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larvel stages of tlia Calif ortila spinj lo^bsterfFanulirus interraptus), 
tJnclGr the auspices of the nitecl States Bureau of 
•^Ishcsrien and through tho courtesy of the Soripps Institution the 
■writer recently spent some months in Celifornip primerily for the 
purpose of making a study of tho Soripps Institution's extensive 
series of plankton samples in the hopes of shedding some light 
on the life history of the suiny lobster. Though in considerahlo 
rnunher, only the earlier larval stages were represented In their 
collections, # 
# Stih sequent to the taking of the largo phyliosomec referred to 
below one of like size was found, in the Soripps Institution . ' 
collections. It is 3.nterosting to note in this oonnection that 
in one of their large aquarium tonics they succeeded in hatching 
oiit the first phyllosomo stage this past summer from the eggs 
carried by a single berried femalo. 
1918 
Blit on August 29th, ■while the writer vas aboard the 
"Albacoro", four phylloeomes of large size, the largest ever 
taken off Calffomia , ■tx-ere secured ’^'ith tho vessel's small 
otter~trsT7l, 'iheee speoimens average about an inch in length, 
of body pro’oer, and were obtained about 16 miles west of the 
Coronados Islands in 75 fathoms of wfjiter. One of these specimens 
is sho\’m in the accompanying figure. 
Including the above mentioned sueoirens, the Aloacoro 
ha<i taken, up to the time of the writer's return from .Oalifornla, 
some fourteen lots of large and interiaedi’^te si.*ed phylloaomes. 
and another rare stage known as the puei'mlus. 
coiitained munerous inuix-iduals. The 
iiiternie liato between the phyVi loscTne, bhe form 
Some of theso 
is t.ho stage 
in v.’hich the 
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