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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Lernaenicus radiaius Continued. 



Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay. Smith and 

 later writers. 



Hosts: Brevoortia tyrannus, Fundulussp.; buried 

 in the flesh of the body, or in the eye, some- 

 times causing blindness; not at all common. 



Lern&a branchialis Linnaeus. 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 578, 460; R. Rath- 



bun, 18843, p. 492; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 



100. (No local records given by these writers.) 

 Listed for Vineyard Sound by C. B. Wilson (MS.). 

 Hosts: Gadus callarias, Melanogrammus azgle- 



finus, Pollachius wrens, "hake" sp.; often so 



numerous as to affect the health of the fish. 

 Breeds in July; egg hatches into a typical nau- 



plius; larva undergoes great degeneration. 



LernoEolophus sultanus Milne Edwards. 



R. Rathbun, i884a, p. 492; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, 



p. 100. 



Four female specimens taken from Alutera 

 schoepfii, from Vineyard Sound, in summer of 

 1874. 



Family 



Clavella uncinata (Miiller). 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 578, 460 (Anchorella 

 uncinata'); R. Rathbun, 18843, p. 491 (Ancho- 

 rella uncinata). Neither author gives any local 

 records. 



Clavella uncinata Continued. 



Parasitic in mouth and on gills of the Gadidae, 



common and of very general distribution. 

 Breeds from June to September; male a dwarf, 



parasitic upon the female; larva a typical 



nauplius. Wilson (MS.). 



Brachiella ramosa Richiardi. 



Goode, 1883, p. 346 (no local records); M.J. Rath- 

 bun, 1905, p. 102. 



Woods Hole region. Wilson. Parasitic on gills 

 of Xiphias gladius. 



Brachiella rostrata Kroyer. 



R. Rathbun, 1884, p. 491 (no local records); 



M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 102. 

 Host: Hippoglossus hippoglossus. (Listed for 



"Woods Hole region" by Miss Rathbun, on 



authority of C. B. Wilson.) 



Brachiella thynni Cuvier. 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 341 (citing Gould; no 

 local records); M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 102 (no 

 local records). 



Host: Thunnus thynnus, on gills. (Here in- 

 cluded on the authority of C. B. Wilson, MS.) 



Order CIRRIPEDIA. 



Family TRYPETESID^. 



Trypetesa lampas (Hancock). 



M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 79. 



Woods Hole. Bores in dead shells of Polynices 

 heros and P. duplicata, which are inhabited by 

 hermit crabs. Genthe, cited by Rathbun. 



Family CORONULID^. 

 Coronula diadema (Linnaeus). 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 579, 460; M.J. Rath- 

 bun, 1905, p. 80. (No local records given in 

 either work.) 



Found upon whales. Mr. Edwards has observed 

 barnacles, presumably of this species, locally 

 upon the humpback whale, on which it seems 

 to be commonly present in large numbers. 



o Specimens from points designated by an asterisk (*) were 

 nated by a dagger (t) were identified by Dr. H. A. Pilsbry. 



Family BALANTD^. 



Balanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus). 



M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 80 (not recorded lo- 

 cally). 



Great numbers collected by Mr. John J. Veeder 

 in New Bedford Harbor, July or August, 1908, 

 from bottom of a whaling vessel. (Identified, 

 with fair certainty, by F. B. Sumner.) 



Balanus amphitrite (Darwin). 

 Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 578 (no local records); 

 M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 81. 



Vineyard Sound, "on whales and bottoms of 

 ships, but probably does not live long after ar- 

 riving on New England coast." Rathbun. 



identified by Dr. F. B. Sumner. Specimens from points desig- 



