PACIFIC SCIENCE 
A QUARTERLY DEVOTED TO THE BIOLOGICAL 
AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES OF THE PACIFIC REGION 
VOL. XV OCTOBER 1961 NO. 4 
Previous issue published July 12, 1961 
CONTENTS 
PAGE 
Notes on Larvae , juveniles, and Spawning of Bonito (Sarda) from 
the Eastern Pacific Ocean. W . L. Klatve ... . 487 
The Distribution of Certain Benthonic Algae in Queen Charlotte Strait, 
British Columbia, in Relation to Some Environmental Factors. 
Robert F. Scagel ... 494 ' 
Description of a New Species of Pranesus (Atherinidae: Pisces) from the 
Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef. D. J. Woodland 540 
New Pogonophora from the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Olga Hartman 542 
Acanthophora, a Possible Invader of the Marine Flora of Hawaii. 
Maxtvell S. Doty 547 
Post-larval Food of the Pelagic Coelenterate, Velella lata. Robert Fieri 553 
Interspecific Differences in the Reaction to Atropine and in the Histology of 
the Esophagi of the Common California Sea Hares of the Genus Aplysia. 
Lindsay R. Winkler and Bernard E. Tilton .. 557 
The Vegetation of Yanagi Islet, Truk, Caroline Islands. 
Peter J. R. Hill and Benjamin C. Stone 56 1 
Revision of the Genus Pandanus Stickman, Part 6. New Pandanus Species from 
Queensland, Australia. Harold St. John 563 
Revision of the Genus Pandanus Stickman, Part 7 . Netv Species from 
Borneo, Papua, and the Solomon Islands. Harold St. John 576 
Feral Rabbit Populations on Pacific Islands. J. S. Watson 591 
Relationships of the Red-backed Voles of japan. E. W. Jameson, Jr 594 
Tivo Shark Incidents at Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands. 
E. S. Hobson, F. Mautin, and E. S. Reese 605 
Pandanus pistillaris in the Caroline Islands: An Example of 
Long-Range Oceanic Dispersal. Benjamin C. Stone 6 10 
INDEX ... 615 
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