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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Family STILOPHORACE^. 



Stilophora rhizodes (Turner) J. Agardh. 



Occasional, attached to the base of Zostera below 

 low-water mark. Dredged by the Survey in 

 z]4. to 5 fathoms, over sandy and stony bottoms 

 at stations 130 and 131 off the east shore in the 

 upper portion of Buzzards Bay. 



Washed ashore at Nobska, Waquoit (Far low). 



Buzzards Bay: Inshore Gunning Point, i3oand 

 131 many on dark-colored dead Zostera. 



Summer. 



Farlow, 1873, p. 285, Waquoit. 



Family RALFSIACE^E. 



Ralfsia clavata (Carmichael) Farlow. 



Abundant, on stones and shells at low-water 

 mark. Dredged by the Survey in 3 to 12 fath- 

 oms, over sandy, shelly, and gravelly bottoms. 

 Widely scattered at the inshore stations in 

 Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound. 



Woods Hole: Grassy Ledge, Eel Pond, Ram 

 Island, Little Harbor. Buzzards Bay shore. 

 Tarpaulin Cove. 



Buzzards Bay: Lower portion 7671, few. In- 

 shore Cuttyhunk 102 and 103, few; Gull 

 Island 115 and 116, many; Weepeckets 108, 

 few; Uncatena 117, few on shells; Penzance 

 123, few; Quisset 128, many; Gunning Point 

 131, many; West Falmouth 132, many; 137, 

 one; Hog Island Point 134, many; Sconticut 

 Neck 163, few; Mishaum Point 167, many. 



Vineyard Sound: Narrow portion 7524 bis, one. 

 Easterly portion 7780, few. Inshore Gay 

 Head 56, few; 57, many; 58 and 59, few; also 

 off Devils Bridge August 17, 1903, many; 

 Menemsha Bight July 17, 1905, haul 3, few; 

 Marthas Vineyard 52, 61, 62, and 63, few; 65, 

 many; 66 and 68, few; 69, 73, 74, 76 and 77, 

 many. 



Summer. 



Farlow, 1881, p. 88, Woods Hole. 



Ralfsia -verrucosa (Areschoug) J. Agardh. 

 Common, on stones near low- water mark. 

 Woods Hole: Grassy Ledge, Little Harbor. Tar- 



paulin Cove. 

 Summer. 



Family 



Agarum Turneri Postels & Ruprecht. 

 Occasional. 



Washed ashore at Gay Head. 

 Summer. 



Alaria escuUnia (Linnaeus) Greville. 



Occasionally washed ashore at Gay Head. 

 Summer. 



Chorda filum (Linnaeus) Stackhouse. [Chart .234.] 



Common, on stones and shells below low- water 

 mark. Dredged by the Survey in 2 to 14 fath- 

 oms, over sandy bottoms. A scattered dis- 

 tribution in Buzzards Bay and Vineyard 

 Sound. 



Woods Hole: Great Harbor, Grassy Ledge, en- 

 trance to Eel Pond, Little Harbor off Juniper 

 Point. Black Rock. 



Buzzards Bay: Lower portion 7656, one. In- 

 shore Cuttyhunk 100, 101, and 102, few; Gull 

 Island 116, many; Naushon 91 and 96, few; 

 Weepeckets 108, few; Gunning Point 131, few. 



Vineyard Sound: Westerly portion 7571, 7567 

 and 7591, few. Narrow portion 7542 bis, one; 

 7551, 7557 and 7559, few. Inshore Robinsons 

 Hole 21, many; 22, few; Quicks Hole 29, 

 many; Gay Head 50 and 51, patches in shal- 

 low water; 47 and 49, few; Menemsha Bight 53 

 and 54, few; Marthas Vineyard 73, few. 

 Drifted fragments, 7573, 7676, 7688, 7706, 7710, 



773. 773*. 7733. 7754- 

 Summer. 



Chorda tomcntosa Lyngbye. 



Common, on piles of wharves, stones, and shells 



below low-water mark. 

 Woods Hole: Piles of steamboat wharf, entrance 



to Eel Pond, Grassy Ledge. 

 Spring. 



LaminariaAgardhii Kjellman. Kelp, devils apron. 

 [Chart 235.] 



Common, on wharves, stones, and shells below 

 low- water mark. Dredged by the Survey in 

 2 to 17 fathoms, over sandy, shelly, and stony 

 bottoms. Chiefly in the lower portion of Buz- 

 zards Bay, but widely distributed through 

 Vineyard Sound. 



Woods Hole: Great Harbor, entrance to Eel 

 Pond, off Grassy Ledge in ship channel. 

 Wharf at Gay Head. 



Buzzards Bay: Upper portion 7653 and 7654, 

 few. Lower portion 7656 and 7657, many; 

 7660, one; 7662, two; 7663, few. Inshore 

 Cuttyhunk 101 and 104, few; Gull Island 115 

 and 116, few. Drifted fragments, 7617, 7619, 



7637. 7638, 7 6 7 2 . (JQ ?). 7 s . 79. 8o - 82, 99. 

 Vineyard Sound: Westerly portion 7581 (1907), 

 one; 7582, 7583, 7584, 7588, 7589, 7592, 7593, 

 7595 and 7599, few; 7677, 7702, 7703, 7706, one 

 each; 7718, very many; 7719, one; 7728, few. 

 Narrow portion 7524 bis, one; 7525 bis, many; 

 7532 bis, 7533 bis, 7536, 7541, one each; 7557, 

 few; 7732, one; 7739, few; 7740, few; 7749, 

 few. Easterly portion 7755, one; 7767, few; 

 7775, one; 7776, one. Inshore Woods Hole 



