BIOLOGICAL, SURVEY OF WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 



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Family CAPITELLID^. 



Capitella gracilis (Verrill). 



South side of Nonamesset Island, on mud flats 

 at low water, abundant. Moore. 



Capitella sp. undetermined. 

 Western end of Vineyard Sound; n fathoms, 

 Sandy bottom (Fish Hawk station 7721)*: 

 3 immature specimens (?). 



Heteromastus filiformis (Verrill). 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 6n, 342 (Notomastus 



filiformis, sp. nov.). 

 Vineyard Sound, sandy shores. 



Notomastus luridus Verrill. 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 610, 342 (sp. nov.). 

 Recorded by Verrill only for Savin Rock, 

 near New Haven. Moore (MS.) includes 

 this species in local list as "common at low 

 water in mixed sand and mud." 



Family POLYGORDIID^. 



Polygordius sp. undetermined. 



Fewkes, 1883, p. 195; Bumpus, iSgSb; Cowles, 

 1903, p. 125. 



Fewkes reports that "Loven's larvae are among 

 the most common Annelid larvae taken in the 

 tow-net at Newport." At Woods Hole, ex- 

 ceedingly abundant during early summer of 

 1892; a few noted during summer of 1898. 

 Bumpus. "Often found in great abundance 

 at Woods Hole. "Cowles. 



Family OPHELIID^E. 



Ammotrypane fimbriata Verrill. 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 604 (sp. nov.). 



Off Buzzards Bay, in 25 fathoms, mud. Verrill. 

 Vineyard Sound, in neighborhood of Cutty- 

 hunk (Fish Hawk station 7686*, Phalarope 

 station 33*), 5 to 17 fathoms; sand, gravel, and 

 mud. Survey. 



Ophelia denticulata Verrill. 



Vineyard Sound, 5 fathoms, sand and shells 

 (Fish Hawk station 7540)*, i specimen. 



Tramsia carnea Verrill. 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 604, 508 (sp. nov.). 

 Off Gay Head in 19 fathoms, soft mud. 



Family MALDANID.E. 



Rhodine attenuata Verrill, 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 609, 508 (sp. nov.). 

 Off Gay Head, 6 to 8 fathoms. 



Nicomache dispar Verrill. 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 608, 512 (sp. nov.). 

 Off Buzzards Bay, in 25 fathoms, forming rough 

 tubes of sand, which are not very firm. 



Clymenella torquata (Leidy). [Chart 76.] 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 608, 343, etc.; 

 Bumpus, iSgSa; Sumner, 1910, fig. 7. 



Vineyard Sound. Verrill. Buzzards Bay 

 throughout its length; Quicks Hole, Robin- 

 sons Hole, Woods Hole, Vineyard Haven; 

 in the Sound, recorded only from Tarpaulin 

 Cove, Menemsha Bight, and extreme western 

 end; dredged in 2 to 17 fathoms, chiefly at 

 depths of less than 10 fathoms, most commonly 

 in mixtures of mud and sand. Survey. 

 The foregoing records refer chiefly to tubes. 

 Also recorded from shore collections at Nobska 

 Point; Lagoon Pond, at two points; shores of 

 Robinsons Hole, on both Pasque and Nau- 

 shon sides; Katama Bay, at two points; and 

 Fort Phoenix. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7612 (tubes), 7613 (tubes), 

 7618 (tubes), 7619 (several), 7620 (i), 7625 

 (several tubes), 7632 (several tubes), 7638 (i), 

 7640 (many tubes), 7641 (i), 7642 (several 

 tubes), 7647 (2), 7651 (several tubes), 7652 

 (several), 7653 (2), 7654 (i), 7655 (several 

 tubes), 7656 (several tubes), 7657 (several 

 tubes), 7658 (several tubes), 7664 (2), 7667 

 (several tubes), 7669 (several tubes), 7673 

 (common), 7675 (several tubes), 7685 (many 

 tubes), 7686 (many tubes), 7687 (many tubes), 

 7688 (2 tubes), 7710 (several tubes), 7724 

 (numerous tubes). 



Phalarope stations: 17 (tubes), 19, 29 (2), 60 

 (several tubes), 72 (several tubes), 85 (several 

 tubes), 89 (several fragments of tubes), 99 

 (many tubes), 100 (several tubes), 101 (frag- 

 ments of tubes), 102 (several tubes), 107 (sev- 

 eral tubes), 119 (2 tubes), 120 (2 tubes), 123 

 (fragments of tubes), 124 (2 tubes), 127 (tubes), 

 129, 133 (few tubes), 139 (several small tubes), 

 145 (several tubes), 147 (2 tubes), 148 (i tube), 

 150 (tubes), 152, 153, 154, 159 (i tube), 160 (i). 



Found by Mead to be breeding during the 

 early part of May. 



Praxilclla zonalis Verrill. 

 Verrill, 1874, p. 384. 



Buzzards Bay, at a few scattered stations; one 

 record for the western end of Vineyard Sound; 

 Crab Ledge, at one station; 4 to 20 fathoms, 

 chiefly in mud and sand. Survey. 



