560
BWJECT LNDEX
Shipworms, timber durable against
inert properties of timber, 478, 479,
iron wood, 480
jarrah, 479
mahogany, 481
olive, 479
prickly tea, 481
role of silica, 480-481
sen, 481
teak, 479, 480
turpentine, 479, 481
yellow pine, 479
attack-continued
480
Sicily, 450
Sinepuxent Bay, U.S.A., 32
Siphonophores, 141, 142, 144
Sipuncda
Skagerak, 42
Snails, 49, 446
Socotra Island, 258, 289
“Soft rot” of wood, 458
Somali Current, 257,258,264,288,289,
South African waters, 57, 67, 68, 69,
South American waters, 57, 65, 67, 82,
taurine in, 206, 224, 226, 231
296, 298, 300, 319, 325
286, 298, 315, 319, 320,429,430
429, 481
east coast, 346, 347
west coast, 346, 347
South China Sea, 298
South East Asia, 346, 347
South Georgia, 64, 65, 66
South Orkney, 64
South Sandwich Islands, 64
South Shetland, 64
South Vietnam, 290
Southern Arabia, 266, 279, 296, 298,
Southern Ocean, 264
Spain, 286, 450
Spirostomidae, 469
Sponges, 79
Squids, 306, 307, 309
St&h, 48
Stentoridae, 469
Strait of Georgia, 453
299, 300, 301, 308, 319
taurine in, 220, 226, 227
taurine in, 223, 224, 228, 230
Straits of Gibraltar, 60
Styelidae, 16, 38, 39, 72, 73, 74
Styelids, 39
Sub-Antarctic, 64, 66, 67, 68, 182
Sub-Arctic, 24, 26
Sublittoral fauna, 34, 42, 46
Sublittoral sand, 18
Subtropical anticyclones, 257, 268, 266
Suez, 42
Sulu Sea, 426
Sumbawa, 293, 298
Sundepbans, 340
Swansea, Wales, 24, 44, 452
Sweden, west coast, 24
T
Table Bay, 477
Taurine (2-aminoethanesulphonic acid)
formation, in animals, 215, 216, 217,
formation in marine invertebrates,
in algae, 212, 239
in amphibia, 227
in bacteria, 212
in bile of ox, 205
in bile of snakes, 227
in bile of teleosts, 227
in bivalves, 222, 232
in cat tissues, 218
in chick embryos, 223, 224
in cow tissues, 211
in dog tissues, 218, 224, 230
in dog urine, 226
in elasmobranchs, 227
in hens, 223
in marine invertebrates, 205-241
in rabbit tissues, 217
in rat tissues, 206, 215,217, 218. 219,
222, 224, 230
in rat urine, 220, 226
in squid, 223, 224, 228, 230
in xenic cockroaches, 222
metabolic pathways in animals, 216
Taurine, in marine invertebrates, 205218, 219
219, 220, 221, 222, 223
241
chemistry, 215-227
distribution, 215
formation, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223
BWJECT LNDEX
Shipworms, timber durable against
inert properties of timber, 478, 479,
iron wood, 480
jarrah, 479
mahogany, 481
olive, 479
prickly tea, 481
role of silica, 480-481
sen, 481
teak, 479, 480
turpentine, 479, 481
yellow pine, 479
attack-continued
480
Sicily, 450
Sinepuxent Bay, U.S.A., 32
Siphonophores, 141, 142, 144
Sipuncda
Skagerak, 42
Snails, 49, 446
Socotra Island, 258, 289
“Soft rot” of wood, 458
Somali Current, 257,258,264,288,289,
South African waters, 57, 67, 68, 69,
South American waters, 57, 65, 67, 82,
taurine in, 206, 224, 226, 231
296, 298, 300, 319, 325
286, 298, 315, 319, 320,429,430
429, 481
east coast, 346, 347
west coast, 346, 347
South China Sea, 298
South East Asia, 346, 347
South Georgia, 64, 65, 66
South Orkney, 64
South Sandwich Islands, 64
South Shetland, 64
South Vietnam, 290
Southern Arabia, 266, 279, 296, 298,
Southern Ocean, 264
Spain, 286, 450
Spirostomidae, 469
Sponges, 79
Squids, 306, 307, 309
St&h, 48
Stentoridae, 469
Strait of Georgia, 453
299, 300, 301, 308, 319
taurine in, 220, 226, 227
taurine in, 223, 224, 228, 230
Straits of Gibraltar, 60
Styelidae, 16, 38, 39, 72, 73, 74
Styelids, 39
Sub-Antarctic, 64, 66, 67, 68, 182
Sub-Arctic, 24, 26
Sublittoral fauna, 34, 42, 46
Sublittoral sand, 18
Subtropical anticyclones, 257, 268, 266
Suez, 42
Sulu Sea, 426
Sumbawa, 293, 298
Sundepbans, 340
Swansea, Wales, 24, 44, 452
Sweden, west coast, 24
T
Table Bay, 477
Taurine (2-aminoethanesulphonic acid)
formation, in animals, 215, 216, 217,
formation in marine invertebrates,
in algae, 212, 239
in amphibia, 227
in bacteria, 212
in bile of ox, 205
in bile of snakes, 227
in bile of teleosts, 227
in bivalves, 222, 232
in cat tissues, 218
in chick embryos, 223, 224
in cow tissues, 211
in dog tissues, 218, 224, 230
in dog urine, 226
in elasmobranchs, 227
in hens, 223
in marine invertebrates, 205-241
in rabbit tissues, 217
in rat tissues, 206, 215,217, 218. 219,
222, 224, 230
in rat urine, 220, 226
in squid, 223, 224, 228, 230
in xenic cockroaches, 222
metabolic pathways in animals, 216
Taurine, in marine invertebrates, 205218, 219
219, 220, 221, 222, 223
241
chemistry, 215-227
distribution, 215
formation, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223