ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Preparation of the "Marine Flora and Fauna of the Northeast- 

 ern United States" is being coordinated by the following 

 Board: 



Coordinator: Melbourne R. Carriker. College of Marine 

 Studies, Marine Studies Center, Univer- 

 sity of Delaware, Lewes, DE 19958. 



Advisers: Marie B. Abbott, Marine Biological Laboratory, 



Woods Hole, Mass. 

 Arthur G. Humes, Boston University Marine 



Program, Marine Biological Laboratory, 



Woods Hole, Mass. 

 Wesley N. Tiffney, Department of Biology, 



Boston University, Boston, Mass. 

 Ruth D. Turner, Museum of Comparative 



Zoology. Harvard University, Cambridge, 



Mass. 

 Roland L. Wigley. National Marine Fisheries 



Service, Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, 

 Mass. 

 Robert T. Wilce, Department of Botany, Uni- 

 versity of Massachusetts. Amherst, Mass. 



The Board established the format for the "Marine Flora and 

 Faunaofthe Northeastern United States," invites systematists to 

 collaborate in the preparation of manuals, reviews manuscripts, 

 and advises the Scientific Editor of the National Marine Fisheries 

 Service. 



Collections and records in the National Museum of Natural 

 History, Washington, DC, those of Roland L. Wigley at the 

 National Marine Fisheries Service. Northeast Atlantic Fisheries 

 Center in Woods Hole, as well as those in the Gray Museum, 

 Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, provided reference 

 materials for this paper. Bruce B. Collette. Isabel Perez Farfante, 

 Marie B Abbott, William D. Burbanck, and Roland L. Wigley 

 critically read the manuscript. All illustrations were drawn by 

 Maria M. Dieguez. 



COORDINATOR'S COMMENTS 



Publication of the "Marine Flora and Faunaofthe Northeast- 

 ern United States" is most timely in view of the growing universal 

 emphasis on environmental work and the urgent need for more 

 precise and complete identification of coastal organisms than has 

 been available. It is mandatory, wherever possible, that or- 

 ganisms be identified accurately to species. Accurate scientific 

 names unlock the great quantities of biological information stored 

 in libraries, obviate duplication of research already done, and 

 make possible prediction of attributes of organisms that have been 

 inadequately studied. 



Austin B. Williams commenced his study of the systematics of 

 the Crustacea in 1946 working on crayfishes in the Ozarks and 

 eastern Great Plains. In 1951 he joined the staff of the University 



of North Carolina Institute of Marine Sciences, Morehead City, 

 to carry on ecological and systematic studies on decapod crusta- 

 ceans of the estuaries and continental shelf of the southeastern 

 United States. This work concentrated on ecology of penaeid 

 shrimps, an illustrated handbook on decapod crustaceans of the 

 Carolinas (1965). and studies on estuarine meroplankton. Wil- 

 liams moved to his present position in 1971 where his systematic 

 studies continue. This key represents an extension of his work on 

 decapods of the Carolinian Province. 



Manuals are available for purchase from the Superintendent of 

 Documents. U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington. D.C. 

 20402. The manuals so far published in the series and their 

 cost are listed below. 



COOK. DAVID G., and RALPH O. BRINKHURST. Marine flora and fauna of the Northeastern United States. 



Annelida: Oligochaeta. 

 BORROR. ARTHUR C. Marine flora and fauna of the Northeastern United States. Protozoa: Ciliophora. 

 MOUL, EDWIN T. Marine flora and fauna of the Northeastern United States. Higher plants of the marine fringe. 

 McCLOSKEY, LAWRENCE R. Marine flora and fauna of the Northeastern United States. Pycnogonida. 

 MANNING. RAYMOND B. Marine flora and fauna of the Northeastern United States. Crustacea: Stomatopoda. 

 WILLIAMS, AUSTIN B. Marine flora and fauna of the Northeastern United States. Crustacea: Decapoda. 



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