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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Gemellaria loricata (Linnaeus). 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 747; Osburn, 1912, 



p. 221. 



Nantucket. Verrill. Well distributed in the 

 outer waters of the region. Survey. Crab 

 Ledge, very abundant; off Sankaty Head, 

 ESE., in 13 fathoms; ESE., in 20 fathoms; 

 E. by S. in 24 fathoms; off No Mans Land, 

 abundant. 



Verrill states that the Nantucket specimens 

 "differ somewhat from the ordinary form." 

 Dr. Osburn thinks that this statement refers 

 to the variety americana Lamouroux, which is 

 common at Crab Ledge. 



Scruparia clavala Hincks. 



Osburn, 1912, p. 221. 



Crab Ledge, in 18 fathoms, several colonies 

 growing on Gemellaria loricata; Great Round 

 Shoal fishing ground, 8 fathoms, on Bugula 

 murrayana. 



Family CELLULARIID^;. 



Cellularia peachii Busk. 



Osburn, 1912, p. 223. 



Great Round Shoal fishing ground, 8 fathoms, a 

 few fragments on Bugula mu rrayana. Not pre- 

 viously recorded south of the St. Lawrence. 



Mcnipea ternata (Solander). 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 711, 496 (Cellularia 

 ternataf); Osburn, 1912, p. 222. 



Off Gay Head, "a species of Cellularia, allied to 

 ternata." Verrill. Dredged by the Survey 

 only in the outer waters of the region, on rocky 

 and shelly bottoms. Taken a half mile SW. of 

 Gay Head; in Muskeget Channel, 7 fathoms; 

 Sankaty Head, E. by S., 24 fathoms, very 

 abundant; ESE., in 20 fathoms, common; 

 Crab Ledge. 

 Scrupocellaria scabra (Van Beneden). 



Osburn, 1912, p. 223. 



Woods Hole harbor, in drift; Crab Ledge, on a few 

 shells. 



Caberca ellisii (Fleming). 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 711, 420; Osburn, 

 1912, p. 222. 



Mouth of Vineyard Sound, off Gay Head, 8 to 12 

 fathoms; off Buzzards Bay, 25 fathoms. Ver- 

 rill. Crab Ledge ; off Sankaty Head, E. by S. , 

 24 fathoms, very abundant, ESE., 13 fathoms, 

 abundant; ESE., 20 fathoms, common; Great 

 Round Shoal fishing ground, 8 fathoms, com- 

 mon. Survey. 



Family BICELLARIID^. 



Bicellaria ciliata (Linnaeus). [Chart 30.] 



Osburn, 1912, p. 224. 



Occasional stations throughout Vineyard Sound, 

 taken a few times at the mouth of Buzzards 

 Bay; dredged in 7 to 15 fathoms, on sand, 

 gravel, and shells. Also recorded from piles 

 at Woods Hole, Vineyard Haven, and Nan- 

 tucket. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7524 bis, 7564 bis, 7699, 

 7702, 7706, 7729, 7730, 7733, 7741, 7742, 7744, 

 7745. Supplementary stations (1906): 7567; 

 (1907): 7780; (1909): 7660, 7668, 7671. 



Phalarope stations: 5, 68. 



Bugula turrita (Desor). [Chart 31.] 



Desor, 1848, p. 66 (Cellularia turrita, sp. nov.); 

 Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 712, 311, etc.; Os- 

 burn, 1912, p. 225. 



Abundant and almost universally distributed 

 in Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound; not 

 recorded from Crab Ledge or other outlying 

 points; dredged by the Survey in i to 19 

 fathoms, on all kinds of bottom, as well as 

 collected at very numerous points along 

 shores, on piles, etc.; frequently found at- 

 tached to floating eelgrass. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7523, 7523 bis, 7524 bis, 7528 

 (few), 7530 bis (much), 7531 bis (much), 7532 

 bis (few clusters), 7533 bis, 7534 (abundant), 

 7535- 7535 bis ( few ). 7536 (abundant), 7538 (?), 

 7538 bis (very much), 7539 bis (few col- 

 onies), 7541 bis (many), 7542, 7542 bis (several 

 colonies), 7543 bis (?), 7544 (abundant), 7545 

 bis, 7546 (2 large clusters), 7547 bis, 7548 

 (many clusters), 7549 bis (few), 7550 bis 

 (much), 7551 (abundant), 7551 bis (several 

 colonies), 7552 bis (many colonies), 7553 

 (abundant), 7553 bis (very much), 7554. 

 (many), 7554 bis (little), 7557 (many), 7558, 

 7559. 75 6 - 75 61 (many), 7562, 7562 bis (few 

 colonies), 7563 (many), 7563 bis (few col- 

 onies), 7564 (many), 7564 bis (considerable), 

 7565 (many), 7565 bis (considerable), 7568, 

 7569 bis (i colony), 7570 (few), 7572 (many 

 pieces), 7574, 7575 (few), 7576 (several col- 

 onies), 7577 (few), 7578 (several colonies), 7580 

 (few), 7581 (many colonies), 7582 (several 

 clusters), 7584 (abundant), 7585, 7587 (many 

 clusters), 7588 (abundant), 7589 (abundant), 

 7590 (few pieces), 7591 (many), 7592 (few), 

 7593. 7594 (several clusters), 7595 (many), 

 759 6 . 759 s (few), 7599, 7610, 7611, 7612, 7613, 



