January, 2000 
SCAMIT Newsletter 
Vol. 18, No.9 
(1984), providing additional information and 
improved reproduction of the figures. Since 
nearly all of Berry’s leaflets were totally 
without illustration, Carol’s volume is a virtual 
necessity in interpreting his descriptions. You 
can obtain it, as well as other special and 
supplemental volumes of the journal, by 
writing her at: 
San Diego Shell Club, Inc. 
c/o 3883 Mt. Blackburn Ave. 
San Diego, CA 92111 
Hans Bertsch also presented a brief slide show 
of preserved material of Bathydoris aioca 
Marcus & Marcus 1962, based on re-collection 
of the animal off Oregon .This is an extremely 
rare and poorly known nudibranch, It was 
originally described from deep water off Baja 
California and not reported again in the 
intervening 38 years. These specimens were 
listed as Bathydoris sp. in Austin (1985), but 
were not recognized at that time as being 
conspecific with the Marcus’ species. A paper 
describing this find is expected soon. 
The main purpose of, and activity at the 
meeting, was conversation. This is 
predominantly a get and keep acquainted sort 
of meeting which provides a venue for old 
associations to be refreshed and new ones to be 
formed. It was a delight which continued until 
nearly 4pm (after breaking for lunch). Towards 
the end of the day Larry Lovell led a tour 
through the new collections facilities for the 
Invertebrate Collection at SIO (which will soon 
be ready for occupation). It was decided that 
the 2001 meeting will be held at the Natural 
History Museum of Los Angeles County. We 
will provide more exact information on dates 
and locations towards the end of the year. This 
was a very enjoyable get together and I am 
looking forward to the next one. -Don Cadien 
(CSDLAC) 
SAD START TO 2000 
Once again we report, with considerable regret, 
the loss of two major crustacean workers. Dr. 
Gary Brusca died on 13 January after several 
years of illness. He is remembered below by 
his brother Rick and by his students Drs. Les 
Watling and Tim Stebbins. Dr. Ray Manning 
came to the end of a long and productive life 
on 18 January. Dr. Rafael Lemaitre provides a 
brief summary of his achievements and Drs. 
Jens Hoeg and Fred Schram reprise his 
involvement with the Crustacean Society and 
offer a personal memoir. A full obituary is 
scheduled for the March 2000 issue of the 
Proceedings of the Biological Society of 
Washington. Cancer claimed them both. Gary 
and Ray both leave a legacy of published work, 
and Gary, as a pedagogue, a group of students 
whose attitudes and approaches he shaped. 
While both contributed significantly to their 
primary taxonomic areas (hyperiid amphipods 
and stomatopods, respectively), for much of 
the 20 th century Ray Manning was stomatopod 
systematics. While he also added significantly 
to a number of areas of decapod taxonomy, his 
work with stomatopods will likely be his most 
enduring contribution. 
GARY J. BRUSCA 
“With great sadness I report the death of my 
brother, Gary J. Brusca, who passed away on 
January 13,2000. Gary received his BSc 
(1960) from California State Polytechnic 
University (San Luis Obispo) as one of Dave 
Montgomery’s advisees; his MSc (1961) from 
the University of the Pacific (Stockton), 
working under John Tucker and Joel Hedgpeth; 
and his PhD (1965) from the University of 
Southern California (Los Angeles), under the 
guidance of Russell Zimmer. From 1972 to 
1974 he lived and worked as a fisheries 
biologist on the island of Mauritius, where his 
youngest son (James) was born. Gary is best 
known in the carcinology world for his 
research on hyperiid amphipods, and for two 
books we published together, A Naturalist’s 
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