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bulletin of the bureau of fisheries, 
Family Ammocharidaj. 
Ammochares artifex Verrill. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 610, 508 ( Ammochares , 
species undetermined); Verrill, 1885, p. 439 
{Ammochares artifex, sp. nov.). 
Fifteen miles east of Block Island, in 29 fathoms, 
sandy mud; 23 fathoms off Marthas Vine- 
yard. — Verrill. 0 Tubes of what are regarded 
as worms of this species have been taken in 
Buzzards Bay, near center (Fish Hawk stations 
7612* and 7642*), and in Vineyard Sound, near 
Nonamesset Island (Phalarope stations 4* and 
8*). — Survey. This worm constructs flexible 
tubes covered with imbricated sand grains. 
Family Cirratulid^. 
Cirratulus grandis Verrill. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 606, 319, etc. 
(sp. nov.); Mead, 1898; Bumpus, 1898b. 
Vineyard Sound. — Verrill. Eastern half of 
Vineyard Sound, at 5 stations, 2 to n fathoms, 
sand and gravel; likewise dug up along shore 
at Katama Bay* (2 points), Naushon side of 
Robinsons Hole*, and the bathing beach at 
Fort Phoenix*. — Survey. 
Fish Hawk stations*: 7538 bis (1), 7750 (1), 
7767 (several), 7769 (1). 
Phalarope station 73 (1)*. 
Eggs appeared to be nearly ripe, April' 17; 
species known to breed during July; females 
will deposit eggs in the evening, in confine- 
ment. — Mead. 
Cirratulus tenuis Verrill. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 607, 416 (sp. nov.). 
Vineyard Sound, 6 to 12 fathoms, among com- 
pound ascidians; 23 fathoms, off Marthas 
Vineyard. — Verrill. Two specimens recorded 
by the Survey from Vineyard Sound, near 
Nobska Point, 7 fathoms, stones and sand 
(Fish Hawk station 7521 bis)*. 
Cirratulus cirratus Muller. 
Vineyard Sound, near Cedar Tree Neck, 7 
fathoms, sand and shells (Fish Hawk station 
7553)*: 1 specimen. 
Cirratulus parvus Moore. 
Moore, 1906, p. 505 (sp. nov.). 
“Deeper waters of Vineyard and Nantucket 
Sounds, in from 10 to 19 fathoms, where it 
lives in colonies among the crevices of Amarce- 
cium pellucidum and in passages of shells. 
Quite common in the latter at Crab Ledge, 
off Chatham.” An immature specimen re- 
corded from near West Falmouth, at Phalarope 
station 136*. 
Cirrhinereis fragilis Quatrefages. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 607, 332; Verrill, 
i882d, p. 370; 1884, p. 665. 
Specimens believed to belong to this species 
were dredged by Verrill in Vineyard Sound, 
on rocky bottom; others taken at surface. 
Dr. Moore thinks it possible that Cirratulus 
parvus was the form referred to. 
Cirrhinereis phosphorea Verrill. 
Verrill, 1882b, p. 370; 1884, p. 665. 
A form thus referred to by Verrill, but not 
described, was taken at the surface in Vine- 
yard Sound or Woods Hole Harbor. 
Dodecaceria coralii (Leidy). 
Leidy, 1855, p. 12 ( Naraganseta coralii)-, Verrill 
and Smith, 1873, p. 607 {Naraganseta coralii). 
Vineyard Sound, near shores of Nonamesset and 
Naushon; Buzzards Bay, near Scraggy Neck; 
dredged in 4 to 10 fathoms, on bottoms of sand 
and gravel, sometimes in dead coral {Astrangia 
dance); also taken on piles in Nantucket Har- 
bor*. Hitherto not listed for Massachusetts. 
Phalarope stations*: 2, 3 (2), 6 (1), 11 (1), 145 (1). 
Acrocirrus leidyi Verrill. 
Verrill, i882d, p. 370; 1884, p. 665. 
Woods Hole, surface, evening, August 2 to 
September 9, 1881 and 1882. 
Family TsrEBELUDAL 
Amphitrite cirrata (Muller). 
Crab Ledge, on stony bottom, in tubes, among 
Amaroucium, etc., rare. — Moore. Three speci- 
mens taken by the Survey at Crab Ledge 
(station 7606)*, in 16 fathoms, stones and 
gravel. 
Amphitrite attenuata Moore. 
Moore, 1906, p. 506 (sp. nov.). 
“ This species has been taken only on the piles 
of the New York Yacht Club wharf in Vine- 
yard Haven, where it occurs sparingly below 
low water among Cynthia and Amarcecium; 
lives in small mud tubes and breeds in early 
July.” 
Amphitrite brunnea (Stimpson). 
Crab Ledge and off Nantucket in 16 to 23 
fathoms. — Moore. 
Amphitrite ornata (Leidy). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 613, 320, etc.; Mead, 
1897, p. 229. 
Vineyard Sound, common in sand and gravel at 
low-water mark. — Verrill. Lackeys Bay, Had- 
ley Harbor, Ram Island. — Mead. Not taken 
during Survey dredging, but recorded from 
“This statement applies to the “Ammochares, species undetermined” of the Vineyard Sound report. The A. artifex, when 
described, was only listed from 67 fathoms. 
