The Snellius Expedition 1929-1930 to the East Indies collected four barracudinas from near the Celebes coast. These specimens were identified by Koumans (1953) as Lestidium nudum Gilbert, previously known for certain only from the unique type from the Hawaiian Islands. Through the cooperation of the officials of the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijkc Historic at Leiden—Dr. II. Boschma, former Direct…
This paper deals with the material of the Fishes collected during the cruise of the “Snellius”. As the biological work during the expedition was not the chief scope, one could expect that the collection of Fishes would not be so extensive as from other expeditions. A great deal of the collecting of material during the cruise was done by plankton nets, which gives the results that most of th…
During the Snellius Expedition only 3 specimens, belonging to 2 species of birds, were picked up by chance. Of these two are Wilson’s Petrels, the other a kingfisher (Halcyon sancla Vig. & Horsf.).
The present paper deals with the material of the Brachyura of the tribes Dromiacea, Oxystomata, and Oxyrhyncha obtained by the Snellius Expedition and placed at my disposal through the kindness of Prof. Dr. H. Boschma. At the same time it contains some remarks on the material of the Rijksmuseuin van Xatuurlijke Historic at Leiden.