PACIFIC SCIENCE 
A QUARTERLY DEVOTED TO THE BIOLOGICAL 
AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES OF THE PACIFIC REGION 
VOL. XIX APRIL 1965 NO. 2 
Previous issue published February 26, 1 963 
CONTENTS 
PAGE 
The Sponges of the Palau Islands, Part I. Patricia R. Bergquist 123 
A New Species of Pachycerianthus, with a Discussion of the Genus and an 
Appended Glossary. Mary Needier Arai 205 
The Geographical Affinities of the South Pacific Island Fern Floras. 
G. Brownlie 219 
Revision of the Genus Pandanus Stickman, Part 19. Additional Malayan Species of 
Pandanus. Harold St. John 224 
Weight Variation in Adrenal Glands of the Mongoose in Hatvaii. 
P. Quentin Tomich 238 
Ecological Studies of Black Coral in Hawaii. 
Richard W. Grigg 244 
Species Composition and Distribution of Pelagic Cephalopods from the 
Pacific Ocean off Oregon. William G. Pearcy 26 1 
notes: 
A Gastropod Parasite of Solitary Corals in Hawaii. H. F. Bosch 267 
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