BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OP WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 
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Family Capitellid.-e. 
Capitella gracilis (Verrill). 
South side of Nonamesset Island, on mud flats 
at low water, abundant. — Moore. 
Capitella sp. undetermined. 
Western end of Vineyard Sound; 11 fathoms, 
Sandy bottom (Fish Hawk station 7721)*: 
3 immature specimens (?). 
Heteromastus filiformis (Verrill). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 611, 342 ( N oiomastus 
filiformis , sp. nov.). 
Vineyard Sound, sandy shores. 
Notomastus luridus Verrill. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 610, 342 (sp. nov.). 
Recorded by Verrill only for Savin Rock, 
near New Haven. Moore (MS.) includes 
this species in local list as “common at low 
water in mixed sand and mud.” 
Family PolygordiiiuE. 
Polygordius sp. undetermined. 
Fewkes, 1883, p. 195; Bumpus, 1898b; Cowles, 
1903, p. 125. 
Fewkes reports that “Loven’s larvae are among 
the most common Annelid larvae taken in the 
tow-net at Newport.” At Woods Hole, ex- 
ceedingly abundant during early summer of 
1892; a few noted dining summer of 1898. — 
Bumpus. “Often found in great abundance 
at Woods Hole.” — Cowles. 
Family OpitEliid/E. 
Ammotrypane fimbriata Verrill. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 604 (sp. nov.). 
Off Buzzards Bay, in 25 fathoms, mud. — Verrill. 
Vineyard Sound, in neighborhood of Cutty- 
hunk (Fish Hawk station 7686*, Phalarope 
station 33*), 5 to 17 fathoms; sand, gravel, and 
mud. — Survey. 
Ophelia denticulata Verrill. 
Vineyard Sound, 5 fathoms, sand and shells 
(Fish Hawk station 7540)*, 1 specimen. 
Travisia carnea Verrill. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 604, 508 (sp. nov.). 
Off Gay Head in 19 fathoms, soft mud. 
Family Maldanioe. 
Rhodine attenuata Verrill. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 609, 508 (sp. nov.). 
Off Gay Head, 6 to 8 fathoms. 
Nicomache dispar Verrill. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 608, 512 (sp. nov.). 
Off Buzzards Bay, in 25 fathoms, forming rough 
tubes of sand, which are not very firm. 
Clymenella torquala (Leidy). [Chart 76.] 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 608, 343, etc.; 
Bumpus, 1898a; Sumner, 1910, fig. 7. 
Vineyard Sound. — Verrill. Buzzards Bay 
throughout its length; Quicks Hole, Robin- 
sons Hole, Woods Hole, Vineyard Haven; 
in the Sound, recorded only from Tarpaulin 
Cove, Menemsha Bight, and extreme western 
end; dredged in 2 to 17 fathoms, chiefly at 
depths of less than 10 fathoms, most commonly 
in mixtures of mud and sand. — Survey. 
The foregoing records refer chiefly to tubes. 
Also recorded from shore collections at Nobska 
Point; Lagoon Pond, at two points; shores of 
Robinsons Hole, on both Pasque and Nau- 
shon sides; Katama Bay, at two points; and 
Fort Phoenix. 
Fish Hawk stations: 7612 (tubes), 7613 (tubes), 
7618 (tubes), 7619 (several), 7620 (1), 7625 
(several tubes), 7632 (several tubes), 7638 (1), 
7640 (many tubes), 7641 (1), 7642 (several 
tubes), 7647 (2), 7651 (several tubes), 7652 
(several), 7653 (2), 7654 (r), 7655 (several 
tubes), 7656 (several tubes), 7637 (several 
tubes), 7658 (several tubes), 7664 (2), 7667 
(several tubes), 7669 (several tubes), 7673 
(common), 7675 (several tubes), 7685 (many 
tubes), 7686 (many tubes), 7687 (many tubes), 
7688 (2 tubes), 7710 (several tubes), 7724 
(numerous tubes). 
Phalarope stations: 17 (tubes), 19, 29 (2), 60 
(several tubes), 72 (several tubes), 83 (several 
tubes), 89 (several fragments of tubes), 99 
(many tubes), 100 (several tubes), 101 (frag- 
ments of tubes), 102 (several tubes), 107 (sev- 
eral tubes), 119 (2 tubes), 120 (2 tubes), 123 
(fragments of tubes), 124 (2 tubes), 127 (tubes), 
129, 133 (few tubes), 139 (several small tubes), 
143 (several tubes), 147 (2 tubes), 148 (1 tube), 
150 (tubes), 152, 153, 154, 159 (1 tube), 160 (1). 
Found by Mead to be breeding during the 
early part of May. 
Praxilella zonalis Verrill. 
Verrill, 1874, p. 384. 
Buzzards Bay, at a few scattered stations; one 
record for the western end of Vineyard Sound; 
Crab Ledge, at one station; 4 to 20 fathoms, 
chiefly in mud and sand. — Survey. 
