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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Poly ides rotundus Continued. 



Vineyard Sound: Westerly portion 7701, one; 

 7717, few. Narrow portion 7526 (1907), few; 

 7532 bis, one; 7533 bis, few; 7536, one; 7541 bis, 

 few; 7548, one; 7560, few; 7749, one; 7751, one; 

 7752, many. Easterly portion 7759, 7766 and 

 7581 (1907), few. Inshore Nonamesset i and 

 3, few; Pasque 24, many , 25, few; Nashawena3o 

 and 31, many; Cuttyhunk 32,33, and34,many; 

 38, few; Gay Head 44, few; 46, 47, and 48, many; 

 56, 57, 58 and 60, few; 7581 (1907), few; also off 

 Devils Bridge August 17, 1903, hauls i and 

 2, few; Marthas Vineyard 55, 62, 68, 69, 73, 74, 

 and 77, few; 7761, one. 



Summer. 



Farlow, 1873, p. 290, Gay Head. 



Family SQUAMARIACE^. 

 Rhododermis Georgii (Batters) Collins. (Taxo- 



nomic position uncertain). 

 Abundant, on Zostera in company with Myrio- 



nema vulgare, Hecatonema maculans, etc. 

 Woods Hole: Little Harbor (Collins). 

 April 23, 1905 (Collins). 

 Collins, igodb, p. 160, Woods Hole. 

 P. B.-A., fas. xxvi, no. 1299, Woods Hole, 



April 23, 1905 (F. S. Collins). 



Family 

 Corallina officinalis Linnaeus. [Chart 263.] 



Common, on stones and rocks below low-tide 

 mark and in fairly deep waters. Dredged by 

 the Survey in 2 to 13^ fathoms (most plen- 

 tiful in 4 to 10 fathoms), over sandy, shelly, 

 and stony bottoms. Distribution chiefly in 

 the lower portion of Buzzards Bay and westerly 

 portion of Vineyard Sound. 



Woods Hole: Juniper Point, Buzzards Bay shore. 

 Nobska. Black Rock. 



Buzzards Bay: Lower portion 7663, many. In- 

 shore Sow and Pigs in, many; Cuttyhunk 

 100, 101, and 112, few; Penikese 113, few; 

 Gull Island 116, many; Weepecket 108, few. 

 Drifted fragments, 82, 83, 99. 



Vineyard Sound: Westerly portion 7566, 7583, 

 and 7596, few. Narrow portion 7531 bis, 

 many. Inshore Robinsons Hole 20, two; 21, 

 few; Quicks Hole 29, few; Nashawena3o, many; 

 Cuttyhunk 32, 34, and 38, many; Sow and Pigs 

 35, few; 36, many; 37, few; Gay Head 44 and 

 45, few; 47, many; 48, few; 56 and 57, many; 

 58 and 60, few; 7581, few; also off Devils Bridge 

 August 17, 1903, hauls i and 2, few; Marthas 

 Vineyard 52 and 63 few. Drifted fragments, 

 39. 7726. 



Summer, winter, undoubtedly at all seasons. 



Farlow, 1873, p. 288, Woods Hole, Gay Head. 



Hildenbrandia prototypus Nardo. (Taxonomic po- 

 sition uncertain.) [Chart 264.] 



Common, on stones and rocks near low-tide mark 

 and in fairly deep water. Dredged by the 

 Survey in \% to 14 fathoms (most plentiful in 

 4 to 10 fathoms), over sandy, shelly, and stony 

 bottoms. A scattered distribution in both Bay 

 and Sound, chiefly at inshore stations. 



Woods Hole: Grassy Ledge, Juniper Point, Buz- 

 zards Bay shore. Nobska. Tarpaulin Cove. 

 Black Rock. 



Buzzards Bay: Inshore Sow and Pigs in, 

 many; Cuttyhunk 102, few; Gull Island 116, 

 many: Pasque 82, few; Naushon 91, few; Hog 

 Island Point 134, many; Cataumet Harbor 

 142, few. 



Vineyard Sound: Narrow portion 7533 bis, few; 

 7544 bis, 7546 bis, and 7547 bis, many; 7747, 

 few. Easterly portion 7757, 7759, 7760, 7766, 

 7777' 777 8 > a d 7780, few. Inshore Robinsons 

 Hole 21 and 22, many; Quicks Hole 28, few; 

 Gay Head 58 and 59, many; also off Devils 

 Bridge August 17, 1903, hauls 3 and 4, many; 

 Menemsha Bight July 17, 1905, haul i, one; 

 haul 3, few; Marthas Vineyard 62 and 63, few; 

 65, many; 66, few; 69, many; 73, many; 74 

 and 77, few; Vineyard Haven 70, few. 



Summer, undoubtedly at all seasons. 



Farlow, 1873, P- 2go(HildenbrandtiarubraMene- 



ghini), Woods Hole. 



Lithothamnion polymorphum (Linnaeus) Areschoug. 

 [Chart 265.] 



Common, on stones and shells in fairly deep wa- 

 ter. Dredged by the Survey in 2 to 15 fathoms 

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

 shelly, and stony bottoms. A scattered distri- 

 bution in both Bay and Sound. 



Buzzards Bay: Upper portion 7621, one. Lower 

 portion 7659, few. Inshore Sow and Pigs 

 in, many; Gull Island 116, many; Nashawena 

 8r, one; Pasque 85, one; Weepeckets 108, few; 

 Peuzance 123, many; Quisset 128, many; West 

 Falmouth 132, many; Hog Island Point 134, 

 many; Mishaum Point 167, many. 



Vineyard Sound : Narrow portion 7524 bis, 7525 

 bis, 7533 bis, many; 7534, few; 7534 bis and 7535 

 bis, many; 7539 and 7539 bis, few; 7544 bis, 

 many; 7752, few. Easterly portion 7757, few; 

 7760, many; 7763 (1907), 7764, 7766, 7767, 7769, 

 7772, and 7778, few. Inshore Nonamesset 3, 

 few; Naushon 5, one; Robinsons Hole 3i, 

 many; Quicks Hole 28, one; Sow and Pigs 35, 

 few; Gay Head 57, 58, 59, and 60, man}-; Mar- 

 thas Vineyard 52, few on shells; 62, 63, 65, 66, 

 69, 73, 74, and 77, few; Vineyard Haven 70 few. 



Summer, winter, undoubtedly at all seasons. 



