BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 



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Melobesia farinosa Lamouroux. 



Common, on Fucus -vesiculosus, Chondrus, Phyl- 

 lophora, and Zostera, at low-tide mark and in 

 fairly deep water. Dredged by the Survey in 

 3X to \i]/2 fathoms, over sandy and stony bot- 

 toms. A scattered distribution at inshore sta- 

 tions along Marthas Vineyard. 



Woods Hole: Juniper Point. Nobska. Gay 

 Head. 



Vineyard Sound: Inshore, Gay Head 57 and 58, 

 many on Chondrus and Phyllophora; Marthas 

 Vineyard 69, 75, and 76 many on Zostera. 



Summer. 



Farlow, 1881, p. 180, 181, Woods Hole; P. B.-A., 

 fas. iv, no. 200, Woods Hole, August 13, 1895 

 (W. A. Setchell and W. J. V. Osterhout). 



Melobesia Lejolisii Rosanoff. 



Very common, on Zostera both in shallow and 

 fairly deep water. Dredged by the Survey in 

 2 to i2> fathoms, over sandy, stony, and 

 muddy bottoms. A scattered distribution in 

 Vineyard Sound where Zostera is found, un- 

 doubtedly also present along the shore of Buz- 

 zards Bay. 



Woods Hole: Grassy Ledge, Eel Pond, Little 

 Harbor. Quisset Harbor. Tarpaulin Cove. 



Vineyard Sound: Westerly portion 7728 and 

 7729, many. Narrow portion 7525 bis, many. 

 Easterly portion 7777 and 7779, many; 7780 

 and 7782, few. Inshore Great Ledge, Woods 

 Hole, 4, many; Quicks Hole 29, many; Menem- 

 sha Bight, August 9, 1904, abundant; Marthas 

 Vineyard 61, 62, and 63, many; 64, few; 67, 69, 

 73, 75, and 76, many; 77, few; Vineyard Haven 

 70 and 72, few. Drifted fragments, 7543 bis, 

 7565 bis, 7737, 57, 59. 



Summer. 



Farlow, 1881, p. 180, Woods Hole. 



Melobeiia membranacea (Esper) Lamouroux. 



Occasional, on Chondrus and Phyllophora in 

 fairly deep water. Dredged by the Survey in 



Melobesia membranacea Continued. 



3^ to 10 fathoms, over sandy and stony bot- 

 toms. Distribution chiefly in the lower por- 

 tion of Buzzards Bay and westerly portion of 

 Vineyard Sound. 



Buzzards Bay: Lower portion 7672, many on 

 Chondrus. Inshore Sow and Pigs in, many 

 on Chondrus and Phyllophora; Cuttyhunk 100, 

 many on Phyllophora; 103, few. 



Vineyard Sound: Narrow portion 7739, few on 

 Phyllophora. Inshore Gay Head 56, 57, and 

 58, many on Chondrus and Phyllophora; 

 Marthas Vineyard 63 and 65, few on Phyllo- 

 phora. 



Summer. 



Melobesia pustulata Lamouroux. 



Common, on Ascophyllum, Chondrus, and Phyl- 

 lophora, at low-tide mark and in fairly deep 

 water. Dredged by the Survey in i% to 14 

 fathoms, over sandy, shelly, and stony bot- 

 toms. Distribution chiefly off Cuttyhunk, 

 Sow and Pigs, and Gay Head, but also in the 

 easterly portion of Vineyard Sound. 



Woods Hole: Little Harbor. Tarpaulin Cove. 

 Weepecket (Farlow). 



Buzzards Bay: Inshore Cuttyhunk 112, many. 



Vineyard Sound: Westerly portion 7582, many 

 on Chondrus. Easterly portion 7764 and 7765, 

 few; 7768 and 7770, many on Chondrus. In- 

 shore Cuttyhunk 32, 34, and 38, many on 

 Chondrus; Sow and Pigs 36, many on Chondrus; 

 Gay Head 44, few; 45, 46, 47, and 49, many on 

 Chondrus and Phyllophora; 57, few on Chon- 

 drus and Phyllophora; also off Devils Bridge, 

 August 17, 1903, hauls 3 and 4, many on Chon- 

 drus. 



Summer. 



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

 Weepecket; P. B.-A., fas. vi, no. 300, Little 

 Harbor, Woods Hole, July 31, 1895 (W. A. 

 Setchell). 



DISTRIBUTION OP ZOSTERA MARINA IN THE DEEPER WATERS OF BUZZARDS BAY AND VINE- 

 YARD SOUND. 



Zostera marina Linnaeus. Eelgrass. [Chart 266.] 



Abundant, in quiet shallow waters along the shore. Dredged by the Survey in 2 to 13 fathoms, over 

 sandy, stony, and muddy bottoms. Distribution in the deeper waters chiefly at inshore stations along 

 Marthas Vineyard, but scattered in other portions of Vineyard Sound, and also in Buzzards Bay. 



Woods Hole: Shallow water of Great and Little Harbors, Eel Pond, Grassy Ledge, Ram Island, 

 Devils Foot Island. Hadley Harbor. Quisset Harbor. Tarpaulin Cove. Menemsha Bight. Cutty- 

 hunk Harbor. 



Buzzards Bay: Lower portion 7663, much; 7674 and 7675, few. Inshore Cuttyhunk Harbor 104, 



much; Uncatena 117, few; West Falmouth 136 and 137, few. Drifted fragments, 7633, 7651 (1907), 



7653- 7657. 745 8 ' 79> i5. I 5> I 5 I > I 5 2 > I 53 



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