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Studies in Laguna Amphipoda. 

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By 

 Yinuie Ream Stout, M. S. 



Pomona College, Claremont, California. 

 With 3 flgures In the text. 



In the Standard Natural History, edited by John Sterling 

 KiNGSLEY in 1884, in speaking of the Amphipoda and Isopoda, there are 

 the following remarks: "These forms, which are mostly small, possess 

 «ither but very slight populär interest, for but few of them are 

 markedly injurious or beneficial, and their habits are not such as to 

 attract much attention. From a scientific Standpoint they also possess 

 but few attractions, for their structure and their mode of development 

 present but slight variations except in minute details." Since the 

 time of Mr. Kingsley's observations it has come to be recognized 

 that these forms, though minute, do nevertheless play a very important 

 and indispensable part in the scheme of nature. The importance of 

 these little crustaceans in maintaining the balance of nature, and 

 even in aiding almost directly the comfort of man, should make them 

 of interest to the casual observer as well as to the systematic 

 scientist. 



1) Part I of these studies appeared in 1912, First Annual Report 

 Laguna Marine Laboratory. 



Zoül. Jahrb. XXXIV. Abt. f. Syst. 43 



