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VI. INDEX TO NAMES OF GENERA AND SPECIES

Main entries in italics. Generic names preceded by '& refer to non-Elasipoda. Specific names in keys, diagrams of bathymetric distribution, and maps of geographic distribution are not included (see main entry to generic name).

:? " .----",..",-:- n7c 3 on AbYaavbuLwAcaudina,2 16 lactea, 156, 157 naresi, 159-161, 184, i?zvesLigatoris, 39, 43, "Achiridota, 217 monactinica, 155, 185, 186, 192, 196, 204, 44, 45 inermis, 216 157-158, 187 242 "Amflhigymnas, 215 pro funda, 216 paradoxa, 156, 157 robusta, 161-162, 189 Apodogaster, 47, 75, 190, Achlyonice, 127, 128, 129, tui, 158, 187, 215 rosea, 158-159, 185, 192, 210, 215