BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE LOBSTER— HOMARUS. 



In the following bibliography we endeavor to give a record of the scientific litera- 

 ture of the lobsters {Homarus gammarus and H. americanus) , embracing their anatomy, 

 physiology, development, general habits, behavior, and habitat, as well as the lobster fish- 

 eries, and the preservation, artificial propagation, and economy of the species in general. 

 In order to reflect the history of our knowledge of the subject, we have endeavored to 

 include all papers, which were once, or are now, of any interest or value, from an early 

 period to the present time. While keeping, in the main, within the limits of original 

 research, we have given place to some minor works in which the knowledge of the day 

 or period was reflected more or less clearly. The statistical records of the fisheries, how- 

 ever, are so widely scattered, and in some respects so unsatisfactory, that we have 

 attempted to give only the most important references. 



The voluminous literature of the related crayfishes, of the Norway lobster {Nephrops 

 norvegicus) , the spiny, thorny, or rock lobsters, "la langouste" of the French (Palinurus), 

 and the Spanish lobsters (Galathea) is not generally included in this survey, and when 

 referred to is noticed in the text. While we have endeavored to secure accuracy in 

 giving titles, a few have been necessarily taken at second hand; further, we have not 

 hesitated to add an occasional note, when in our opinion the use of this list to future 

 students could thus be enhanced. 



1. Aldrovandi, Ulyssis. 



Philosophi et medici Bononiensis. De mollibus, crustaceis, testaceis et zoophytis. De animali- 

 bus exanguibus reliquis quattuor. Liber secundus, qui est de crustatis. De astaco, cap. 

 iii. De leone, seu elephanto, cap. iv. 



Crude figure of a lobster under name of Astacus verus; repeats Gesner's figure of "Chela Astaci marini ex Zoo- 

 grapho;" also figures of Olaus Magnus of Astacus marinus devouring a man, and of a marine rhinoceros eating an 

 Astacus 12 feet long. 



2. Allen, E. J. 



Studies on the nervous systems of Crustacea. [The embryonic lobster] i, Quarterly Journal of 

 Microscopical Science, vol. xxxvi (n. s.), p. 461-482; n-m, ibid., p. 483-498, 2 pi., 1894; iv, 

 ibid., vol. XXXIX (n. s.), p. 33-50, i pi. 1897. London. 



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Protection of crabs and lobsters. Journal Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 

 vol. IV (n. s.), p. 182-187. 1895-97. Plymouth. 



The reproduction of the lobster. Ibid., vol. iv (n. s.), p. 60-69. 1895-97. Plymouth. 

 5. Anderton, T. 



The lobster {Homarus vulgaris). Report of the Marine Department of New Zealand for 1908-1909, 

 p. 17-23, pi. i-iv. Wellington, 1909. 



Cites cases of annual breeding in European lobster transplanted to New Zealand, and describes sexual union 

 as following molting in the female. 



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