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exposed surfaces of the carapaces. The largest 



male, 175X115 mm, lacked two walking legs and 



weighed 827 gramSo 

 Station 4451-56 3 miles from Hyperion stack in 153 

 feet of water. The trap contained? 



Cancer antennarius 6; the largest a male, 



168X110 mraj, weighed 857 grams. 



Astropecten calif ornicus 7 



Balanus tintinabulum calif ornicus ,, on carapaces 



of C^a-ncer crabs. 



From these results it appears that not only crabs 

 and snails forage in search of food, but that Astropecten 

 has similar habitSo 



Comparative Food Values of the Benthonic Animals 



The wide=spread use of bait-worms in various parts 

 of the world indicates the preference of many fishes for 

 this kind of food. Commonly used are several kinds of 

 Glycera n Marphysa , nereids, nephtyids, opheliids, Arenicola , 

 and others. (The frequently used terms blood, sand or 

 proboscis worms, refer to color, habitat or some part 

 of the animalo The names differ with locality and have 

 no specific meaning.) Soft-shelled clams and sand shrimps 

 are also used for bait. These animals are the most natural 

 foods of animals in the sea. Some animals which occur 

 in great numbers, such as sea-stars and brittle-stars, 

 have little if any food value, whereas urchins may be 



