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good reason to confuse these related but quite 
distinct species. Although both species are de- 
void of vestibule and closing apparatus ( valves ) 
and possess spherical nuclei, Hadzi is justified 
in his reassignment of L. simplex to Ascobius 
simplex on the basis of its flattened lorica and 
spatulate foot; whereas in Lagotia viridis , the 
lorica (Fig. 7c) is not flattened nor is the foot 
spatulate (e) . For representatives of L. viridis 
in Hawaii an even more obvious difference is at 
once apparent. Whereas in Ascobius simplex 
the neck is exceedingly short (Matthews, 1952: 
344), in Lagotia viridis (Fig. 7) the neck (a) 
extends from the sac and is strengthened by 
two or three spiral whorls (b). Moreover, while 
A. simplex is comparatively small, L. viridis is 
comparatively large, often possessing sac lengths 
of over 180 /a and neck lengths of over 100/a. 
Thus, to date, folliculinids embracing eight 
species and seven genera are known from Ha- 
waii. Accepting Hadzi ’s reassignments, these 
now stand as: Halofolliculina annulata (which 
I have not yet taken), Ascobius simplex , Meta- 
folliculina andrewsi, Metaf olliculina nordgardi 
(which may prove to be a new species), Para- 
f olliculina viola ceae, Euf olliculina lignicola, Mi - 
rof olliculina limnoriae , and Lagotia viridis . 
It is interesting to note that, whereas Fol- 
liculinopsis gunneri Dons 1927, reassigned by 
Hadzi (1951) to P achy f olliculina gunneri, is 
present on the ventral surface, of Limnoria lig- 
nomm from the Pacific coast of North America 
(Mohr, 1959:86), not one specimen has been 
observed on the hundreds of L. (P.) andrewsi 
which I have examined. 
There is every good reason to believe that 
new records of folliculinids from Hawaii will 
continue to appear. Re-examination of rather 
an extensive pagurid collection made over the 
past 10 years discloses many folliculinids which 
previously had been overlooked. Although these 
possess undamaged loricae, their still pigmented 
but highly contracted bodies are not suitable 
for specific determinations. 
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