BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 



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Parasabclla micr ophthalmia Contimied. 



Hole Harbor*, Vineyard Haven* and Edgar- 

 town*, on piles, and from Nobska Point and 

 beach*. 



Fish Hawk stations*: 7616 (2 small), 7625 (i), 

 7634 (3). 775 (i), 778i (i young). 



Phalarope stations*: i (several), 2 (rather com- 

 mon), 3 (rather common), 8 (2), 87 (2), 120 (i 

 young), 148 (i). 



Pseudopoiamilla oculifera (Leidy). [Chart 80.] 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 617, 322, etc. 

 (Potamilla oculifera); Hargitt, 1906, p. 310 

 (Potamilla oculifcra). 



Vineyard Sound; off Buzzards Bay, in 25 fath- 

 oms. Verrill. Abundant and generally dis- 

 tributed in Vineyard Sound; less frequent in 

 Buzzards Bay and mainly confined to inshore 

 stations ; Crab Ledge at four stations; dredged in 

 2 to 25 fathoms, on every sort of bottom; also 

 recorded from piles at Vineyard Haven*. 



Fish Hawk stations: 7521 bis (several tubes), 

 7522 bis (2 tubes), 7526 (i), 7528 (3), 7531 (2), 

 7534 (tubes), 7535 bis (i tube), 7544 bis (2 

 tubes), 7560 (i), 7561 (i), 7570 (tubes), 7572 

 (tubes), 7594 (burrows in shells), 7595 (i tube), 

 7597 (several tubes and worms), 7606 (3), 7607 

 (several tubes), 7608 (3 tubes), 7609, 7612 

 (several), 7613 (i), 7616 (plentiful, attached 

 to shells), 7618 (i), 7621 (several), 7625 (sev- 

 eral), 7629 (i), 7679 (common), 7680 (common), 

 7681 (2), 7700 (several), 7702 (i), 7706 (several _ 

 some with eggs), 7707 (many attached to 

 sponge), 7708 (i tube), 7709 (i), 7730 (many 

 tubes), 7732 (several), 7737 (tubes), 7742 (i 

 tube), 7744 (i tube), 7747 (common), 7748 (i), 

 7756 (few), 7757 (i), 7767 (few), 7768 (com- 

 mon), 7769 (common), 7770 (several), 7772 

 (few), 7773 (few), 7777 (i), 7782 (several 

 tubes). 



Phalarope and Blue Wing stations: i (several), 

 2 (several), 3 (several), 7 (4 tubes), 8 (several), 

 ii (i tube), 12 (i), 14, 15 (several tubes), 16 

 (several tubes), 22 (i), 25 (several), 36 (i), 52 

 (i), 53 (colony on Venus), 63 (i), 66 (i tube), 

 67, 80, Si, 84 (2 tubes), 107 (i tube), 113 (i 

 tube), 114 (2 tubes), 116 (i), 118 (i), 138 (i 

 tube), 151, 165 (tubes). 



This worm constructs familiar tough flexible 

 tubes, attached to stones and shells, often 

 penetrating the latter. 



Fabricia stellaris Blainville. 



Vefrill and Smith, 1873, p. 619, 323 (Fabricia 



leidyi, sp. nov.). 

 Vineyard Sound, at and below low-water mark. 



Verrill. Abundant on piles. Moore. 



Family 



Pro tula sp. 



Near West Chop (Fish Hawk stations 7525* and 



7525 bis*), 7 to 10 fathoms, sand; i tube at 

 each dredging. 



Filograna implexa Berkeley. 



Crab Ledge at five stations. Survey. Off 

 Sankaty Head. Moore. Taken in 16 to 25 

 fathoms, on bottoms of gravel and stones, 

 forming fine calcareous tubes in compact 

 masses. 



Fish Hawk stations*: 7603 (clump of tubes), 

 7605 (several clumps of tubes on shells), 7606 

 (tubes), 7608 (tubes), 7609. 



Chcetinopoma greenlandica (Morch). 



Crab Ledge at Fish Hawk stations 7605*, 7609*, 

 17 to 25 fathoms, stones, gravel, and shells; 

 calcareous tubes attached to the last (only 

 tubes found). Living specimens taken at same 

 point, August 12, 1909. 



Hydroides dianthus (Verrill). [Chart 81 .] 



Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 620, 322 (Serpula 

 dianthus, sp. nov.); Hargitt, 1906, p. 295 etseq. 

 Eastern half of Vineyard Sound, abundant and 

 universally distributed; in western half curi- 

 ously restricted to inshore stations; in Buz- 

 zards Bay abundant at inshore stations, 

 less frequent in the deeper waters; dredged in 

 from 2 to 15 fathoms (only one record for a 

 greater depth); perhaps in equal abundance 

 on every kind of bottom, adhering to stones and 

 shells. Survey. Collected from piles and 

 shores throughout the region. 

 Fish Hawk stations: 7521 (few), 7521 bis (many), 

 7522 (many), 7522 bis (many), 7523 bis (many), 

 7524 (many), 7524 bis (many), 7525 bis (few), 



7526 (very abundant), 7527 (several clusters of 

 tubes), 7528 (few tubes.), 7530 bis (few tubes), 



7531 (several tubes), 7531 bis (few tubes), 



7532 (few tubes), 7532 bis (several), 7533 bis 

 (several), 7534 (abundant), 7534 bis (abun- 

 dant), 7535 (several tubes), 7535 bis (few 

 tubes), 7536 (several tubes), 7537 (many), 7537 

 bis (many), 7538 (numerous), 7538 bis (few), 

 7539 (numerous), 7539 bis (few tubes), 7541 

 (many), 7541 bis (few), 7543 (numerous), 7544 

 (numerous), 7545 (many), 7545 bis (several), 

 7547 bis (several tubes), 7548 (few), 7549 

 (many) 7549 bis (many), 7550 (few), 7551 (i), 

 7551 bis (few), 7552 (many), 7553 bis (few), 

 7554 bis (few), 7557 (few), 7558, 7561 (many), 

 7562 (many, some on algae), 7563 (many), 7565 

 (few), 7573 (i tube), 7595 (few tubes), 7596 (i 

 tube), 7613 (large cluster of tubes), 7614 (i), 



