BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 
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Nereis limbata Ehlers. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 590, 318, etc.; An- 
drews, '1892, p. 176; E- B. Wilson, 1892, p. 371; 
Bumpus, 1898, 1898b; Mead, in “Biological 
Notes.” 
Charleston to Massachusetts Bay. — Verrill. 
Woods Hole, at surface. — Bumpus. Survey 
records*: New Bedford, on piles; Fort Phoenix, 
beach; Wareham River, muddy bank, be- 
tween tides; rocky shore at end of Scraggy 
Neck; West Falmouth Harbor; Head of Lagoon 
Pond; Katama Bay at two points. (Collected 
by R. C. Osburn and L. J. Cole.) 
Wilson states of this species and Platynereis 
megalops that oviposition at Woods Hole 
continues “at least from June to September,” 
the most favorable time apparently being 
August and early September. He adds that 
“ the animals appear in abundance only on 
warm, still nights, and even tlien are rarely 
found unless the water has been quiet for some 
days.” Mead records the spawning of this 
worm at Wickford, R. I., May 31, 1899. 
Verrill expresses the opinion that this species 
“must contribute largely to the food of many 
fishes.” 
? Nereis dumerilii Audouin & Milne Edwards.® 
Tarpaulin Cove; eastern end of Vineyard Sound 
(twice); Buzzards Bay (once); 3 to 10 fathoms, 
sand and gravel. — Survey. 
Fish Hawk station: 7525 bis (1)*, 7615 (1)*; 
Phalarope station 2 (1) *. 
Nereis sp. undetermined. 
Fish Hawk station 7560 (several small). 
Platynereis megalops (Verrill). [Chart 60.] 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, P- 59 2 ’ 4°° ( Nectonereis 
megalops, sp. nov.); Verrill, 1879, p. 171 
(Nereis alacris), p. 172 (Nereis megalops)', i882d, 
p. 370 (Nereis megalops)', 1884, p. 665 (Nereis 
megalops)', Andrews, 1892, p. 170 (Nereis 
alacris ); E. B. Wilson, 1892, p. 371 (Nereis 
megalops); Bumpus, 1898b (Nereis megalops). 
Vineyard Sound. — Verrill. Inshore stations of 
Buzzards Bay, common; a few scattered sta- 
tions in the Sound; dredged by the Survey in 
3 to 15 fathoms of water, on various bottoms; 
also dug from shores at Lagoon Pond, near 
bridge *, and from Katama Bay *. 
Fish Hawk station *: 7524 (2), 7525 (2), 7548 (1), 
7724 (1), 7725 (3), 7740 (3), 7763 (1 large). 
Phalarope station *: 8 (1), 33 (1), 78 (1 small), 
81 (1 male), 86 (1), 87 (common), 108 (several 
with ripe eggs), hi (common), 115 (1), 116 (1), 
117 (common), 122 (2), 130 (several small), 
132 (1), 140 (2), 141 (2), 149 (1), 165 (1 young). 
Platynereis megalops — Continued. 
The sexual form is also common at the surface 
during the summer. (See statements by 
Wilson, under Nereis limbata). As in the case 
of other species of this family, the immature 
and the sexual forms were at first referred to 
different species. The former, in the present 
instance, was the Nereis alacris of Verrill. 
Family Eunicidzs. 
Marphysa leidyi Quatrefages. [Chart 61.] 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 593, 319, etc. 
Vineyard Sound. — Verrill. Dredged at several 
stations in the eastern end of Vineyard Sound, 
and at several inshore stations of Buzzards 
Bay; 3 to 15 fathoms, on various bottoms. — 
Survey. 
Fish Hawk station *: 7521 bis (fragmentsof two), 
7522 bis (1 fragment), 7525 bis (fragment), 
7535 bis (1 fragment), 7615 (1), 7616 (1), 7672 
(1 fragment), 7777 (? 1 small fragment). 
Phalarope station *: 1 0). 3 (i)> 10 (1), 1 18 (1), 
147 ( 1 small). 
Lycidice americana Verrill. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 593, 508 (sp. nov.). 
Off Gay Head in 19 fathoms, soft mud. 
Family Onuphid^e. 
Diopatra cuprea Claparede. [Chart 62.] 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 593, 346, etc. 
Vineyard Sound. — Verrill. Tubes dredged in 
great numbers, on all kinds of bottoms and at 
all depths, throughout the entire Sound and 
B ay ; living specimens not once taken with the 
dredge. — Survey. Recorded from shores at 
Nobska Point, Bay side of local breakwater, 
West Falmouth, North Falmouth, Lagoon 
Pond, Katama Bay, Robinson’s Hole, Round 
Hill Point, Fort Phoenix. 
Fish Hawk stations: 7523 (1 tube), 7524 bis 
(1 tube), 7525 bis (few tubes), 7526 (several 
tubes), 7527 (2 tubes), 7528 (2 tubes), 7530 bis 
(1 tube), 7532 (several), 7532 bis (few tubes), 
7533 bis (several tubes), 7534 (few), 7535 (few), 
7535 bis (1 tube), 7537 (tubes), 7537 bis (few 
tubes), 7538 bis (few), 7541 bis (few), 7543 bis 
(2 tubes), 7545 bis (1 tube), 7547 bis (several), 
7549 (numerous tubes), 7549 bis (few), 7550 
bis (few), 7554 (1 tube), 7554 bis (several 
tubes), 7558 (several tubes), 7559 (1 tube), 
7560 (1 tube), 7572 (1 tube), 7576 (1 tube), 7578 
(many tubes), 7579 (1 tube), 7580 (1 tube), 
7581 (1 tube), 7584 (1 tube), 7587 (1 tube), 
7588 (few tubes), 7593 (1 tube), 7597 (1 tube), 
a The specimens here recorded may be a phase of A 7 . megalops. — Moore. 
