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FOLLOWING the general report on the zooplankton of the Great Barrier Reef (noticed in NATURE of August 3, 1935) more detailed work on the different groups is now in progress. The pelagic animals belonging to the Tunicata, Mollusca and Siphonophora are here discussed. Comparison with other expeditions is emphasised, particularly the Siboga Expedition, but in this year's work on the Barrier Reef a continuous series of samples is available, giving valuable information as to seasonal distribution and life-histories which has never before been obtained to such an extent. Identification of species has already been made by Miss A. B. Hastings (Tunicata), Mr. A. K. Totton (Siphonophora) and Miss Anne L. Massy (Pteropoda), whilst Prof. Paul Pelseneer has looked through the larval gastropods. Identification was not possible in the last group and in the larval lamellibranchs, but reports on the Tunicata and Siphonophora have already been published (in Vol. 4 of these reports).
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Zooplankton of the Great Barrier Reef. Nature 137, 915 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137915a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/137915a0