BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 
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Edwardsia lineata Verrill. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 739, 497, etc. (sp. 
nov.). 
“Vineyard Sound and off Gay Head, 6 to 12 
fathoms, among ascidians, annelid tubes, etc., 
abundant.” — Verrill. This species at present 
is certainly not generally distributed nor very 
common in local waters. It has not been re- 
corded from the survey dredgings. 
Family IeyanthidaL 
Eloactis producta (Stimpson). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, P- 738, 330, etc. {Halo- 
cam pa producta). 
Naushon; Marthas Vineyard; Nantucket. — Ver- 
rill. Katama Bay (“North Pond”), abundant 
August 14, 1906. — Osburn. West Falmouth, 
North Falmouth, Hadley Harbor, Kettle 
Cove. — G. M. Gray. Muskeget Island. This 
is a burrowing species, which conceals itself 
in gravel or sand, only the distal end pro- 
truding from the surface. 
Family AnthEidas. 
Anemonia sargassensis Hargitt. 
Hargitt, 1908, p. 117 (sp. nov.). 
Vineyard Sound on floating sargassum. Re- 
corded on October 15 and 16, 1905, and August 
30, 1906. From its abundance on some of 
these dates, it seems likely that the species 
may have been present on many others. 
Family Sagartiidaj. 
Cylista leucolena (Verrill). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 738, 329, etc. ( Sa - 
gartia leucolena). 
Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound. — Verrill. 
Vineyard Haven at New York Yacht Club pier; 
Nobska Point,* on rocks, below low water. 
A common species, having a littoral habitat. 
Sagartia lucice Verrill. 
Verrill, 1898, p. 493 (sp. nov.); Parker, 1902, 
p. 491. 
This species is now the most abundant actinian 
of the region and is of general occurrence lit- 
torally, growing on stones, living mussels, 
rock-weed, etc., often in great profusion. It 
is, however, a very recent immigrant, having 
been first observed at Woods Hole by W. R. 
Coe in 1898. 5 . lucice was noticed for the 
Sagartia lucice — Continued. 
first time by Prof. Verrill at New Havtn in 
1892, and is believed by him to have been 
introduced into that region upon oysters, 
which are annually brought from the South 
and planted in Long Island Sound. According 
to Parker, the species migrated eastward from 
New Haven and northward to Salem, Mass.,, 
within a period of 10 years. 
Sagartia modes ta Verrill. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 738, 330, etc. 
“Naushon Island; low water, buried in sand or 
gravel.” — Verrill. Local bathing beach, on 
Buzzards Bay, between tides or at low water.— 
Hargitt. An uncommon species locally. 
Metridium dianthus (Ellis). [Chart 25.] 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, P- 7 38, 329 (M. mar- 
ginatum); Mead, 1898, p. 705 (M. marginatum). 
As a littoral species, common and widely dis- 
tributed in local waters, occurring on stones, 
piles, etc., at or below low-water mark. 
Dredged by the Survey at scattered stations 
throughout the length of Vineyard Sound; sev- 
eral stations at Crab Ledge; none in Buzzards 
Bay; 4 to 25 fathoms, on mud-free bottoms. 
Fish Hawk stations: 7521 bis (1), 7526 (1), 7532 
(i)> 7544 (1). 755 s (1), 75 6 ° ( 2 large), 7565 (1), 
757 2 ( 2 ). 75 88 ( 2 )> 7595 (1). 7 6 °3 (several small), 
7605 (3 large), 7606, 7608 (6 large), 7609 (r 
small), 7693 (3), 7721 (very many), 7725, 7742 
( 0 . 7743 O)- 
Phalarope station: 77 (1). 
The reproductive period of this anemone appears 
to occur during the summer. Dr. Mead notes 
that Metridium “was found to be full of eggs, 
apparently nearly mature,” on April 18 (1898), 
while Dr. F. R. Lillie (Marine Biological Lab- 
oratory card catalogue) records the presence of 
ova and sperm on June 20 (1889). 
Family Teauid^. 
Tealia crassicornis (Muller). 
Crab Ledge. — Hargitt. Vineyard Sound?— 
Sumner. A specimen, believed to be of this 
species, from the last-mentioned place, was 
taken in the vicinity of Gay Head by the 
Fish Hawk in August, 1907. Unfortunately it 
was devoured by hermit crabs before it could 
be carefully examined. 
