578 



BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Family 



Astrangia dance Agassiz. [Chart 26.] 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 740, 330, etc. 



Abundant and generally distributed throughout 

 the greater part of Vineyard Sound and Buz- 

 zards Bay, though scarce or lacking over a 

 considerable area at the outer end of the Sound ; 

 dredged in 2 to 19 fathoms, on all sorts of bot- 

 toms. Survey. Likewise frequent on piles 

 of Bureau of Fisheries pier in Woods Hole 

 Harbor, and doubtless in similar places else- 

 where. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7522 (many living), 7522 

 bis (many living and dead), 7523 (few), 7523 

 bis (many living), 7527 (few), 7530 bis (few 

 living colonies), 7531 bis(i living colony), 7532 

 (several), 7533 (few), 7534 (few), 7534 bis (few 

 living), 7535 (few), 7535 bis (few living), 7537 

 (many), 7538, 7538 bis (several living colonies), 

 7539 (numerous), 7539 bis (i small colony), 

 7543 (i dead piece), 7544 (few dead), 7545 

 (many), 7545 bis (several), 7546 (few living), 



7546 bis (several dead colonies), 7547 (few), 



7547 bis (few dead colonies), 7549 (many), 7549 

 bis (several living colonies), 7550 (few dead), 

 7551 (few dead), 7554 (several dead pieces), 

 7556 bis (2 dead colonies), 7561 (i dead colony), 

 7563 (few dead), 7565 bis (i small living col- 

 ony), 7567 (i dead piece), 7572 (many living), 

 7574 (i dead piece), 7587 (r dead piece), 7595 

 (i living), 7612 (i living colony), 7613 (several 

 living colonies), 7614 (2 dead colonies), 7615 

 (several small dead pieces), 7619 (i small dead 

 colony), 7620 (pieces on Cliona)', 7621 (few 

 small dead colonies), 7624 (few small dead col- 

 onies), 7626 (several colonies), 7627 (i dead 

 colony), 7628 (few small pieces), 7630 (few 

 small dead colonies), 7631 (small dead pieces), 

 7632 (few clumps), 7639 (i living colony, few 

 dead), 7640 (i small dead colony), 7643 (2 

 small dead colonies), 7644 (few dead colonies), 

 7645 (i small dead colony), 7648 (few small 

 dead colonies), 7655 (very little), 7659 (2 small 

 dead colonies), 7660 (numerous colonies, dead 

 and living), 7665 (i small dead piece), 7666 

 (few dead pieces), 7670 (few small colonies, 

 living and dead), 7671 (few dead colonies), 

 7672 (i small living mass), 7673 (considerable 

 living), 7689 (r small living piece), 7694 (i 

 small dead piece), 7703 (i small dead colony), 

 7732 (much, living and dead), 7734 (i small 



a This species is figured by Vaughan (Bull 



Astrangia dance Continued. 



dead colony), 7737 (several living colonies), 

 7738 (several small living colonies), 7746 

 (i living colony), 7747 (little), 7748 (i living 

 colony), 7753 (several colonies, living and 

 dead), 7754 (little living), 7755 (few small liv- 

 ing), 7756 (many living colonies), 7764 (i dead 

 colony), 7767 (very little, dead), 7768 (i small 

 living colony), 7769 (little dead), 7770 (many 

 small living colonies), 7771 (i dead colony), 

 7772 (i dead colony), 7773 (several living colo- 

 nies), 7774 (few colonies), 7775 (many small 

 living colonies) 7776 (few small dead colonies), 

 7777 (little), 7778 (few small living colonies), 

 7780 (little), 7781 (i dead colony and i small 

 living), 7783 (very little living). Supplemen- 

 tary stations (1909): 7624 (several living colo- 

 nies), 7629 (i dead), 7648 (several living colo- 

 nies), 7657 (2 small living), 7659 (several living 

 colonies), 7660 (several living and dead), 7668 

 (r dead colony), 7670 (several living), 7672 

 (r dead colony). 



Phalarope and Blue Wing stations: 2 (few liv- 

 ing), 3 (several dead), 5 (many living and 

 dead), 6 (many living and dead), 7 (many liv- 

 ing on shells), 9 (living), 10 (pieces), n (com- 

 mon), 12 (few), 13 (considerable quantity), 14 

 (few), 15 (common), 16 (2 pieces), 20 (few), 21 

 (few), 22 (few), 24 (few), 25 (few), 27 (few dead), 

 28 (few), 35 ( i dead colony), 36 (few living), 39 

 (i dead piece), 65 (2 dead), 66 (i dead), 69 (i 

 small mass), 80, 81 (i living, pieces), 83 (several 

 small), 84, 85 (living), 86, 87, 91, 92, 96, 108, 

 no, 113, 114 (few), 117 (dead and i living), 120 

 (dead), 121 (dead), 127 (dead), 128 (living), 

 131, 132, 134 (few colonies), 138 (i living col- 

 ony), 140 (few), 141 (few living and dead), 144 

 (i dead colony), 145 (few living), 148 (several 

 living), 150 (many), 153 (i dead colony), 165 

 (few dead), 166 (? small dead), 167 (i living 

 colony). Supplementary stations (1909): 83 

 (i dead), 131 (i living). 



Family ORBICELLID/E. 



f Orbicella acropora (Linnaeus). 



Four large water- worn pieces, which have been re- 

 ferred to this species by Dr. Hargitt, were found 

 along the beach north of Nobska Point, at con- 

 siderable distances from one another. It is 

 quite unlikely that this coral lives in these 

 waters, but the record is worth entering. It 

 may have been used as ballast by some vessel. 

 U. S. Fish Commission for 1900, pi. vi-vii). 



