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have been conspicuous for their size or weight. They 



include : 



Cancer antennarius Station 4450-56 827 grams 

 Astropecten calif ornicus at I SW-4, 3 1/2 inches across 

 Pisaster giganteus at I NW-6, weighed 187 1/2 grams 

 Stichopus calif ornicus at I W-20, measured 5 inches 

 Compsomyax subdiaphana a clam, at III-7, measured 

 2 1/2 by 1 3/4 inches and weighed 24 grams o 

 Macoma a clamj, at II-65 weighed 31„7 grams 

 ? Drupa a snail, at I NW-6, weighed 75 1/3 grams 

 Glycera robusta at I W-lOb, the only one of this 

 kind taken. 



Acknowledgements 



The author is indebted to the various teams which 

 cooperated on board the VELERO IV, in taking and processing 

 the biological samples used for this report, David Scholl, 

 assisted by Donn Gorsline, Emil Zalesny, and others, did 

 much of the field work. To Drs, Robert £, Stevenson and 

 K. Oo Emery she is indebted for organizing the various 

 aspects of the project, and for much information on 

 physical data. The maps and figures were prepared by 

 Anker Petersen, The author is especially thankful to 

 Captain G, Allan Hancock for his interest and support 

 of these studies, and to the Hyperion Engineers, Inc. 

 for their financial aid. 



