ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



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

 eastern United States" is being coordinated by the following 

 board: 



Coordinating Editor: 



Editorial Advisers: 



Melbourne R. Carriker, College of Mar- 

 ine Studies, Marine Studies Center, 

 University of Delaware, Lewes, DE 19958. 



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 Bio- 

 logy, Boston University, Boston, Mass. 



Ruth D. Turner, Museum of Compara- 

 tive Zoology, Harvard University, 

 Cambridge, Mass. 



Roland L. Wigley, National Marine 

 Fisheries Service, Biological Labora- 

 tory, Woods Hole, Mass. 



Robert T. Wilce, Department of Botany. 

 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 

 Mass. 



The Board established the format for the "Marine Flora and 

 Fauna of the Northeastern United States." invites systematists 

 to collaborate in the preparation of manuals, review manu- 

 scripts, and advises the Scientific Editor of the National Marine 

 Fisheries Service. 



Special thanks are due to D. C. Rosenfield for the use of 

 several figures, Arthur G. Humes for helpful comments on 

 earlier drafts of this manuscript, Dorothy Knight for typing the 

 manuscript, and Janet McNew for inking Figures 7-100. 



Preparation of this manual was supported in part by a grant 

 from the Environmental Protection Agency to the Editorial 

 Board of the "Marine Flora and Fauna of the Northeastern 

 LInited States." Work on the "Marine Flora and Fauna of the 

 Northeastern llnited States" by the Coordinating Editor is sup- 

 ported by the College of Marine .Studies, University of Delaware. 

 Delaware. 



COORDINATING EDITOR'S COMMENTS 



Publication of the "Marine Flora and Fauna of the 

 Northeastern United States" is most timely in view of the grow- 

 ing 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 organisms be identified accurately. Accurate 

 scientific names unlock the great quantities of biological infor- 

 mation stored in libraries, obviate duplication of research al- 

 ready done, and make possible prediction of attributes of 

 organisms that have been inadequately studied. 



Bruce C. Coull commenced his study of harpacticoid 

 copepods in 1965 working on the meiobenthic harpacticoids of 



Bermuda. In 1968 he began a postdoctoral research 

 associateship at The Duke University Marine Laboratory, 

 Beaufort, North Carolina and dealt with the systematics and 

 ecology of shelf, slope and deep sea harpacticoids off the 

 Carolinas. In 1970 he joined the faculty of Clark University, 

 Worcester, Mass. and initiated studies on the New England har- 

 pacticoids. This key represents an extension of that work. Bruce 

 Coull's present position began in 1973, and he is continuing his 

 studies on the ecology and systematics of meiobenthic copepods. 

 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 are listed 

 below. 



COOK. DAVID C!., 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: (^iliophora. 

 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 llnited States. Pycnogonida. 

 MANNING. RAYMOND B. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern I'nited States. Crustacea: Stomatopoda. 

 WILLIAMS. AUSTIN B. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern LInited States. Crustacea: Decapoda. 

 POLLOCK. LELAND W. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern Ihiited States. Tardigrada. 

 LARSON. RONALD J. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Cnidaria: Scyphozoa. 

 CAVALIERE. A. R. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Higher fungi: Asctmiycetes. Deuteromycetes 



and Basidiomycetes. 

 COULL, BRUCE C. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Copepoda: Harpacticoida. 



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