INDEX 



acanthias, Squalus, 53 

 Acanthurus bleekeri, 87 



glaucopareius, 117 



triostegus, 120 



xanthopterin, 87 

 Acropora palmata, 34 

 Actinia equina, 34 

 Adamsia palliata, 34 

 Aetobatis, 61 

 Aetobatus narinari, 57 

 Albula vulpes, 117 

 alcicornis, Millepora, 32 

 Alexander the Great, 6 

 aZto, Carybdea, 33 

 Anemonia sulcata, 34 

 Annelid Worms, 32, 47 

 Annelid worm bites, 47 



medical aspects, 47 



prevention, 49 



treatment, 49 

 annulatus, Sphaeroides, 115 

 Anthozoa, 34 

 Apistus carinatus, 76 

 Aprion virescens, 123 

 arenaria, Mya, 105 

 arenarias, Carcharias, 22 

 arge, Upeneus, 117 

 argus, Cephalopholis, 125 

 Aristotle, 5 

 Arothron hispidus, 115 



meleagris, 115 



nigropunctatus, 115 

 Asthenosoma, 51 

 Asthenosoma ijimai, 49 

 Atlantic jackknife clam, 105 

 aulicus, Conns, 39 

 aureolineatus, Gnathodentex, 123 

 Australian sea lion, 135 

 australis, Centropogon, 76 



Bagre marinus, 68 



sapo, 81 

 barbatus, Erignathus, 135 

 Barchatus cirrhosus, 81 

 Barracuda, 25, 125, 131 

 Barracuda attacks, 25 



medical aspects, 25 



prevention, 25 



treatment, 25 

 barracuda, Sphyraena, 25, 125 

 Batrachoides didactylus, 81 



grunniens, 81 

 batrachus, Clarias, 67 

 Bat rays, 54, 57 

 Bay mussel, 105 

 Bearded seal, 135 

 Bibliography, 137 

 Bigelow and Schroeder, 4, 136 

 birostris, Manta, 24, 25 



Biles from sea snakes, 97 



medical aspects, 97 



prevention, 99 



treatment, 98 

 Biting marine animals, 9 

 Black sea urchin, 49 

 Black-tipped sand shark, 108 

 Bleeker's surgeonfish, 87 

 bleekeri, Acanthurus, 87 

 Bloodworm, 47 

 Blubber, Sea, 34 

 Blue Bottle, 32 

 bohar, Lutjanus, 123 

 Bonito, 112 

 Bottard, A., 5 

 brevirostris, Negaprion, 18 

 Bristle Worms, 32 

 Budker, Paul, 2, 3 

 Bullrout, 76 

 Butterfly rays, 54, 57 



caerulescens, Hydrophis, 96 

 caeruleus, Scarus, 125 

 California bat ray, 57 

 calif ornianus, Mytilus, 105 

 Callionymus lyra, 89 

 capillata, Cyanea, 34 

 Caranx hippos, 117 

 Carcharhinidae, 14, 17 

 Carcharhinus melanopterus, 108 



nicaraguensis, 18 



obscurus, 18 

 carcharias, Carcharodon, 17, 109 

 Carcharias arenarius, 22 



gangeticus, 22 



taurus, 19 

 Carchariidae, 14, 19 

 Carcharodon carcharias, 14, 109 

 Cardium edule, 105 

 carinatus, Apistus, 76 

 Carstenszoon, 2 

 carunculata, Hermodice, 47 

 Carybdea alta, 33 

 catenella, Gonyaulax, 106 

 Catfishes, 67 

 Catfish stings, 68 



medical aspects, 68 



prevention, 68 



treatment, 68 

 Centropogon australis, 76 

 Cephalopholis argus, 125 

 Cephalopods, 39, 44 

 Cephalopod bites, 45 



fatal octopus bite, 46 



medical aspects, 45 



prevention, 47 



treatment, 47 

 Chimaera monstrosa, 65 

 Chimaeroids, 64 



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