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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Tubularia couthouyi Continued. 



(numerous), 7549 bis (few), 7550 bis (few), 

 7554 bis (i), 7555, 7564 (i tube), 7579 (i peri- 

 sarc), 7588 (many stalks), 7593 (several tubes), 

 7595 (many tubes), 7664 (few), 7665 (few), 

 7666 (few), 7670 (few), 7671 (few), 7672 (sev- 

 eral), 7673 (several), 7674, 7 682 (stems), 7686 

 (? i tube), 7697 (few tubes), 7698 (i), 7701 

 (stems), 7722 (i), 7732 (few), 7737 (several), 

 7738 (stems), 7753 (many). Supplementary 

 stations (1907): 7538*;(i909): 7670,7671,7672. 

 Phalarope and Blue Wing stations: i (i tube), 

 2 (several tubes), 5 (2 tubes), 6 (several stems), 

 7 (several tubes), 8 (several), 9 (numbers), 10 

 (few), n (few), 13 (common), 14 (few), 15 (few 

 tubes), 17 (i tube on Busycon shell), 20 (i 

 tube), 28 (i stem), 82 (stems), 113, 114 (many 

 tubes). 



Tubularia larynx Ellis & Solander. 



Nutting, 1901, p. 339. 



"A number of specimens secured growing on Eu- 

 dendrium dispar and on seaweed at U. S. Fish 

 Commission station 7060, Muskeget Life-Sav- 

 ing station bearing N. by E. X E. 4> miles. 

 Depth, 5 fathoms." 



Tubularia speclabilis (Agassiz). 



Nutting, 1901, p. 339. 



" Found on rocks at end of Newport Island. At 

 Woods Hole , locality not given . " A specimen 

 doubtfully referred by Dr. Hargitt to this spe- 

 cies was taken in 1907 at a repetition of Fish 

 Hawk station 7526. 



Tubularia tenella (Agassiz). 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 736, 407, etc. (Tham- 

 nocnidia tenella); Nutting, 1901, p. 339. 



"Vineyard Sound, 6 to 10 fathoms." Verrill. 

 Crab Ledge, abundant, growing attached to 

 sponge and to Boltenia stems; Woods Hole 

 passage Survey. Off Gay Head, August, 

 1906. Hargitt. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7603! (abundant), 7604, 

 7605 (very abundant). 



Phalarope stations: is(?)*, 121,*. 



Tubularia crocea (Agassiz). [Chart 19] 

 Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 736, 390, etc. (Pa- 

 rypha crocea); Bumpus, 1898, p. 858 (Parypha); 

 Nutting, 1901, p. 340. 



Dredged in abundance throughout the length of 

 Vineyard Sound; Bay records few and re- 

 stricted to the lower half; common at Crab 

 Ledge; taken in 2 to 25 fathoms on quite va- 

 rious bottoms. Survey. Abundant, also, on 

 piles of piers, floating timbers, etc., at Woods 

 Hole and elsewhere , and sometimes on Fucus; 



Tubularia crocea Continued. 



it often flourishes in water which is somewhat 

 brackish. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7521 (few tubes)*f, 7521 bis 

 (several clusters)*, 7522 (several tubes), 7522 

 bis*, 7523 bis*, 7525 bis*, 7528 (few stems), 

 7531 (bunch of stems), 7532 (few tubes), 7532 

 bis, 7533 (few tubes), 7535 (few tubes), 7536 bis 

 (many living), 7538 (numerous perisarcs), 7538 

 bis*, 7539 (few bunches of perisarcs), 7540 (few 

 perisarcs, some forming part of Diopatra tube), 

 7543 bis (? few colonies), 7546 (i living cluster), 

 7547 bis (? i colony), 7551 (many living), 7553 

 (i cluster of tubes), 7554 (i cluster tubes), 7557 

 (several tufts, living), 7560 (few clusters liv- 

 ing), 7561 (few clusters living), 7564 (few 

 tubes), 7566 (i cluster living), 7572 (i cluster), 

 7573 (f W clusters, tubes), 7582 (i cluster 

 tubes), 7603*, 7604, 7605*, 7607*1, 76o8f 

 (abundant, growing on Balanus), 7609*, 7653 

 (i bunch), 7656 (few colonies), 7689, 7690, 7692, 

 7697 (4 stems), 7701, 7702, 7703, 7704 (i hy- 

 dranth), 7721, 7722 (fragments), 7723, 7725, 

 7732 (fragments), 7733, 7739, 7745. 7753 (? 

 fragments)*, 7755*. Supplementary stations* 

 (1907): 7521, 7538; (1909): 7653, 7660. 



Phalarope and Blue Wing stations: 3 (2 large liv- 

 ing bunches), 4 (few living), 7 (few clusters), 

 8 (few), 9 (many), 10 (common, living), n 

 (few), 12 (tubes), 13 (few colonies)*, 14 (few), 

 15 (abundant, living), 16 (abundant, living), 

 21 (common), 22 (few), 23 (few), 24 (very 

 abundant), 26 (abundant), 27 (very abundant, 

 living), 29 (few), 30 (few), 36 (few tubes), 39 

 (few tubes), 52 (few tubes), 60 (many tubes), 63 

 (few), 66 (several), 73 (few), 82 (few tubes), 83 

 (tubes), 86, 113, 114 (few), 118 (tubes), 121 

 (tubes). 



In midsummer, in the warmer waters of the har- 

 bor, the hydrantlis of this species disappear by 

 a normal process of autotomy. On the local 

 pier, for example, living hydranths begin to be 

 scarce about the third week in July. Max 

 Morse and A. J. Goldfarb. Later, they reap- 

 pear in these same places, being found during 

 the latter part of October. Morse. In some- 

 what cooler waters, T. crocea may remain in an 

 active condition throughout the entire sum- 

 mer, such specimens having not infrequently 

 been recorded during the survey dredging in 

 Vineyard Sound, between July 6 and August 

 21. Dr. Morse informs us that they may like- 

 wise be found in small numbers in Woods Hole 

 passage, throughout the summer months. 



"Breeding" hydroids found in March. Bum- 

 pus. Reproduces in June and July. Hargitt. 



