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bulletin of the bureau of fisheries. 
? Alcyonidium hirsutum (Fleming). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 708, 404, etc.; Os- 
bum, 1912, p. 252. 
Vineyard Sound. — Verrill. This species has not 
been identified in the Survey dredgings. Ac- 
cording to Verrill, it is found “living under 
the same circumstances as the last [A. hispi- 
dum ], and sometimes associated with it, both 
above and below low- water mark.” 
? Alcyonidium gelatinosum (Linnseus) 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 709, 496; Osburn- 
1912, p. 252. 
“A few small specimens, apparently belonging 
to this species, were dredged in the deeper 
parts of Vineyard Sound,” on red algae. — Ver- 
rill. Not identified in the survey dredgings, 
Alcyonidium parasiticum (Fleming). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 708, 404; Osbum, 
1912, p. 251. 
Vineyard Sound, on rocky bottoms, at depths 
of a few fathoms, “forming thin crusts on 
algae and hydroids, which generally become 
coated with a layer of fine sand or dirt.” — Ver- 
rill. Crab Ledge, August 12, 1909; several 
colonies on hydroids; recorded also from two 
uncharted stations (7784 and 7785), which, 
strictly speaking, lie outside of the limits of 
the region treated in the present report (off 
No Mans Land, S. by YV., 29 fathoms). 
Alcyonidium mytili Dalyell. 
Verrill, 1879, p. 188 ( Alcyonidium rubrum)', 
Osbum, 1912, p. 251. 
“ Long Island Sound to Nova Scotia, common 
all along the coast.” — Verrill. Dredged by 
the Survey at the western end of Vineyard 
Sound, 13 to 16 fathoms; also near the entrance 
of Woods Hole passage; one good-sized col- 
ony taken at Great Round Shoal fishing 
ground, in 8 fathoms, on a shell. Likewise 
found in abundance, incrusting barnacles on 
piles in New Bedford Harbor, and not in- 
frequently occurring on the legs and carapace 
of Libinia, occasionally even in the branchial 
chamber. 
Family Cylindrcecim). 
Anguinella palmaia Van Beneden. 
Osbum, 1912, p. 253. 
Two colonies taken July 20, 1909, at a repetition 
of Fish Hawk station 7659 in Buzzards Bay. 
Previously recorded from this coast only at 
Charleston, S. C. 
Family Vesiculariid^s. 
Amathia dichotoma (Verrill). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 709, 389, etc. 
( Vesicularia dichotoma, sp. nov.); Osbum, 
1912, p. 254. 
Survey records: Woods Hole Harbor, Katama 
Bay, Edgartown, Nantucket Plarbor; in each 
case growing on piles; not taken dining the 
dredgings. Verrill gives no specific local 
records for this region, but notes that it is a 
very common species, growing under a con- 
siderable variety of conditions. 
Bowerbankia gracilis Leidy. [Chart 45.] 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 709, 389 ( Vesicularia 
gracilis ); Osburn, 1912, p. 253. 
Vineyard Sound. — Verrill. Occasional records 
for Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay; 
dredged by the Survey in 4 to 15 fathoms, on 
various bottoms. Recorded also from the 
piles of piers at New Bedford (abundant); 
Round Hill Point; Woods Hole; Vineyard 
Haven and Nantucket. 
Fish Hawk stations: 7533 bis, 7610, 7613, 7619, 
7644, 7702, 773s; also 1906 repetitions of 
7567, 7709, and 7723. 
Phalarope stations: 7, 65. 
Bowerbankia gracilis caudata (Hincks). 
Osbum, 1912, p. 254. 
Dredged by the Survey both in Vineyard Sound 
and Buzzards Bay, at Fish Hawk stations 
7613, 7626, and 7760; also at 1906 repetitions of 
stations 7567 and 7723. Recorded, likewise, 
from New Bedford, on piles, sometimes com- 
pletely covering hydroids and algae; Woods 
Hole, on United States Bureau of Fisheries 
pier; West Falmouth Harbor; Vineyard 
Haven; Nantucket Harbor. 
? Vesicularia familiaris (Gros). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 710, 487 ( Farrella 
familiaris)', Osbum, 1912, p. 255: 
Vineyard Sound. — Verrill. Not noted in the 
Survey dredgings. 
Family Valkeriilpe. 
Valkeria uva (Linnaeus). 0 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, P- 7°9> 389. etc. (Vesi- 
cularia cuscata)', Osburn, 1912, p. 255. 
Vineyard Sound, “found on hydroids attached 
to floating eelgrass, . . . also dredged in 
6 to 8 fathoms, on algae, Sertularia argentea, 
and other hydroids. ’ ’ — Verrill. Not recorded 
in the Survey collection. 
“Miss Jelly (Syn. Catalogue of Marine Bryozoa, p. 267-569) gives Vesicularia cuscata Linnaeus as synonymous with Valkeria 
uva. The genus Valkeria is distinguished from V esicularia by the absence of a gizzard. Since, however, none of the species 
taken by the Survey, which could, by any possibility, fall within this genus, have been found to be destitute of a gizzard, it seems 
probable, either that Verrill was wrong in placing the Vineyard Sound specimens in V esicularia cuscata, or else that Miss Jelly 
is in error in her synonymy. To allow, nevertheless, for the possibility of the species having been overlooked by us, we will 
include Verrill s statement, as above. 
