V 1951 g. Zoologicheskim institutom AN SSSR byl izdan sostavlennyj nami opredelitel "bokoplavov morej SSSR (Opredelit, po faune SSSR, izd. Zool. inst. AN SSSR, 41, 1951). Pervonachalno eta rabota byla podgotovlena kak opredelitel bokoplavov Severnyh morej SSSR, no zatem, ustupiv nastoyatelnoj neobhodimosti dat v ruki issledovatelej hot kakoe-nibud posobie dlya orientirovki v dalnevostochnoj faune, v nee byli vklyucheny takzhe i vse vidy, zaregistrirovannye k etomu vremeni v dalnevostochnyh i yuzhnyh moryah, hotya ogromnye kollektsii dalnevostochnyh amfipod, imeyuschiesya v hranilischah Zoologicheskogo instituta, esche ne byli obrabotany. Nastoyaschij opredelitel nosit regionalnyj harakter i ohvatyvaet vsyu severnuyu chast Tihogo okeana, vklyuchaya poberezhe Severnoj Ameriki i rajony otkrytogo okeana k severu ot tropika Raka. My postupaem tak potomu, chto sovetskie ekspeditsii i promyslovye flotilii vyshli daleko za predely vod, omyvayuschih berega nashej strany, sovershaya plavaniya no moryam ne tolko severnogo, no i yuzhnogo polushariya. Eto obstoyatelstvo obyazyvaet zoologov davat takie posobiya dlya raboty s privezennymi materialami, kotorye v toj ili inoj mere pozvolyali by orientirovatsya v faune lyubogo rajona Mirovogo okeana. This book, "Opredeliteli po faune SSSR Tom 74. Bokoplavy severnoj chasti Tihogo okeana (Amphipoda - Gammaridea). Chast 1.," by E. Guryanova, is a replication of a book originally published before 1962. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.