BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 



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Delcsseria sinuosa Continued. 



34, few on Phyllophora; Sow and Pigs 35 and 

 36, considerable; Gay Head 45, many; 46, few; 

 56, 57, and 58, many; 7731, one; alsooff Devils 

 Bridge August 17, 1903, haul i, few; hauls 2 

 and 3, many. 



Summer, probably at other seasons. 



Farlow, 1873, p. 289, Gay Head, No Mans Land. 



Grinncllia americana (Agardh) Harvey. [Chart 

 261.] 



Common, on stones, shells, and wharves below 

 low- water mark. Dredged by the Survey in 

 2 to 19 fathoms (most plentiful in 4 to 12 fath- 

 oms), over sandy, shelly, stony, and muddy 

 bottoms. Very widely distributed throughout 

 both the Bay and Sound. 



Woods Hole: Government wharves Little Har- 

 bor. Black Rock. 



Buzzards Bay: Upper portion 7615, 2 on sulphur 

 sponges; 7621, many; 7624 and 7625, few; 7628 

 and 7629, many; 7630, 7632, 7634, 7635, and 

 7639, few; 7648, many; 7649 and 7653, few; 

 Lower portion 7660 and 7661, few; 7663, many; 

 7670, one; 7671, many; 7675, few. Inshore- 

 Cove west of Cuttyhunk Neck July 27, 1905, 

 many; Penikese 114, few; Gull Island 116, 

 many; Nashawena So, many on Crepidula 

 shells; Pasque 84, many; 85, few; Naushon 

 90, few on Phyllophora); Uncatena 117, few on 

 Phyllophora; Weepeckets 108, many on Phyl- 

 lophora; Penzance 123, many; 124, one; Quis- 

 set 126, one; 130, few; Gunning Point 131, few; 

 West Falmouth 132 and 133, few; Hog Island 

 Point 134, many; Hog Island Harbor 135, 

 few; North Falmouth 136, many; 137, few; 

 Scraggy Neck 144, few; Bassetts Island 146, 

 few; Wings Neck 147, few; 148, many; 150, 



Crinnellia americana Continued. 



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

 many; Wareham River 155 and 156, few; 

 Sconticut Neck 163 and 164, few; Mishaum 

 Point 167, few. Drifted fragments, 7620, 

 7645, 7647, 145. 



Vineyard Sound: Westerly portion 7575, 7576, 

 and 7589, few 7724, one; 7725, few; 7727, one; 

 7729, few; 7730, one; 7734 and 7735, many ; 7736; 

 one. Narrow portion 7521, one; 7521 (1907), 

 and 7525 bis, few; 7527,fewon sulphur sponges; 

 7531 bis and 7536, few; 7537, 7539, 7540, one 

 each; 7541, few; 7542, many; 7546 and 7547, 

 few; 7549, one; 7551, 7553, 7554, 755 6 bis ' 7557. 

 7559. 756o, 7562 and 7732, few; 7733, very 

 many; 7737, one; 7741, one; 7753, few. Easterly 

 portion 7755, few; 7756, one; 7758, one; 7759, 

 7760, 7763, 7764, 7766, 7767, 7768, 7771, 7772, 

 7774, and 7775, few; 7776,0^; 7777, 7778, 7779, 

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

 sage of Woods Hole 122, few; Great Ledge, 

 Woods Hole 4, two ; Nonamesset 1,2, and 3 , few ; 

 8, many; Naushon 5 and 7, many; 9, few; 

 Tarpaulin Cove 17, few; also July 18, 1903, 

 haul, i few; Pasque 25, few; Cuttyhunk 33, 

 few; Gay Head 49, one; 56, many; 7581, one; 

 also off Devils Bridge August 17, 1903, haul 3, 

 few, haul 4, many; Menemsha Bight 53 and 

 54, few; Marthas Vineyard 55 and 61, few; 63, 

 many; 64, few; 65, many; 66 and 67, few; 77, 

 many; 7761, few; Vineyard Haven 70 and 71, 

 many; 72, few; 7762, many on shells. Drifted 

 fragments 7544, 7548, 7561. 



Summer. 



Farlow, 1873, p. 288, Woods Hole, Edgartown, 

 Buzzards Bay; A. A. B. Ex., fas. n, no. 64, 

 Woods Hole (W. G. Farlow). 



Order CRYPTONEMIALES. 



Family GLOIOSIPHONIACE^E. 

 Gloiosiphonia capillaris (Hudson) Carmichael. 

 Occasional. 



Mattapoisett(F. S. Collins). 

 May 30, 1905 (Collins). 



Family NEMASTOMACE^. 

 Nemastoma Bairdii Farlow. 



Rare. Known only from a single specimen 

 washed ashore at Gay Head in August, 1871 

 (Farlow). 



Farlow, 1873, p. 290 (Ncmalion multifidum J. 

 Agardh), "a specimen bearing tetraspores 

 picked up at Gay Head"; Farlow, 1875, p. 

 372 (Nemastoma ? Bairdii n. sp.), Gay Head; 

 Farlow, 1876, p. 702 (? Nemastoma Bairdii 

 Farlow), Gay Head; Farlow, 1881, p. 142 

 (Nemastoma ? Bairdii Farlow), Gay Head. 



Family RHIZOPHYLLIDACE^. 



Polyides rotundus (Gmelin) Greville. [Chart 262.] 

 Common, on stones in fairly deep water. 

 Dredged by the Survey in 1^-2 to 15 fathoms 

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

 shelly, and stony bottoms, occasionally over 

 mud. A scattered distribution in both Bay 

 and Sound, but not present in the extreme 

 upper portions of Buzzards Bay. 

 Buzzards Bay: Lower portion 7659, many; 7660 

 and 7666, few. Inshore Cuttyhunk 100 and 

 101, few; Penikese 113, many; 114, few; Gull 

 Island 115, few; 116, many; Nashawena 78, 

 79, and 81, few; Pasque 82, few; 83, many; 

 84 and 85, few; Naushon 86 and 91, many; Wee- 

 peckets 108, few; 109, one; Hog Island Point 

 134, one. Drifted fragments 7613, 7652. 



