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Phyllophora membanifolia Continued. 



Buzzards Bay: Upper portion 7610 (1907), 7621 

 (1907), 7630, 7630 (1907), 7631 and 7632, few; 

 7635, many; 7639 (1907), few. Lower portion 

 7657, few; 7659, many; 7660, few; 7662, many 

 on holdfasts of Laminaria; 7663 (1907), 7664, 

 7666, 7672 (1907), and 7675; few. Inshore- 

 Sow and Pigs in, many; Cuttyhunk 100, 

 many; 102 and 103, few; 112, many; Peni- 

 kese, 113 many; Gull Island 115, few, 116, 

 many; Nashawena 79 and 81, few; Pasque 

 82, 83, 84, and 85, few; Naushon 86 and 87, 

 many; 89, one; 90, one; 91, many; 92, few; 96, 

 many; Uncatena 117, many; Weepeckets 

 108, many; 109, one; no, few; Penzance 123, 

 many; 124, few; Quisset 126, few); 128, 

 many; 130, few; Hog Island Point 134, 

 many; Hog Island Harbor 135, few; North 

 Falmouth 137, many; Nyes Neck 140, one; 141, 

 many; Sconticut Neck 163, few; off Appo- 

 naganset Bay 165, few; Mishaum Point 167, 

 few. Drifted fragments, 7618, 7633, 7634, 

 7651, 78. 



Vineyard Sound: Westerly portion 7706, one; 

 7710, few; 7719, one; 7722, one; 7725, few; 7729, 

 few. Narrow portion 7521 bis, many; 7523 

 bis, few; 7524 bis, few; 7525 bis, very many; 

 7530 bis, few; 7531 bis and 7533 bis, many; 

 7542 bis, 7543 (1907) and 7549 (1907), few; 

 7739 and 7740, many; 7741, few; 7742, many; 

 7743, two; 7744, many; 7745, few; 7749, many; 

 7752, few; 7754, one. Easterly portion 7755, 

 one; 7759, 7760, 7764, 7765, 7766, 7768, and 

 7769, few; 7770, many; 7772 and 7774, few; 7775, 

 many; 7780, one; 7782, few; 7783, one. In- 

 shore Robinsons Hole 22 and 23, many; 

 Pasque 24, 25, and 26, many; Nashawena 30, 

 many; Cuttyhunk 33, many; Gay Head 56, 57, 

 and 58, many; 60, few; Marthas Vineyard 64, 

 65 and 66, few; 67, many; 68, few; 69, many; 74 

 and 77, few; 7761, many; Vineyard Haven 7 762, 

 few. Drifted fragments, 7682, 7779, 13. 



Summer, winter, undoubtedly at all seasons. 



Farlow, 1873, p. 290, Gay Head. 



Sterrocolax decipiens Schmitz. (Taxonomic posi- 

 tion uncertain). 



Occasional, parasitic on Ahnfeldlia plicata. 

 Woods Hole. Washed ashore at Nobska. 

 Spring, summer. 



Family RHODOPHYLLIDACE^E. 

 Agardhiella tenera (J. Agardh) Schmitz. [Chart 



253-] 



Common, on stones and shells in fairly deep 

 water. Dredged by the Survey in 2 to 15 fath- 

 oms (most plentiful in 4 to 10 fathoms), over 

 sandy, shelly, stony, and muddy bottoms. 

 Very widely distributed throughout both Bay 

 and Sound. 



Woods Hole: Entrance to Eel Pond, off Grassy 

 Ledge in ship channel. Black Rock. 



Buzzards Bay: Upper portion 7615, 2 on sul- 

 phur sponges; 7632, one; 7645, one; 7648, many 

 on shells; 7649 and 7650, few. Lower portion 

 7661, one. Inshore Cuttyhunk 100 and 103, 

 few; Penikese 113, few; Gull Island 116, few; 

 Uncatena 117, many; Weepeckets 108, few; 

 Penzance 123 and 124, few; Quisset 128, few; 

 129 and 130, many; West Falmouth 132, many; 

 133, few; Hog Island Point 134, many; Hog 

 Island Harbor 135, few; North Falmouth 136 

 and 137, many; Nyes Neck 141, many; Catau- 

 met Harbor 142, many; Scraggy Neck 145, 

 many; Bassetts Island 146, very many on 

 shells, Wings Neck 147, many; 148, three; 150, 

 few; Great Hill 154, few; Cromeset Neck 158, 

 many; Wareham River 155, 156, and 157, 

 few; Sconticut Neck 163 and 164, few; Mishaum 

 Point 167, few. Drifted fragments 7612, 7614, 

 7616, 7646. 



Vineyard Sound: Westerly portion 7728, one; 

 7730 and 7734, few; 7735, one. Narrow portion 

 7525 bis, many; 7533, one; 7533 bis, few on sul- 

 phur sponges and stones; 7535, one; 7536, one; 

 7537 and 7540, few; 7541, one; 7541 bis and 7542, 

 few; 7543 bis, one; 7553, few; 7559, one; 7562 and 



7733- few : 7744. 775 1 . 7753. 7754. one each. 

 Easterly portion 7755, one; 7758, one; 7760, 

 7763. 7763 (i9 7). 77 6 4 and 7765, few; 7766, few 

 on shells; 7766(1907), 7771, 7772, 7775 and 7777, 

 few; 7778, many on stones and shells; 7779, 

 7780, 7781, 7782, and 7783, few. Inshore pas- 

 sage of Woods Hole 121, many; Nonamesset i, 

 two; 8, many; Naushon 7, two; 9, three; Tarpau- 

 lin Cove 17, few; also July 18, 1903, haul 2, few; 

 Quicks Hole 28, two; Nashawena 30, two; Cut- 

 tyhunk 33 and 38, few; Menemsha Bight 53 and 



54, many; August 9, 1904, few; July 17, 1905, 

 haul i, many; Marthas Vineyard 52, many; 



55, few; 61, 62, 65, and 68, few; 69, many; 73 



