Section 1.2: Under "Mobility", for first listing of "Miscellaneous worm-shaped organisms", add "bu"
Section 8.8: Under Hypostome for Tuibulariidae, add "ot"
Section 8.20: Click here for details regarding Hydractinia echinata
Section 8.43 (the following section 8 changes based on Stebens, Kenneth P., 1998. Marine Flora and Fauna of the Eastern United States Anthozoa: Actiniaria, Corallimorpharia, Ceriantharia, and Zoanthidea. NOAA Technical Repoprt NMFS 141: 1-67): Add to Peachia parasitica: "8-18 tentacles, 10-20 (usually 12) longitudinal ridges"
Section 8.45: Add to Epizoanthus incrustatus: "15-20 polyps; often sand-encrusted"
Section 8.47: Add to Diadumene leucolena: "May have one or more very long white tentacles; often with symbiotic algae; prominent cinclides in vertical rows"
Section 8.47: Add to Hormathia nodosa: "variable density of tubercles"; change "large lumps" to "large tubercles in rows"
Section 8.47: Add to Stomphia coccinea: "fully-retractable reddish, banded tentacles. Borad base. Can detach and swim."
Section 8.49 table: Add under Halcampa duodecimcirrata: tentacles "8-12", bumps "x,bu"
Section 8.49 table: Add under Actinothoe modesta: tentacles should be "60-100"
Section 8.49 table: Add under Cerianthus borealis: "marginal tentacles banded"
Section 8.49 table: Add under Ceriantheopsis americanus: "marginal tentacles unbanded"
Section 8.49 list: Add to Actinostola callosa: "thick, squared tubercles especially on upper one third of body column"
Section 8.49 list: Add to Actinothoe modesta: "two distinctive brown stripes on each tentacles when alive; mucus and sand adheres in field"
Section 8.49 list: Add to Edwardsia elegans: "8 prominent ridges"
Section 8.49 list: Add to Fagesia lineata: "body divided into two distinct regions"
Section 8.49 list: Add to Halcampa duodecimcirrata: "banded tentacles" Change habitat code from "Sa" to "Mu"
Section 8.49 list: Add to Nematostella vectensis: "Colorless except white bands around tentacles." Delete "brownish"
Section 13.5: Note that "shape index" values refer to mature specimens
Section 13.6: add "sm l>w fl x de Littorina obtusata, see description under the family Littorinidae, 13.41"
Section 13.10: Strike "Littorina obtusata, yellow periwinkle; see description under family"
Section 13.15: Omit Question 1 entirely, here and in Section 13.16
Section 13.16: Under "Sculpture", for Buccinidae, add "co"
Under "Shoulder", for Buccinidae, add "sq"
Under "Aperture Index", for Nucella lapillus and for Muricidae, replace "el" with "sy"
Section 13.76: Orders Sacoglossa and Nudibranchia. Several valuable adjustments have been gleened from: Bleakney, J.S., 1996. Sea Slugs of Atlantic Canada and the Gulf of Maine, Nimbus Publishing and the Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax (ISBN 1-55109-192-5). Click here for details.
Section 13.33: All of the Epitoniidae or wentletraps possess nearly round operculum
Section 13.93: Add "ro:sq wr ov Hiatella arctica, 13.127"
Section 14.3: Question 2; change "anterior third" to "anterior quarter"
Section 14.5: Question 3; add "(include peristomium)"
Section 14.6: Under "without parapodia", for Polychaete Group 5, add "1"; for Nereididae, replace "0" with "1"
Section 14.29: To notes regarding Cossura longocirrata: add "De" to depth distributioin; replace "Ac" with "Bo"for geographic distribution.
Section 14.44: Omit Question 1 entirely, here and in Section 14.45
Section 14.69: Under "Tube", for Spio, add "mu"
Section 15.9: Under "Carapace", for Shrimp, add "x:gr"
Under "Rostrum", for Shrimp, add "po"
Section 15.81: Size of Pleusymtes glaber should be 6.0 mm, not 14.mm
Section 15.93: Under "Rostrum", for Pasiphaeidae, replace "pt" with "bl"
Section 15.105: Under "Habitat", for second listing for Crab Group 1, add "ro"
Under "Habitat", for second listing for Crab Group 2, add "ss"
Section 16.5: Under "Madreporite Color", for Asteria rubens, add "wh"
Section 8:11: Under Bougainvillia rugosa, Figure = Fig. 8.18
Under Bougainvillia superciliaris, Figure = Fig. 8.17
Section 13.70: "Gymnosomata", not "Gymnostomata"
Section 14.45: Under "Dorsal Cirrus Lobe", for N. grayi should be "c<n" not "c>n"
Section 15.105: Under "habitat", for Ovalipes: change "si" to "sl"
Section 16.8: Question 6: (single plates on "oral"- not "aboral" surface)
Section 17.66: Under "Dorsal 1 vs. Dorsal 2", all symbols are reversed. Change "x" to "ga" and "ga" to "x"
Section 8.43: Change "Edwardsia leidyi" to "young of Fagesia lineata"
Section 8.47: Change "Bunodactis stella" to "Aulactinia stella"; add 48-96 tentacles; broods juveniles internally; wart-like papillae contrast in color with column; delete "Li"
Section 8.47: Use "Haliplanella luciae" and make "(=Diadumene lineata)" its junior synonym
Section 47: Under "Urticina felina" use "crassicornis" as the species epithet and place "(=felina)" in synonomy
Section 13.45: Change "Phytia (=Ovatella) myosotis" to "Myosotella myosotis"
Section 13.46: Change "Leucophytia (=Melampus) bidentata" to "Melampus bidentata"
Section 13.148: Change "Petricola pholadiformis" to "Petricolaria pholadiformis"
Section 14.71: Change "Polydora commensalis" to "Dipolydora (=Polydora) commensalis"
Section 15.62: Change "Gammarus mucronatus" to "Mucrogammarus (=Gammarus) mucronatus"
Section 15.80: Change "Paraphoxus spinosus" to "Eobrolgus (=Paraphoxus) spinosus"
Section 15.85: Change "Orchestia platensis" to "Platorchestia (=Orchestia) platensis"
Change "Uhlorchestia uhleri" to "Uhlorchestia spartinophila (=uhleri) Bousfield & Heard, 1986 - MW-HW levels of Spartina marshes.
Section 15.109: "Pinnotheres ostreum" to "Zaops ostreum"
Section 17.11: Change "Botrylloides diegense" to "Botrylloides diegensis", but, according to Dr. J. T.Carlton, "perhaps better Botrylloides sp. for now, as the species name continues to be a matter of question. That aside, it (or at least one of the populations now on the coast) was released in the early 1970s (not the "1980s" as listed) in Eel Pond, Woods Hole".
Section 17.38: Under Symphurus plagiusa: Family name should be "Cynoglossidae", not "Soleidae"; should also indicate that other species are found in deeper water (see Munroe, 1998. Fish. Bull., 96: 1-182).
Section 8.13: To "Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Hydroida: Calpytoblastea: Campanulariidae, add the following:
ve te la sm x x sm Clytia gracilis, planktonic hydroid
Gonothecal opening somewhat smaller than diameter; 12-14 hydrothecal teeth. Living colonies seasonally abundant in plankton of Georges Bank and the Gulf of Maine. Possibly significant predators of copepods and fish eggs. Ac,Pe,Ps,pr,8mm (0.3 in)
Section 13.77. Tritonia plebeia, a European introduction
Section 13.142: the introduced oyster, Ostrea edulis, will be added
Section 14.43: Nephtys ciliata: Rainer (1989. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK 69:875-889) lists interramal gills from "7-10" not "4-6"
Section 17.4: Introduced ascidian, Ascidiella aspersa, will be added
Section 17.11: the introduced colonial ascidian, Diplosoma sp., will be added
Section 17.22: Add the note to Raja laevis, barndoor skate: "near extinction from fishery bycatch losses. Casey & Myer, 1998. Science 281:690-692.