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G. SCIENTIFIC RESULTS ALREADY ACHIEVED 
I. BIOLOGICAL 
1. Wuat Has Been Done Toward A ‘‘SPEAKING ACQUAINTANCE”’ 
WITH THE FAUNA 
A ‘‘Biological Survey of the Waters of the Pacific adjacent 
to the Coast of Southern California’? having been adopted as 
a general statement of the station’s scientific program, the first 
thing was to describe and record as many as possible of the kinds 
of organisms inhabiting the region. 
So far the groups of organisms listed in table 1 have been 
dealt with to some extent. To make this table as truthful and 
at the same time as useful as possible, no little puzzling has been 
done on the question of what should and what should not be 
included. As it stands it aims to contain all the species of the 
**San Diego Region”’ to the study of which our work from the 
beginning has contributed. It shows (a) the groups of the 
organisms that have been studied and the results published; 
(b) the number of new species deseribed in each group; (c) the 
total number of species so far found in the area; and (d) the 
persons doing the work. 
TABLE I 
a b c d 
New Total no. 
Group species species Investigator 
Unicellular Organisms— 
Peridinia 37 195 Kofoid 
Ciliates us Uf Kofoid 
Coelenterata 
Hydromedusae 32 57 Torrey 
Actinaria 0 1 Torrey 
Ctenophora 1 3 Torrey 
oa) 
Aleyonaria 23 Nutting 
1 See for example Appendix C, the By-laws of the Association, and ‘‘A 
general statement of the ideas and present aims and status of the Marine 
Biological Association of San Diego’’ (Ritter, 1905a). 
