132 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES [26] 



Ciymenella torquata, Verrill. Atlantic coast, Bay of Fundy to New 

 Jersey. Used as bait. 

 206. Naushon, Massachusetts. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 Amphitrite brunnea, Stimpsou. Atlantic coast. Used as bait. 



215. Eastport, Maine. H. E. Webster. 

 Macrobdella decora, Verrill. American Medicinal Leech. Northeastern 

 United States. Used in drawing blood. 

 200. New Haven, Connecticut. A. E. Verrill. 



Echinoderms. 



Pentacta frondosa, Jaeger. Sea Cucumber. Atlantic coast, New Eng. 



land States northward. Available as food. 

 5001. Eastport, Maine. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 Strongylocentrotus drobachiensiSj A. Agassiz. Common Sea Urchin ; Sea 



Egg. Atlantic coast, New Jersey to the Arctic Ocean ; Alaska. 



Used as food. 



5687. Off Newport, Ehode Island. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 Strongylocentrotus franciscanus, A. Agassiz. Sea Urchin. Pacific 



Coast, Southern Alaska to Southern California. Used as food. 

 5600. Sitka, Alaska, F. Bishoff. 

 Echinarachnius parma, Gray. Sand Dollar. East coast, New Jersey to 

 Labrador. Used for making ink. 

 5680. Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 Asterias vulgaris, Stimpsou. Starfish. Atlantic coast, Labrador to 

 New York. Destructive to oyster beds. 

 5024. Eastport, Maine. U. S. Fish Commission,* 

 Asterias Forbesii, Stimpsou. Starfish. Atlantic coast, Massachusetts 

 to the Gulf of Mexico. Destructive to oyster beds. 



5688. Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. U. S. Fish Commission.* 



SPONGES. 



COMMERCIAL SPECIES. 



Collection of Florida, Commercial Sponges, donated to the United States 

 National Museum by McKesson & Bobbins, druggists and importers, New 

 York, 1882.t 

 Spongia graminea, Hyatt. Glove Sponge. Distribution — Florida. 

 822. Sal Bunches Sound ; depth, 4 feet. 

 825. Sugar Loaf Sound; depth, 3 feet. 



043. Cudjoe's Key Sound; depth, 6 feet; two to eight months old ; 

 16 specimens. 



* For reference to other specimens, illustrating the method of attacking oysters, 

 etc., see section of Mollusca. 



t Unless otherwise stated, each number in this list indicates a single specimen of 

 sponge. 



