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tie for constructive criticism of the manuscript, to 



B. E. Felgenhauer for help in preparing the fig- 

 ures, to N. N. Rabalais and B. Cole for assistance 

 in rearing larvae of M. mercenaria, and to L. G. 

 Abele for providing space and facilities for the 

 research. We thank S. Silvers and K. Riddle of the 

 Florida State University Electron Microscopy 

 Center for their expert assistance. We also thank 



C. Dugas, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and 

 Fisheries, for collecting the ovigerous specimen of 

 M. adina. This work was supported in part by the 

 National Science Foundation grants No. BSR- 

 8414347 and BSR-8615018 to J. W. Martin and 

 L. G. Abele, and by a research grant to D. L. 

 Felder, N. N. Rabalais, F. M. Truesdale, and 



D. W. Foltz from the Louisiana Education Quality 

 Support Fund under grant No. 86-LUM(2)-084- 

 09. 



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