BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 



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Ectocarpus fasciculatus Harvey. 



Common, attached to Chordaria, Chorda, Lami- 



naria, and other larger algae. Dredged by the 



Survey, 5 to 8 fathoms, over sandy and stony 



bottoms. 

 In the summer off exposed points as at Gay Head 



and Sow and Pigs, probably common in the 



winter and spring at Woods Hole. 

 Woods Hole: Grassy Ledge (MacRae). Nobska 



(Far low). 

 Buzzards Bay: Lower portion 7656, many on 



Chorda filurti. 

 Vineyard Sound : Inshore Sow and Pigs station 



37, few; Gay Head stations 50 and 51, many 



on algae ; also off Devils Bridge, August 17, 



1903, haul 5, many on Laminarla. 

 Spring 1904 (MacRae), summer, probably at all 



seasons. 

 Farlow, 1873, p. 286, Gay Head, Nobska. 



Ectocarpus granulosus (English Botany) Agardh. 

 Occasional, attached to Sargassum and other 



algae. 



Woods Hole: Grassy Ledge (MacRae). 

 Summer, December 30, 1904 (MacRae). 



Ectocarpus granulosus var. tcnuis Farlow. 



Occasional. 



Woods Hole. Gay Head (Farlow). 



Farlow, 1873, p. 286 (Ectocarpus Durkeei Harvey), 

 Gay Head; Farlow, 1876, p. 710 (Eclocarpus 

 Durkeei Harvey), Woods Hole; Farlow, 1881, 

 p. 70, Woods Hole. 



Ectocarpus lutosus Harvey. 



Occasional, attached to Fucus. 



Woods Hole. 



Summer. 



Farlow, 1881, p. 72, Woods Hole. 



Ectocarpus Mitchella Harvey. 



Occasional, on woodwork, goose barnacles (Lepas) 



and on Chorda. 

 Floating in Vineyard Sound attached to timber 



and goose barnacles. Near Edgartown (Jerne- 



gan). 



Summer, November, 1896 (Jernegan). 

 Farlow, 1876, p. 710; Farlow, 1879, p. 72, 73, 



Nantucket; Collins, 1891, p. 337, 338, near 



Edgartown (Jernegan); P. B.-A., fas. vii, no. 



321, Edgartown, on Chorda attached to an old 



wreck, November, 1896 (Jernegan). 



Ectocarpus ovahis Kjellman. 



Occasional, on mussel shells (Mytilus}. 

 Woods Hole: Grassy Ledge (MacRae). Edgar- 

 town (Colt 1 ). 



Ectocarpus ovatus Continued. 



April 22, 1904 (MacRae); February, 1892 (Colt). 

 Collins, iSgGb, p. 459, Edgartown, February, 

 1892 (Colt). 



Ectocarpus penicillatus J. Agardh. 



Occasional, attached to larger algae, and Zostera. 

 Woods Hole: Grassy Ledge (MacRae). 

 Spring, 1904 (MacRae). 



Ectocarpus silictilosus (Dillwyn) Agardh. 



Very common, attached to Scytosiphon and other 

 algae, Zostera, on stones, and woodwork of 

 wharves. Dredged by the Survey in 3 to 5 

 fathoms, occasionally in deeper water (7 to 13 

 fathoms), over sandy and stony bottoms. In 

 the summer common in the lower portions of 

 Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound. 



Woods Hole: Grassy Ledge, Little Harbor. 



Buzzards Bay: Inshore Cuttyhunk, station 

 100, very abundant; 101 and 102, few; 103, 

 many; 104, very abundant; Pasque 82, few. 

 Drifted fragments, 7657 and 7663. 



Vineyard Sound: Westerly portion 7717 and 

 7728, few on Polysiphonia nigrescent. Narrow 

 portion 7525 bis, i on Sargassum. Inshore 

 Robinsons Hole, station 21, few on algae, 

 Quicks Hole 29, many on Zostera; Cuttyhunk 

 38, many on algse; Gay Head 50, 51, 44, and 

 45, few on algae; also off Devils Bridge August 

 17, 1903, haul 3, few; 4, many on algae; Me- 

 nemsha Bight, August 9, 1904, very many on 

 Zostera; Marthas Vineyard 63, few on stones. 



Spring, summer, probably at all seasons. 



Farlow, 1873, p. 286 (Ectocarpus viridis Harvey), 

 Woods Hole; P. B.-A., fas. vn, no. 3193, Edgar- 

 town, November, 1896 (M. W. Jernegan). 



Ectocarpus siliculosus var. hiemalis (Crouan) 



Kuckuck. 



Common, on stones, woodwork, and algae. 

 Woods Hole: Great Harbor, Grassy Ledge, Little 



Harbor. Edgartown (Jernegan). 

 Summer, December (Jernegan). 

 Farlow, 1881, p. 71 (Ectocarpus confervoides var. 



hiemalis Kjellman), Woods Hole (?); P. B.-A., 



fas,, vin, no. 372, Edgartown, December, 1896 



(M. W. Jernegan). 



Ectocarpus tomentosus (Hudson) Lyngbye. 



Occasional, attached to Fucus and other algae. 

 Woods Hole: Grassy Ledge (MacRae). 

 Summer, December 30, 1904 (MacRae). 



Pylaiella littoralis (Linnaeus) Kjellman. 



Occasional, attached to wharves and larger algae. 

 Woods Hole: Grassy Ledge, Eel Pond, Little 



Harbor. Gay Head. 

 Spring; summer. 



