REPORT ON OCEANOGRAPHY 81 



Although many of the titles in the Oceanographic Committee's 

 bibliography and many of the topics included in my list woik in pro- 

 gress suggest specialized zoological and botanical scope rather than 

 oceanographic, it should be conceded that New Zealand is a young 

 country and that the systematics and biology of many groups are still 

 inadequately known. 



All such papers collectively will eventually form an indispensable 

 background for future biological oceanographic investigation. 



Published Biological Work 



The published papers are representative of most phyla but mol- 

 luscan and algal studies predominate with 33 titles for the former 

 and 16 for the latter. 



Protozoa. Two papers by B. N. Bary on Sea-water discoloration. 



Porifera. One paper, The Kirk Collection of Sponges, by H. B. 

 Fell. 



Coelenterata. Two papers on Ctenophores from Cook Strait by 

 P. M. Ralph and C. Kabery and The Actinaria of New Zealand by G. 

 Parry, which includes a check-list of recorded and new species. 



Echinoderma. Five papers by H. B. Fell: "The Constitution and 

 Relations of the New Zealand Echinoderm Fauna," "Echinoderms from 

 Southern New Zealand," "The Occurrence of Australian Echinoids in 

 New Zealand Waters," and several papers on littoral and deep-sea ophi- 

 uroids. Also a paper on Holothuria by W. H. Dawbin. 



Polyzoa. A monograph of Tertiary Cheilostomata by D. A. Brown 

 and two papers by G. H. Uttley contain many references to the syste- 

 matics and distribution of recent species. 



Mollusca. Thirty-three papers by C. Borland, R. K. Dell, C. A. 

 Fleming, J. E. Morton, R. M. Cassie, Rapson, and A. W. B, Powell. 

 In addition to systematics there are papers on life-histories, feeding 

 mechanisms, animal communities of the sea bottom, population stu- 

 dies, biogeographic provinces, bipolarity and the dispersal of southern 

 high latitude species. 



Crustacea. Three papers on the Spiny Crayfish (Jasus lalandi) by 

 C. A. Bradstock, two on brachyura by L. R. Richardson, one on new 

 species of Scyllarus and Ctenocheles by A. W. B. Powell, and one on Am- 

 phipoda by D. E. Hurley. N. de B. Hornibrook has described "A new 

 Family of Living Ostracoda with Resemblances to some Palaeozoic Bey- 

 richiidae" and has published a monograph "Tertiary and Recent Ma- 

 rine Ostracoda of New Zealand, their Origin, Affinities and Distribu- 

 tion," including a systematic revision of the Cytheriidae. 



Protochordata. Eight papers on New Zealand Ascidians by B. 

 Brewin. 



