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80:6043 Rice, A. L., 1980. Crab zoeal morphology and its

bearing on the classification of the Brachyura. Trans. zool. Soc. Lond., 35(3): 271-424.

A numerical taxonomic approach (based on -100 characters) to brachyuran larval classification had to be abandoned due to the lack of sufficient detail in existing descriptions. The alternative approach, presented in enormous detail, utilizes more characters than usual, in particular the setation of the mouthparts, to arrive at a larval classification that corresponds well with family and sub-family adult taxonomy. Above the family level, variance sets in, suggesting a need for major revision of adult classification; however, a numerical ap- proach would be highly desirable, since the present larval classification grew from the adult one and is necessarily somewhat circular. The vast degree of environmental adaptations exhibited by the Brachyura probably conceals phylogenetic relationships; as nearly all zoeae inhabit the same mid-water habitat, they should provide a better basis for phylogenetic taxonomy. Includes ca. 500 drawings, outlines of various classification schemes and ca. 300 references. Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey, U.K. (sir)

80:6044 Ritz, D. A., 1980. Tolerance of intertidal amphi-

pods to f luctuating conditions of salinity, oxygen and copper. J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K., 60(2): 489-498.

Abrupt changes in salinity with low levels coin- ciding with low O~ levels caused high mortality of Marinogarnmarus marinus (a marine species) but gradual changes caused no mortality. 'The brackish water species Gammarus duebeni suf- fered no mortality. Acute mortality to copper was greater in flowing than in static conditions.' G. duebeni could regulate O~ uptake over a wide range of O~ levels, but iV[. rnarinus could not. Zoology Department, University of Tasmania, Box 252C, G.P.O. Hobart 7001, Tasmania. (mjj)

80:6045 Stschedrina, Z. G., 1979. Fauna of agglutinated

Foraminifera of the Southern Hemisphere from mater ia l of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (19~5-1966}. (In Russian.)Antarc- tica Cornmn Repts, Akad. Nauk SSSR, 18: 144-174. Includes 28 drawings.

80:6046 Sweatt, A. J., 1980. Chaetognaths in lower

Narragansett Bay. Estuaries, 3(2): 106-110.

A 15-month study showed Sagitta elegans to be the dominant chaetognath, absent from the bay only

in August (probably due to bay temperatures exceeding 15°C then). Maximum densities were reached in April-May, at times exceeding 100 m -3 Egg, juvenile and adult distributions are described and the life cycle discussed. Duke University, Department of Zoology, Durham, N.C. 27706, U.S.A. (slr)

80:6047 Tenore, K. R. and R. B. Hanson, 1980. Availabili-

ty of detritus of different types and ages to a p o l y c h a e t e m a c r o c o n s u m e r , Capi te l la capitata. Limnol. Oceanogr., 25(3): 553-558.

Homogeneous detritus prepared from periphyton, Gracilaria and Spartina, was aged for various periods of t ime and then introduced into microcosms so that microcosm carbon oxidation, microbial biomass (total adenylates) and net in- corporation of the detritus by the worm, Capitella capitata, could be measured. The results indicated that the percentage of detritus partitioned into CapiteUa growth was lower for decay-resistant detritus, and that 'maximum microbial biomass coincided with maximum detrital oxidation.' Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, P.O. Box 13687, Savannah, Ga. 31406, U.S.A. (hbf}

80:6048 Tokioka, Takasi and Teruaki Nishikawa, 1978.

Contributions to the Japanese ascidian fauna. XXXI. A new deep-water styelid f r o m S u r u g a B a y [ C n e m i d o c a r p a tenerispinosa n.sp.]. Publ. Seto mar. biol. Lab.. 24(4/6): 341-347. Includes 5 drawings and ca, 60 references. Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

80:6049 Vladimirakaya, E. V.. 1979. Winter distribution

of mass species of copepods in the southern part of the Scotia Sea. (In Russian; English abstract.) Biol. mor., Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1979(6): 8-14.

Numbers and stages of four copepod populations (Calanus propinquus. C. simillimus, Calanoides acutus, Rhincalanus gigas) at depths of 0-500 meters were investigated. All four were most abun- dant in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and least abundant in the Weddell Sea. Laboratory of Commercial Invertebrates and Food Resources, All-Union Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO), Moscow, U.S.S.R. (sir)

80:6050 Wagele, J. W., 1980. Anthuridea (Crustacea,

Isopoda) aus dem Tyrrhenischen Meet. [Anthuridea (Crustacea, I sopoda ) f rom the