ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Preparation of the "Marine Flora and Fauna of the Northeastern 

 United States" is being coordinated by the following Board: 



Coordinating Editor: 



Melbourne R. Carriker, College of Marine Studies, 

 University of Delaware, Lewes, DE 19958. 



Editorial Advisers: 



Marie B. Abbott, 259 High Street, Coventry, CT 06238. 

 Arthur G. Humes, Boston University Marine Program, 



Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543. 

 Wesley N. Tiffney, Professor Emeritus, Boston University, 



226 Edge Hill Road, Sharon, MA 02067. 

 Ruth D. Turner, Museum of Comparative Zoology, 



Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138. 



Roland L. Wigley. National Marine Fisheries Service, 

 Northeast Fisheries Center, NOAA, Woods Hole, MA 

 02543. 



Robert T. Wilce, Department of Botany, University of 

 Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 021 16. 



The Board, which established the format for the "Marine Flora and 

 Fauna of the 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. 



Thanks are expressed to Duane Hope, Department of Invertebrate 

 Zoology, Smithsonian Institution, for permitting the author to work 

 at the National Museum of Natural History during this study. 

 Preparation of the illustrations by Charles G. Messing is also 

 gratefully acknowledged. 



