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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Order COPEPODA (free-living). 



Family CALANID^. 



Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus). 



Wheeler, 1900, p. 164; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 

 103; Sharpe, 1910, p. 406, 409. 



Numerous female specimens taken in tow by 

 Fish Hawk in Vineyard Sound near Gay Head 

 July 10. Wheeler. Woods Hole, at Bureau 

 of Fisheries wharf. Sharpe. Said to be of 

 great abundance, widespread, and economi- 

 cally important as a food of fishes. 



Family CENTROPAGID^. 



Centropages typicus Kroyer. 



Wheeler, 1900, p. 173; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 



104; Sharpe, 1910; p. 406. 



Woods Hole, at Bureau of Fisheries wharf, and 

 in adjacent parts of Vineyard Sound, "nearly 

 always present in small numbers in the tow. ' ' 

 Wheeler. 



Centropages hamatus (Lilljeborg). 



Wheeler, 1900, p. 174; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 



104; Sharpe, 1910, p. 406. 

 Woods Hole, at Bureau of Fisheries wharf, and 



in adjacent parts of Vineyard Sound, "nearly 



always present in considerable numbers in 



tow." Wheeler. 



Temora longicornis (Miiller). 



Wheeler, 1900, p. 175; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 

 104; Sharpe, 1910, p. 406. 



Woods Hole, at Bureau of Fisheries wharf, very 

 common. Much more abundant in winter 

 than summer; rarely seen in July and August. 



Eurytemora herdmani Thompson & Scott. 

 Sharpe, 1910, p. 406, 410. 

 "Found very sparingly ... in a surface tow 



made from the Bureau of Fisheries wharf, 



Woods Hole, Mass., in August." 



Eurytemora hirundoides (Nordquist). 

 Sharpe, 1910, p. 406, 411. 

 "Rather sparsely found in brackish pools, 



Woods Hole, July; also in washings from sea 



urchins, Cuttyhunk, July." 



Metridia lucens Boeck. 



Wheeler, 1900, p. 176 (M. hibernica); M. J. Rath- 

 bun, 1905, p. 105; Sharpe, 1910, pp. 407, 412. 



Woods Hole, December 15, 1898, a single female 

 specimen taken in tow. Wheeler. 



Pseudodiaptomus coronatus Williams. 



Sharpe, 1910, p. 407, 412. 



"Very common in Birge and surface net tows 

 among algae, at Hadley Harbor, Great Harbor 

 near Ram Island, and Eel Pond, Woods Hole, 

 Mass." 



Family 



Labidocera cestiva Wheeler. 



Wheeler, 1900, p. 178 (sp. nov.); Parker, 1902, p. 



105; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 105; Sharpe, 1910, 



p. 407. 

 W'oods Hole, at Bureau of Fisheries wharf, very 



common in tow during July and early August, 



1 899 . Wheeler. 



Pontella meadii Wheeler. 



Wheeler, 1900, p. 180 (sp. nov.); M. J. Rathbun, 

 1905, p. 105; Sharpe, 1910, p. 407. 



Woods Hole, at Bureau of Fisheries wharf, a few 

 of both sexes taken on two occasions in July, 

 1899, after heavy SE. wind. Wheeler. 



Anomalocera pattersonii Templeton. 



Wheeler, 1900, p. 181; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 



105; Sharpe, 1910, p. 407. 



Woods Hole, but only after stormy weather with 

 SW. winds. Wheeler. 



Acartia tonsa Dana. 

 Wheeler, 1900, p. 183; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 



106; Sharpe, 1910, p. 407, 414. 

 Woods Hole, at Bureau of Fisheries wharf, "one 



of the commonest copepods taken" (July and 



August, 1899). Wheeler. " Occurring abund- 



antly in nearly all the tows examined . . . 



from the Woods Hole region, even in ... 



the brackish water ponds of the vicinity." 



Sharpe. 



Tortanus discaudaia (Thompson & Scott). 



Wheeler, 1900, p. 184 (Corynura bumpusii); M. J. 

 Rathbun, 1905, p. 106 (Tortanus bumpusii); 

 Sharpe, 1910, p. 407, 414. 



Wheeler records the occurrence of males in con- 

 siderable numbers, July 10 and n, 1899; also 

 a single female, taken in tow by Mr. Edwards, 

 December 15, 1898. Mr. Sharpe has found 

 this copepod at various local points in July, 

 1908, and has identified it in towing material 

 collected by Mr. Edwards in May. 



