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SCALAR. Mathematical term. An abstract quantity having magnitude but not direction, such as volume, mass, weight, time, electrical charge, and always indicated by a real number.
SERPULID. A polychaet worm which builds a calcareous tube, usually coiled.
SESSILE. Attached, therefore not moving.
SIPHONOPHORE. A type of jellyfish. The Portuguese man-o’-war and other spectacular forms belong to this group.
SIPUNCULIDS. Worm-like animals characterized (among other things) by the possession of an introvert, and of rough, cuticle-like skin. Capable of great expansion; contracted, some of them merit the name peanut worm.
SYNDROME. A group of signs and symptoms occurring together and characterizing a disease.
SYNONYMY. The various names used to designate a given species or group.
TAXONOMY. A sub-science of biology concerned with the classification of animals according to natural relationships and with the rules governing the system of nomenclature.
TECTIBRANCHS. A group of sometimes shell-less gastropods to which belong the sea-hares and bubble-shells.
TELEOLOGY. The assumption of predetermined design, purpose, or ends in Nature by which an explanation of phenomena is postulated.
TENSOR. A mathematical term for the stretching factor which is necessary to change one vector, or force, into another vector having a different amount of force and direction. (Thus, if one imagines a given force
A
traveling south at 40 miles an hour, and another force
B
traveling southeast at 60 miles an hour, mathematically to translate force A into force B, the factor which changes one into the other must have not only force and direction, but stretching power, to pull
A
equal to
B,
and that factor is called the
tensor
.) Tensor is the quantity necessary in Einsteinian physics to translate vectors from one set of co-ordinates (frame of reference) to another.
A
traveling south at 40 miles an hour, and another force
B
traveling southeast at 60 miles an hour, mathematically to translate force A into force B, the factor which changes one into the other must have not only force and direction, but stretching power, to pull
A
equal to
B,
and that factor is called the
tensor
.) Tensor is the quantity necessary in Einsteinian physics to translate vectors from one set of co-ordinates (frame of reference) to another.
TEREBELLID WORM. A polychaet worm which builds a sandy or pebbly tube, cemented usually to the underside of rocks by its own mucus.
THIGMOTROPISM. An innate tendency to seek enclosing contact with a solid or rigid surface, as in a burrow.
TROPISM. Innate involuntary movement of an organism or any of its parts toward (positive) or away from (negative) a stimulus.
TURBELLARIAN WORMS. The large group of flatworms to which the polyclads belong.
UBIQUITOUS. Occurring everywhere (though not necessarily abundantly) in the total area under consideration.
VECTOR. A mathematical term for an abstract quantity such as velocity, acceleration, or force, having
both
magnitude and direction. It may also have position in space, but this is not necessary. A vector is symbolized or represented by an arrow.
both
magnitude and direction. It may also have position in space, but this is not necessary. A vector is symbolized or represented by an arrow.
XEROPHYTIC. Plants structurally adapted to withstand drought.
ZOOID. Individual member of a colony or compound organism, having more or less independent life of its own.
INDEX
Abalone
“Abanico,”.
See also
Sea-fans
See also
Sea-fans
Abyssinia
Acanthochitona exquisitus
Actinaria of the Canadian Arctic Expeditions, The
(Verrill)
(Verrill)
Actinians
“Actinians of Porto Rico” (Duerden) n.
Agassiz
Agiabampo; estuary
Agua Verde Bay
Aguja Point
Albacore
Aletes
n.
n.
Algae
Algal zonation
Allee, W. C.
Almazán, General
Amanita muscaria
Ameba
Amortajada Bay
Amphioxus
Amphipods
Anemones,
128,
193; bunodid;
commensal; preservation of
specimens; sand. See Cerianthus;
zoanthidean
Angel Custodia.
See
Guardian Angel Island
See
Guardian Angel Island
Angel de la Guardia. See Guardian Angel Island
Angeles Bay
Annelids
Antarctica
Apaches
Aphrodisiacs
Arbacia incisa
n.n.
n.n.
Archiv für Pathologie und Pharmacologie
Arco, Cape
Artemis
Arthropoda
Association, animal. See Commensal animals
Asteroids
Astrangia pederseni
n.
n.
Astrometis
Astrometis sertulifera
n.
n.
Astropyga pulvinata
n.
n.
Atlantis
Augustine, Saint
Auk, great
Autotomy
Avalon
Bacon, Roger
Baja, Point
Baja California (Lower California)
Balboa Beach
Baldibia, Gilbert
Baldrige, Alan
Balistes flavomarginatus
Balistidae
Bancroft, Phillip
“Barco” (red snapper)
Barnacles
Barnhart
Batete
(
botete
)
(
botete
)
Bats
Bay of Valparaiso
Beach-hoppers
Beagle
Bêche-de-mer
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Benson, Jackson J.
Berry, Anthony (Tony)
Between Pacific Tides
(Ricketts and Calvin)
(Ricketts and Calvin)
Biologists
Bivalves
Blake, William
Boats; steering of
Bolin, Rolph
Bonito
Boodin, John Elof
Borrego
(big-horn sheep)
(big-horn sheep)
Botete
Brancusi, Constantin
Breaking through
Bristle-chitons
Brittle-stars (ophiurans) ; burrowing
“Bromas”
See also
Barnacles
See also
Barnacles
Bryoza
Bunodids
“Burral”
See also
Snails
See also
Snails
Bushmen, Australian
Butler, Nicholas Murray
Butterfly rays
Cabrillo Point
Cake urchins
California (New Albion, Carolina Island) ; Baja (Lower) ; Central; Gulf of.
See
Gulf of California; Southern
See
Gulf of California; Southern
Callinectes
Callinectes bellicosus
n.
n.
Callopoma fluctuosum
n.
n.
Calvin, Jack
Camacho, General
Cambrian period
Campbell, Joseph
Campoi, Don José
Cannery Row
Cannery Row
(Steinbeck)
(Steinbeck)
Cannibalism
Cape Arco
Cape Horn
Cape of Good Hope
Cape San Lucas
Capitalism
“Caracol”. See also Snails
Carditamera affinis
n.n.
n.n.
Caribbean Treasure
(Sanderson)- 196
(Sanderson)- 196
Carmel
Carolina Island
Carpenter
Castillo Najera, Mr.
Casy, Jim
Catfish
Caymancito Rock
Cayo Islet (Cayo)
Cedros Island
Cedros Passage
Central California
Centrechinus mexicanus
Cerianthus
(sand anemone)n. ; preservation of specimens
(sand anemone)n. ; preservation of specimens
Chamberlin
Charles II, King of Spain
Chione
Chioraera
leonina
leonina
Chitons (sea-cradles)
Chiton vergulatus
Chloeia viridis
Chorodes
n.
n.
Chorodes occidentalis
Montgomery n.
Montgomery n.
Chris (manager)
Christopher, Saint
Ciguatera
Cipango
Clams; boring;
Chione
; garbanzo; hacha (pinna) ; Pismo; razor; ruffled ;
Tivela
Chione
; garbanzo; hacha (pinna) ; Pismo; razor; ruffled ;
Tivela
Clavigero
Cliona
Cliona celata
Club urchins
Clypeaster rotundus
n.
n.
Clypeaster rotundus
(A. Agassiz) n.
(A. Agassiz) n.
Coast Pilot
Coccidiosis
Coelenterate
Collecting equipment
Collectivism
Colletto, Tiny
Colorado River (Red River)
Commensal animals
Communism
Concepción Bay; tides
Conception, Point
Conchs; stalk-eyed
Cones
Conger, Gwen
Consciousness
Cooper
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