INDEX 



695 



Lebistes reticulums, 343 

 leeches, 596 



biliverdin, 479 



feeding, 247 

 Leiognathus ( = Equula), 559 

 Leioptilus gurneyi, All, 568 

 lens, 330 



leopard seal, feeding, 247 

 Lepadogaster. 3, 507 

 Lepas, 474, 475, 590, 638 

 L. anatifera, 542, 633 

 Lepidametria commensalis, 422 

 Lepomis auritus, 327, 328 

 Leptocephalus ; 9, 173 

 Leptograpsus variegatus, 47 

 Leptoplana, 255, 459 

 Leptostraca, feeding, 227 

 lethal temperatures, 5 

 Leucilla, 630 

 Leuconia, 206, 630 

 L. aspera, 206, 632 

 leucophores, 505 

 Leucosolenia, 205 

 L. coriacea, 205 

 Libinia, 115, 141,284,316, 515 

 lichenase, 268 

 light, in sea, 17 

 light-compass reaction, 323 

 light-emission, 536 

 Ligia, 5, 113, 141, 149, 235 257, 331, 494, 



506, 507, 513 



L. oceanica, 49, 105, 152, 286, 293, 506, 



507, 513, 517, 642 

 Lima, 390, 656 



L. excavata, 474 

 Limacina, 214 

 Umax flavus, 293 

 L. maximus, 205 

 lime cells, 647 

 Limnaea pereger, 44 

 Limnoria, 145, 235, 267, 660 

 L. lignorum, 661 

 limpet. See Patella 



Limulus, 104, 105, 113, 115, 121, 122, 126, 

 141, 166. 190, 260 261, 284, 308, 327, 



329, 331, 333, 421, 423, 444, 445, 455. 

 456, 645 



L. polyphemus, 101, 124, 180, 187, 189, 



330, 423 

 Lineus, 443 



Lingula, 174, 187, 651, 652 

 L. unguis, 633 

 Linophryne arcturi, 546 

 Liocranchia valdiviae, 552 

 Liparis montagui, 357 

 lipase, 262, 265 

 Liriopsis, 599 

 L. pygmaea, 599 

 Lithophaga, 660 

 L. cumingiana, 659 

 Lithotrya, 662 

 littoral zone, 2 

 Littorina, 149, 155, 647 



L. littorea, 286, 292, 293, 608, 648 

 L. littoral is, 292, 293 

 L. neritoides, 5, 292, 293 

 L. saxatilis, 292, 293 



See also periwinkles 

 Lobodon carcinophagus, 247 

 Lobophytum, 616 

 lobster, 23, 289 



excretion, 298 



feeding, 239 



heart, 113 



See also Homarus, Palinurus, Panulirus 

 loggerhead turtle. See Caretta 

 Loimia, 590 



Loligo, 110, 120, 189, 259, 264, 314, 330, 

 331, 384, 385, 419, 436, 437, 442, 509, 

 513, 558, 650 



See also squid 

 L. edulis, 622 

 L.forbesi, 423, 678 

 L. opal esc ens, A13 



L.pealei, 124, 163 180, 187 423, 442 

 L. vulgaris, 101, 187, 189 

 Lophius, 302, 318 

 L. piscatorius, 91, 179, 186, 244, 287, 633, 



678 

 lophophore, 210 

 Loxosomella, 210, 211 

 L. phascolosomata, 583 

 Lucernaria, 472 



luciferase and luciferin, 24, 560 

 Lucinidae, 596 

 lug worm, 276 



See also Arenicola 

 Lumbriconereis, 420 

 L. hebes, All 

 L. impatiens, 485 

 luminescence, 536, 621 



biological significance of, 576 



distribution in marine animals, 538 



effect of illumination on, 565 



effect of ions, 575 



effect of pressure, 24 



nervous control, 567, 573 



physical characteristics, 536 



physiological regulation, 563 



radiant flux, 538, 570 



spectral composition, 536, 537 



stimulation of, 563 

 luminescent bacteria, 558, 621 

 luminescent glands, 541 

 Lutianus apodus, 162 

 Luvarus, 478 

 Lycoteuthis, 551 

 L. diadema, 537, 550 

 lymphatic system, 87 

 lymph heart, 106 

 Lysmata, 645 

 Lytechinus pictus, A1A 

 L. variegatus, 678 



MacGinitie. G. E., 208 

 Macintosh, W. C, 469 



