Additional Records of Folliculinids (Protozoa) m Hawaiil

THUS FAR, only three species of folliculinids have been recorded for Hawaii: Andrews ( 1944) assigned folliculinids from Kaena Point to Parafolliculina annulata [reassigned by Hadzi (1951) to Halofolliculina annulata (Andrews)]; and Matthews (1953) assigned folliculinids from Waimanalo Creek to Metafolliculina andrewsi Hadzi and those from the Hawaii Marine Laboratory to Lagotia simplex Dons. This paper records two additional species taken on glass-plate panels (vid. Moebius, 1887). Each panel (Fig. 1) resembled a large open slide box and contained six 8 cm X 10 cm unetched glass plates. These panels, with floats and anchors adjusted, were placed in the dock lagoon, Hawaii Marine Laboratory, where they floated freely approximately a meter above the sand and coral bottom. The first plate was removed and examined May 16, having been submerged 1 week; the second plate was examined May 23, having been submerged 2 weeks, and so on, until all plates had been removed. The cycle was then repeated. Although pelogloea formation (Fox et aI., 1952: 30) and sequential fouling were beyond the scope of this study, both were noted. Whereas some sedentary polychaetes and folliculinids attached to the plates' upper surface, most fouling organisms adhered to the under surface. Noteworthy, too, is the fact that, although Metafolliculina andrewsi was present on all plates, Lagotia simplex and Halofolliculina annulata were present on none. During May, June, and July, attached, fully extended folliculinids were abundant, and from this material all measurements were made. Of these, lorica (test) measurements were usually easy; body measurements rarely so. This was primarily because of body contractility which, while it seldom affected the size and shape of the