have been completed: I am hard at work identifying the amphipods, but it is slow going during the teaching year. This year I have begur. to make collections along a transect of the Scotian Shelf SE of Halifax (to the edge of the slope) using grabs and trawls. Our piArpose is to estimate biomasses, but I am also most anxious to have good collections of amphipods to compare with those from the Labrador coast. Walter G. NELSON: At present, 1 am a graduate student at the Duke University Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, North Carolina v/orking on the community ecology of amphipods associated with the eelgross Zostera marina . Through a series of field collec- tions, field experiments, and laboratory experiments I am attempting to determine the regulatory mechanisms in this community, and in particular to determine the roles that preda- tion, competition and physical disturbance may have on struc- turing the community. I am also interested in the reproductive -'I 4- patterns or strategies of the arnphipods I am studying and of the Amphipoda as a "whole” K.R. SESHAGIRI RAO: I am a research student of Andhra University Post- graduate Centre, Guntur, and interested in the field of fresh- water gammarids. G. STROOBANTS: The following paper is in the press "Description nouvelle d ' Aroui setosus Chevreux 1910 (Crustaces: Amphipodes) et com- paraison de 1' evolution morphopogique d* Aroui setosus et de Scopelocheirus hopei ’.’I selected some taxonomic characters which are stable throughout the life of the animals (from the marsu- pial young to adult males and females). I am now working on the taxonomy of Gamma rus fossarum and and G. pulex from Belgium. I should appreciate receiving specimens from colleagues, especially those who have worked on those species. Ester TARAMELLI: Our recent amphipod research projects include: 1. Amphipod crustaceans as fouling organisms in Civitavecchia harbour, and 2. Distribution and ecology of littoral arnphipods. Kris W. THOEMKE: As a graduate student at the University of Pouth Florida, I am working on my PhD in biology. My thesis deals with benthic arnphipods in Tampa Bay, Florida, and with the life histories of some of the dominant species from this area. James D, THOMAS: I am working in the Florida Keys on systematics and ecology of local gammaridean arnphipods. Les WATLING: I have received an appointment as Assistant Professor of Oceanography at the Ira C. Darling Center, Univ. of Maine (May, 1976); (From a letter of Dec, 31, 1975, arrived just too late for A.N. 7) I am currently working on peracarids collected by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science on the continental shelf and upper slope along the coast of the U,S, between 38 and 40° N. (28 stations, 6 replicates per station), 16 of the stations are being sampled quarterly, and the remaining twice a year. -15- ABSTRACTS OF UNPUBLISHED THESES I have received an abstract of Gary Dickson's M.Sc, thesis, and have chosen this general heading, in the hope that this will stimulate others to send similar contributions. G.W. DICKSON, 1976. Variation in the ecology, morphology and behavior of the troglobitjC arnphipod crustacean Crangonyx antennatus Packard ( Crangonychidae ) from different habitats Populations of the troglobitic arnphipod Crangonyx antennatus living in two distinct aquatic habitats were examined for possible variations in their ecology, morphology and behavior. Collections were made sea- sonally for one year in 6 Lee Co., Virginia caves, 3 containing mud- bottom drip pools, and 3 with small gravel stream habitats. Environ- mental parameters thought to influence population variation were quanti- tatively and qualitatively recorded in each of the six caves. Arnphipod densities, body length, female maturity, clutch number and stream washout rates were found to be greater in drip pool habitat populations. Variation was also observed in body coloration and antennal segment-body length relationships. Differences in the amount and type of available food materials found in the two aquatic habitats was considered the most important environmental parameter affecting popula- tion variations. The population variation of C. antennatu s noted between habitat? is viewed as indicative of the adaptive flexibility of this vagile troglo- bitic species. REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION etc. This column does not work as well as it ought topmost requests meet with little or no response. This really is a shame; if colleagues bother to formulate a request, and your editor uses his time to get it distributed, it can't be too much asked to help, if you are able to do so. One of the results of the seant success this column has had is that very few requests have come in this time. Those of Jim Lowry and S. Stroobants are included in the News from Colleagues section (where I hope they won't be overlooked). Dr. Carlos VARELA, Institute de Zoolog ia, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia , Chile, wote to thank all colleagues who have sent him reprints of the - 16 - amphipod fauna of his area, but he is still desperately in need of a copy of Schellenberg * s famous 1931 -paper (Swedish Antarctic Exped. 1901-1903, 290 pp) , which of course is indispensable for him, I mysel'f am anxious to hear about a locality, preferably near a biological station, where it is possible to study the association of Alloqausia recondita Staselc with the sea anemone, /mthopleura eleqantissima . Can anybody help me out? LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS (Supplement 6) As noted elsewhere, I plan to print a complete list of subscribers in A.N. 9, so please let me Icnow if your addresses as used now are in- correct or incomplete (e.g. without postal zip code). Changes of address 93. (new address) Kenneth A. KIMBALL, 365 Sagamore Road, Rye. N.H, 03870, U.S.A. 276 (new address) the Librarian, N.Z. Oceanographic Institute, P.O. Box 12346, Wellington North , New Zealand. 190 (new address), Les WATLING, Dept of Oceanography, Univ. of Maine at Orono, Walpole , Ma 04573, U.S.A. New subscription 261 Gary W. DICKSON,, Villa del Rio-Apt. 1., 125 Cross Creek Place, Athens GA 30601 , U.S.A. 262 Jan DIELEMAN , Instt voor Taxonomische Zoologie, PI. Middenlaan 53, Amsterdam , Holland 26 3 Jeff HUGHES. Dept of Oceanography, UniA/. of V»/ashington . Seattle , WA 98195 , U.S.A. 264 Yukiyoshi KANIHIRA, Lab. of Planktology, Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido Univ., Hakodate , Hokkaido 040, Japan. 265 Clare McBARE (^?), Zoology Dept, Spaulding Life Science Building, Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham , N.H. 03824, U.S.A. 266 Yasuhiro MORIOKA, Japan Sea Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory, Nishifunami-cho , N iigata 951, Japan. 267 Library, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, P.O. Box 223, Moss Landing . CA 95039, U.S.A. Walter G. NELSON, Duke UniA/ersity Marine Laboratory, Beaufort , N.CAR 28516, U.S.A. 26 8 - 1 7 - 269 Manole ORTIZ, Centre de Inve-' ligaciones Marina, Ave, 17 A, No 2808 Miramar, La Habar.ci , Cuba 270 Hitoshi SEMURA, Lab. of Plant Lology, Faculty oF Fisheries, Hokkaido tlniv. , Hakodate, Hokkaido OdO, Japan. 271 Ester TARAMELLI ( 9 ), Istituto di Zoologia, Viale del 1 ' Universita 32 , 00100 Roma, Italia 272 Kris W.THOEMKE, Dept of Biology, Univ. of S. Florida, Tampa , FLA 33620, U.S.A. 27 3 James D. THOIiAS, P.O. Box 170, Big Fine Key , Fla 330d3, U.S.A. 274 S. Carlos VARELA, Instituto de Zoologia, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia , Chile 275 Thomas GLENNON , Normandeau Assoc. ^15 Pickering Str. , Port smouth , N . H. 03801 , U.S.A. LAST MINUTE ADDITIONS KOVALCHUK, T.V., 1976. (Production of Pon toganunarus maeot icus (Sow) and P. crassus G.O.Sars implanted to the Dnieper reservoirs). Gidrobiol. Zh. 12(3): 70-73 (in Russian, not seen). LANE, P.A. , M.J. KLUG & L. LOUDON, 1 976. Measuring invertebrate predat.i in situ on zooplankton assemblages. Trans. Arn. microsc. Soc. 9^:143-155 (The method used involves staining the prey animals with a fluorescent dye, acridine orange, and releasing them int a grazing chamber suspended in the lake. Predatorprey interac- tions Ccuibe quantified from the number of fluorescent prey and predators recovered. Predation is indicated if a suspected predator possesses a fluorescent gut tube). LESNIKOV, L. A., 1974. (Effects of chlorophos and entobacterin on different groups of aquatic organisiris). Pp 14-19 in L.A. LESNIKOV (ed). (Effects of pesticides and petroleum products on aquatic organisms.) Izv. Gos.PJlORKh _98. (In Russian, not seen). MATSUMOTO, K., 1976. An introduction to the Japanese groundwater anima with reference to their ecoTbgy and hygienic signif icance . Int, J. Speleol . 141-155 (Not seen. Contains apparently many data on arnphipods). PUSTOVOJT, A.G., 1974 . (Effect of petroleuni processing waste water on the benthic organisms Gammarus pul ex L. and Chironomus dorsal ic Meig.) Pp 66-72 in L.A. LESNIKOV (ed). (Effects of pesticid- and petroleum products on aquatic organisms.) Izv. Gos NIORKh 9 (In Russian, not seen. Apparently toxicity was low). BIBLIOGRAPHY The promised review of the monographic paper of Tzvelkova has to be postponed once more, due to circums tances beyond the reviewer's control. Diana Laubitz' review of Vassilenko's books appears in this issue, and has in my opinion been well worth waiting for. As usual, I have to thank Claude De Broyer and Jan Stock for their never failing assistance. A few colleagues have also sent me copies of overlooked papers of theirs. I hope more of your would do that; both the Newsletter and my reprint library would profit greatly. It has not yet been possible to type the I'eferences in two columns, but we may manage to do this for A.N. 9. I hope to get a review of Charles Griffith's book on S. African amphi- pods for the next Newsletter. ABOLUNOSOVA , G.I., 1975- (Energy losses in respiration and egg-produc- tion in Gammarus olivii from the Black Sea). Biol. Morya 33 : 68-73 (In Russian, not seen). ARIMOTO, I., 1976. Heterocaprel la clavigera n. gen., n.sp., a unique new caprellid with remarkable sexual dimorphism from the Korean Strait- (Amphipoda , Caprellidae) . Crustaceana _30: 43-48 (The males of this species have a long clavate projection on the ventral surface of pereonite 4, bearing a pair of pereopods and gills at the distal end) . BARNARD, J.L. & M.M. DRUMMOND, 1976. Clarification of five genera of Phoxocephal idae (Marine Amphipoda). Proc. biol . Soc. V/ash . 88 : 615-548. (The 5 genera of the title are Paraphoxus , Pontharpina , Parharpina Protophoxus and Tr ichophoxus . These are discussed extensively and diagnosed, with lists of species. Trichophoxus capillatus is redescribed, as is a new genus Birubius (with its type-species B, panamunus n.sp.) The present paper is the fore- runner of a larger work, in prep., concerning 86 species in 23 genera of Australian Phoxocephal idae , among which 20 new genera and 80 new species.) BATTAGLIA, B. & P.M. BISOL, 1 975- Biochemical polyinorphisms in marine crustaceans in relation to their ecology. Proc. 9th Eur. mar. Biol. Symp. (1975): 573-585- (Deals with Tisbe spp . ( Harpacti- coidea) and Gammarus in sensibil is . In the latter, the esterase systems are polymorphic at the level of five loci). - 19 - BELLAN-SANTINI , D. 8c D.J. KEISH, 1976. Utilisation de trois especes de Crustaces conune animaux tests de la toxicite'' de deux sels de metaux lourds. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris 282 D: 1 325-1 327 (i.a. Podocerus fulanus and Corophiuj'n acherusicum ) . BENSON, J.A. 8c R.D. LEWIS, 1 976. An analysis of the activity rhythm of the sand beach amphipod, Talorchestia quoyana . J. corrip. Physiol. J_05: 339-35 2. BETTISON, J.C, 8c J. DAVENPORT, 1976. Salinity preference in gammarid amphipods with special references to Marinogarnmarus inarinus (Leach) J. mar. biol . Ass. U.K. 135-142. BIGGS, D.C. 8c G.R. HARBISON , 1976. The siphonophore Bathyphysa sibogae in the Sargasso Sea, with notes on its natural history. Bull. mar. Sci. _^:14-18 (Not seen. Deals apparently i.a. with the associated amphipod, Schizoscelus ornatus ) . BOLTT, R.E., 1 975. The benthos of some southern African l.akes 4. The benthos of Lagoa Poelela. Trans, roy. Soc. S. Afr. 41 : 27 3-281 . BOLTT, R.E. , 1975. The benthos of some southern African lakes 5. The recovery of the benthic fauna of St. Lucia Lake following a period of excessively high salinity. Trans, roy, Soc. S.Afr. 41 : 295-323. BOLTT, R.E. 8c B.R. ALLAN S ON , 1975. The benthos of some southern African la,kes. 3. The benthic fauna of Lake Nhlonge, Kwazulu, Soiath Africa. Trans, roy. Soc. S.Afr. 4J_: 241-262. BOUSFIELD, E.L., 1976. A new terrestrial amphipod from Lord Howe Island. Rec. Austr. Mus. 30: 118-122. (Not seen). BRANCH, G.M. , 1975. The ecology of Patella from the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. 5- Commensalism. Zool . Afr. J_0: 1 33-162. (juvenile specimens of Hyale gran di corn is are facultative inguilines which vacate their host at high tide. Calliopiella rnichaelseni is a commensal and shows a preference for certain limpet species; they feed on limpet faeces and algal fragments. A most interesting paper, containing many other biological data on especially Calliopiella) , BRENNER, D., J. VALIELA , C.D. van RAivLTE 8c E.J. CARPENTER, 1976, Grazing by Talorchestia longicornis on an algal mat in a New England salt marsh. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol . _22: 1 61 -1 69 . (’’The diet consists mainly of blue-green algae”). - 20 - BRYAZIN , V.F. , 1974. (Composition and distribution oP tbe family Lysia- nassidae (Amphipoda, Gammaridea) in the Barents Sea). Mater. Rybokhoz . Issled. Sev. Bos. 88-90. (In Russian, not seen). BUSDOSH, M. & R.M. ATLAS, 1975. Response of two arctic amphipods , Gammarus zaddachi and Boeckosimus ( Onisirnus ) af finis , to varia- tions in temperature and salinity. J. Pish. Res. Bd Can. 32 : 2564-2568. (The amphipods are from Nuwuk Pound, Alaska. The Garmnarus is not G. zaddachi , but probably G setosus , (W. V. ) ) CALDWELL, R.S., 1975. Hydrogen sulfide effects on selected larval and adult marine invertebrates. V/ater Resources Res'. Inst., Ore- gon State Univ. , WRRI _31_: 1-22. (Of the six species tested, 2 were amphipods, viz. Anisogammarus confervicola and Corophium salmonis . They were less resistant than the other species tested, an isopod, a larval crab, and two bivalves (one also as larva)). CASABIANCA, M . -L . de , 1975. Methode de calciAl de la production par estima tion de la mortalite. Application a une population a structure complexe du Crustace Corophium insidiosujTi Crawford (Lagune de Bigugl ia , Corse) . C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris 280 D: 1139-1142. (Not seen ) . CASPERS, N., 1975. Kalorische Werte der dominierende Invertebrate zweier Waldbache des Naturparkes Kottenf orst-Ville . Arch. Hydrobiol . 21: 484-489. CHARNIAUX-COTTON , H, 1975. L'ovogenese et sa regulation chez les Crusta- cds superieurs. Ann. Biol, anrirn. Biochirn. Biophys. 15 : 715-724. CRANE , J . J . & R . T . COONEY , 1 97 4 . The nearshore benthos . Fp . 41 1 -466 in ” Environinental studies of an Arctic estuarine systenn Final report". Alaska Univ. Inst. jnar. Sci. Sci. Rep. 74-1^ ? pp ( Acanthostepheia behriryensis is one of the three most abundant species in the study-area, viz. the mouth, of Colville River). DEXTER, D.M. , 1976. The sandy-beach fauna of Mexico. Southw . Natural 20 : 479-485. DICKINSON, J.J. & A.G. CAREY, 1975. A comparison of two benthic infaunal samplers. Limnol . Oceanogr. _20: 900-902. (Not seen. Discusses i.a. the relative abundance of cLJU})hipods caught by the two sampler^ ) . DDRJES , J. & J.D. HOWARD, 1975. Estuaries of the Georgia coast, U.S.A. Sedimentology and biology. 4. Fluvial-marine transition indica- tors in an estuarine environment , Ogeechee Rivei’, Ossabow Sound. Senckenb. rnarit. 7: 1 37-17 9. - 21 - DWIVEDI , S.N., S.A. NAIR & A. RAHIM, 1973. Ecology and production of intertidal macrofauna during monsoon in a sandy beach at Calangute, Goa. J. mar. biol . Ass. India 274-284 (Not seen. Probably published later than 1973.) ELEFTHERIOU, A. 8c D.A. JONES, 1976. The genus Eurvdice on the west coast of India. J. Zool.^Lond. 178 : 385-394 (With data on sand-beach amphipods). ELEFTHERIOU, A. 8c M.D. NICHOLSON, 1975. The effect of exposure on beach fauna. Cah. Biol. mar. 2.6: 695-710. (A further paper by Eleftheriou 8c Me Intyre: "The bottom fauna of intertidal sand" is in the press in Mar. Research). FENCHEL, T., L.M. KOFOED 8c A. LAPPALAINEN , 1975. Particle s ize-select ion of two deposit feeders; the amphipod Corophium volutator and the prosobranch Hydrobia ulvae Mar. Biol. 119-128. FONTES, E.X. , 1974. (A contribution to the study of the pelagic amphipods of the coast of Brasil 1 . Fam. Pronoidae (Hyperiidea)_Univ . Fed. Rio de Janeiro, Inst. Biol.^ Dept Zool . 2J[: 1-15 (In Portuguese, not seen. The reference may be incorrect, it sounds like an address to me) FOX, R.S: 8c K.H. BYNUM, 1975. The amphipod crustaceans of North Carolina estuarine waters. Chesapeake Sci. 2.6: 223-237.(7 4 spp of Gammaridea (9 undescribed) and 4 spp of Caprellidea) . GINN, T.C., W.T. WALLER 8c G.J. LAUER, 1974. The effect of power plant condenser cooling water entrainment on the amphipod, Gammarus sp. Water Res. S: 937-945. GINN, T.C., W.T. WALLER 8c G.J. LAUER, 1976. Survival and reproduction of Gammarus spp. (Arnphipoda) following short-term exposure to elevated temperatures. Chesapeake Sci. 2Z* 8-14. ( G. daiberi 8c G, tigrinus ) , GINSBURGER-VOGEL , Th,, 1 975. Determination genetique du sexe, monogenie et intersexualite chez Orchestia gamjnarella Pallas (Crustac4 Amphipode Talitridae) 3. Etude des phenornenes de monogenie independants de 1 ’ intersexual ite . Arch. Zool. exp. gen. 1 16 : 615-647. GLEDHILL, T., D.W. SUTCLIFFE 8c W. D. WILLIAMS, 1976. Key to British fresh- water Crustacea: Malacostraca . Freshw. biol. Ass., scient. Ribls. 32: 1-72. - 22 - GRAF , F. , 1974 . Presence de racines centriolaires dans I'epithelium des caecums posterieurs d ' Orchestia ( Crustac6 , Amphipode ) . CR Acad. Sci. Paris 278 D: 2939-2942. GRAF, F., 1974 . Quelques aspects du rnetabolisme du calcium chez les Crustaces. Pp. 13-22 in' Physiologie compar^e des echanges * calciques. SIMEP-Editions , Villeurbanne . GRAF, F. & Ph. MICHAUT, 1975. Chronologie du developpement et evolution du stockage du calcium et des cellules A urates chez N iphargus schellenbergi Karaman . Int. J. Speleol. 1 _\ 247-27 2. GRIFFITHS, G. Guide to the benthic marine amphipods of Southern Africa. Trustees of the South African Museum, Gape Towi , 106 pp . (Family diagnoses and illustrated keys to all species. A review will appear in A.N. 9 ). GRUNER, H-E . , 1975. Caprellidea. Earn. Cyamidea. Grustac. Catalogus 2: 79-104 (Not seen). HAURY, L.R. , 1976. Method for restraining living planktonic crustaceans Fish. Bull. 7_4: 220-221 (With' instant drying' polymer glue and a piece of nylon monofilament fishing line) . HOLMQUIST, G. , 1975. Lakes of northern Alaska and northwestern Canada and their invertebrate fauna. Zool . Jb Syst. 1 02 : 333-484. (Amphipods on pp 427 -433. In this paper the author argues forcibly, though in my opinion not convincingly , for the synonymy of Gammarus oceanicus , G. setosus and G. zaddachi , under the latter name) . HOLSINGER, J.R., 1975- Observations onthe dispersal of the cavernicolous amphipod crustacean Crangonyx antennatus (Gammaridae) ASB Bull. 22 : 58 (Abstract only). HOWARD, J.D., C.A. ELDERS & J.F. HEINSKEL, 1975. Estuaries of the Georgia coast, U.S.A. Sedimentology and biology. 5. Animal-sediment rela- tionships in estuarine point bar deposits. Ogeechee River, Ossabow Sound, Georgia. Senckenberg . marit. 7_: 1 81 -203. HOWARD, J.D. & R.W. FREY, 1975. Estuaries of the Georgia Coast, U.S.A. Sedimentology and Biology. 1 . Introduction . Senckenberg. marit. 7,: 1-31. (Amphipods pp 13-14). JAZDZEWSKI , K. , 1976. Notes on the occurrence and ecology of Chaeto- gammarus stoerensis(Reid , 1 938 )and Corophium multisetosum Stock, 1952 (Amphipoda) in the Baltic Sea. Crustaceana 33-38. KARAMAN, G.S., 1975. 65. Contribution to the knowledge of the Amphipoda. Two interesting amphipods from the Adriatic Sea, Iphimedia .j^go- -23- slavica n. sp . and Idunella pirata Krapp-Schickel , 1975. Pol joprivreda i Sujnarstvo 31-48. KA RAMAN , G.S., 1975. Contribution to the knowledge of the Amphipoda . 68 . Description of 2 new species of the genus Arnpelisca ( family Ampeliscidae) , along with a redescription of A. bouvieri Chevreux , 1913. Beaufortia 24: 37-54. KASYMOV, A.G., 1976. (The biology of Pontogarnmarus maeoticus in the Caspian Sea). Zool . Zh. g5 8-460 (In Russian). KIKUCHI , T. , 1974. Japanese contributions to consumer . ecology in eel- grass ( Zostera marina L.) beds, with special reference to trophic relationships and resources in inshore fisheries. Aqua- culture 4 : 145 - 160 . KIKUCHI, T. & J.-M. P^RES , 1975. Animal communities in the seagrass beds. A review, Contr. Amakusa rnar. biol . Lab. (1971 -1975 ): 1 - 32 . KNOTT, B. , 1975. A new species of freshwater amphipod, Paracalliope larai (family Eusiridae) , from Tasmania. Pap. FT'oc. R. Soc. Tasmania 109 : 39-52. KRAPP— SCHICKEL , G. 1 976. Marine Arnphipods from Pantelleria and Catania (Sicily). Bull. zool. Mus . Univ. A'dam 31 - 45 . KRAPP-SCHICKEL, G. & F. KRAPP, 1975. Quelques traits de 1 ' ecologie d' Amphipodes et de lycnogoides provenant d'un ilot Nord-Adriatique. Vie Milieu 25: 1-32. KUSSAKIN, O.G., 1975. A list of the macrofauna in the intertidal zone of the Kurile Islands, with remarks on zoogeographical structure of the species. Publ . Seto mar. biol. Lab. 47-74 (Amphipoda pp 64 - 66 ). LEDOYER , M. , 1976. Meqaluropus rnonas teriensis (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Gammaridae) , espece nouvelle de Mediterranee comparee a M. agilis rnassil iensis n. ssp. et a M. agilis Hoek Bull. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. (3) 136 (1975 ): 1 305-1 316. LEPPAKOSKI, E., 1975. Macrobenthic fauna as indicator of oceanization in the southern Baltic. Havf orskningsinst . Skr. 239 : 280-288 JlEVINGS, C.D., 1975. Anal.. LEVINGS, C.D. , 1975. Analyses of temporal variation in the structure of a shallow-water benthic corranunity in Nova Scotia. Int . Rev. ges. H 3 /drobiol . _60: 449-470. (Among the 20 most abundant species in this survey, 5 were arnphipods, viz. Photis reinhardi (l), Orchomene minuta ( 8 ) , Dulicliia monacantha ( 9 ) , Calliopius laevius - nirius Ml) and Metopella sp. (2o)) -24 LEVINGS, C.D. & J.-B. COUSTALIN , 1975- Zonation of intertidal biorhj-..s and related benthic data from Sturgeon and Roberts banks, Eraser River estuary, British Columbia. Fish Mar. Serv. Res. Dev. Teclin. Rept 46 8 : 1-1 39 (Not seen, unfortunately). LINDEN, 0., 1976. Effects of oil on the reproduction of the amphipod Gammarus oceanicus . Arnbio 36-37. LOWRY, J.K., 1975. Soft bottom macrobenthic community of Arthur Harbor, Antarctica. Antarct. Res. Ser. 1-19 (Arnphipods are important, and Ampelisca bouvieri one of the dominant inverte- brates ) . LOWRY, J.K. , 1976. Neoxenodice cryophile . a new podocerid from the Ross Sea, Antarctica (Amphipoda ) . Crustaceana 30: 98-104. MAURER, D. , P. KINNER, W. LEATHEM 8c L. WATLING, 1976. Benthic faunal assemblages off the Delmarva Peninsula. Est. coast, mar. Sci. 4: 163-177 (Arnphipods on p. 168). McGRORTY, S., A. JENYON 8c R. le B. WILLIAMS, 1976. Are Hovercraft a major cause of disturbance to intertidal invertebrates? Biol. Conserv. 9: 13-20 (The answer is 'No') MICHAEL, A.D. 8c G.F. CROUCH, 1975. Report on benthic ecological studies, September 197 4- May 1975. Section 2. Fauna. Pp . 89-220 in ’’Marine ecology studies related to operation of Pilgrim station". Semi-annual Rep. Ser., no. 6. (Not seen). MILLS, E.L., 1976. T.R.R. Stebbing A bibliography with biographic notes. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. _8: 57-74. MOORE, J.W. , 1976. The proximate and fatty acid composition of some estuarine crustaceans. Est. coast, mar. Sci. _4: 215-224. ( i . a . Garrmiarus sa] inus ) . MYERS, A. A., 1974. Studies on the genus Lernbos Bate. I. Mediterranean endemics: L. spiniventris (Della Valle), L. angularis Ledoyer, L. viquieri Chevreux , L. rubromaculatus Ledoyer , L. viduarum sp . nov. Boll. Mus. Civ. St. Nat. Verona t: 11-52. MYERS, A. A., 1975. Studies on the genus Lernbos Bate II. Indo-Pacific species; L. quadrirnanus Sivaprakasam , L. punctatus sp. nov., L. parahastatus sp . nov., L. palrnatus (Ledoyer). Boll.. Mus. Civ. St. Nat. Verona ]_ (1974): 359-385. (of L. quadrirnanus , a new ssp. mozarnbicus is described, with v/hich L. waipio s. Ledoyer ( non Barnard) is synoriyniized . L. palrnatus was originally descri- bed as a Lembopsis . - 25 - MYERS , A. A,, 1975 . Studies on the genus Lem bos Bate. 3. Indo Pacific speciest L. kidali sp. nov. , L. ruffoi sp. nov. , L. excavatus sp . nov. , L. leptocheirus Walker. Boll. Mus . Civ. Stor. nat. Verona 2: 1 3-50. OLERDD , R. , 1975 . The mouthparts in some North Atlantic species of the genus Qrchomene Boeck (Crustacea, Arnphipoda). Zool . Scripta 4: 205-216 (SeeA.N. 7, p 34). ORTIZ, M. , 1975 . (Some ecological data on leucothoe spinicarpa Abild- gaard (Arnphipoda, Gammaridae) in Cuban waters.) Investigac. mar. (8) 1-12 (in Spanish) PATTERSON, M.M., 1974. Intertidal macrobiology of selected sandy beaches in southern California Univ. S. Calif. Publ . SG 9-74: 1-44. PERCY, J.A. 8c T.C. MULLIN , 1975. Effects of crude oil on arctic marine invertebrates. Beaufort Sea tech. Rep. V]_: 1-167. (An inportant paper, which also contains many biological data on the amphipods Onisimus af finis , Atylus carinatus and Corophium claren - cence ) . PINKSTER, S. , 1975 . The introduction of the alien amphipod Gammarus tigrinus Sexton, 1939, in the Netherlands and its competition with indigenous species. Mydrobiol. Bull. _9: 131-138. (Not seen ) . PUYTORAC, P. de 8c J. GRAIN, 1975. Etude de la tomitogenese et de 1 ' ultrastructure de Coll in ia orchestiae , cilie apostome sangui- cole, endoparasite du crustace Qrchestia gammarella Pallas. Prostistologica ^1: 61-74. QUITETE, J. M. Penteado de Aran jo, 1 975 . fox'thoprotella melloi , a new species of caprellid (Crustacea: Arnphipoda) of the Brazilian coast}, Univ. Fed. Rio de Janeiro, Inst. Biol., Dept Zool. 24 : 1-9 (in Spanish, See note sub PONTES, p ). RICHARDSON, M.G., 1975. The dietary composition of some Antarctic fish. Br. antarct. Surv. Bull. 41/12: 113-120. (Amphipods -24 spp identif ied-were the most prominent components of the fish diets) . SHYAIfASUNDARI , K., 1 976. Effects of salinity and temperature on the development of eggs in the tube building amphipod Corophium triaenonyx Stebbing. Biol. Bull. 150 : 286-293. - 26 - SMITH, R.I. & J.T. CARLTON (Eds.), 1975. Light’s Manual. Intertidal Invertebrates of the Central California Coast. Univ. of Calif. Press, 3 d edition, 716 pp. (Not seen. According to a review: "The 12-page section on gammarid arnphipods dealing with 60 species has been expanded into a 55 -page chapter dealing with 1 39 species" . I hope one of our Californian subscribers will review this chapter for A.N.) STEELE, D.H. & V.J. STEELE, 1975. Egg size and duration of embryonic development in Crustacea. Int. Rev. ges. Hydrobiol . 60 : 711-715. STOCK, J.H., 1976. On the identity of Porrassia mallorguensis Marcus, 1912, an amphipod supposedly endemic in Mallorca. Crustaceana 30 : 110-111 (Based on juv. Qrchestia , probably 0. gammarellus ) . STOYKOV, S. , 1975. (On the biology of Oi^chestia bottae (M. Edw.) (Amphi- poda , Talitridae) ) . Ghidrobiologiya (Sofia) _2: 80-88. (In Bulgarian, not seen). TARAMELLI RIVOSECCHI , E., 1974. (Preliminary researches on Civitavecchia harbour's wood-boring organisms). Memorie Biol. mar. Oceanogr. 4: 555-557 (In Italian, abstract only. Full publication will be in Boll. Pesca Pise. Idrobiol. After 3 months immersion panels had been attacked by the isopod, Limrioria tripunctata , associa- ted with the arnphipods, Chelura terebrans and Corophium acuturn ). THEODORIDES , J. & I. DESPORTES, 1975. Sporozoaires d ' invertebr^s pelagi- ques de Villefranche-sur Her (Etude descriptive et faunistique) . Protistologica JJ_* 205-220. THURSTON^ M.H., 1976. New pelagic arnphipods (CrusLacea: Amphipoda) collected in the Send cruise. J . mar. biol. Ass. U.K. 5 6 : 1 43-1 5 9 . ( Crybelocephalus birsteini n . sp . , Halicoides discove - ry i n.sp. and Scina waqleri atlantis n. ssp. Halicoides is upheld as a genus different from Hal ice) . THURSTON, M.H., 1976. The vertical distribution and diurnal migration of the Crustacea Amphipoda collected during the Sond cruise, 1965. 1. The Gammaridea. J. mar. biol. Ass, U.K. ^*.359-382 (off Fuerteventura , Ganary Island, 450 specimens of 8 species were caught, with Cyphocaris anonyx , C. challengeri and Stenopleura atlantica most conimon). 27- THURSTON , M.H., 1976. The vertical distribution and diurnal migration oP the Crustacea Amphipoda collected during the Sond cruise, 1965. 2. The Hyperiidea and general conclusions. J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K. 2^: 383-470 (78 species and ca. 4500 specimens of which 44% were Prirnno macropa . Also Scina borealis , Hyperioides longipes and Phrosina semilunata were common. Por the many biological data I must refer to the paper itself). VEINI , M. 8 c V. KIORTSIS, 197 4. 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A selected bibliography . of invertebrate sex ratio data Fish. mar. Serv. techn. Rep. (630): 1-37 (Not seen). WRIGHT, E.A. & A. A. WRIGHT, 1975- The respiratory quotient of Gamma run pulex L. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 45-46. LAST MINUTE ADDITIONS SALE, P.F., P.S. Me WILLIAM & D.T. ANDERSON, 1976. Composition of the near-reef zooplankton at Heron Reef, Great Barrier Reef. Mar. Biol. _M: 59-66 (Not seen. Amphipods were among the groups which are "abundant in near-reef samples and very rare in open-water samples" ) . SAMPSON, R. , 1975. A comparative study of Eucrangonyx gracilis and Gaimnarus pulex . Rep. Rugby School nat . Hist. Soc. 1974/75: 1 0-1 4 (Not seen ) . SCHWARZ, J.R., A. A. YAYANOS & R.R. COLWELL, 1976. Metabolic activities of the intestinal microflora of a deep-sea invertebrate. Appl . Environm. Microbiol. 46-48 (The intestinal microflora of H irondellea n.sp., when examined under simulated in situ conditions, exhibited growth rates and substrate conversion approximately equal to, oi' greater than, atmospheric controls during short-term incubation." These observations are significant since these microorganisms may play an important role in biode- gradation of the deep sea). SKALSKI, A., 1976. Groundwater inhabitants in Poland. J.int. Speleol , _8: 217-228 (Not seen). ZEVINA, G.B. , O.E. KAMENSKAYA & A. A. KUBAN IN , 1975. (immigrants among fouling organisms of the Sea of Japan). Kompleks. Issled. Prir. Okeana nr. 5: 240-249 (in Russian, not seen. Deals i.a. with Corophium acherusicum) -34 ZHURAVLEV, V.M. & M. Yu. NEJMAN , 1976. (A study of the diurnal rhythjn of vertical migrations and feeding of Parathemisto japonica Bov. (Crustacea, Hyperiidae) in the Sea of Okhotsk). Okeano- logiya J_6: 346-350 (In Russian, not seen).