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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
Order COPEPODA (free-living). 
Family Caeanid/E. 
Calanus finmarchicus (Gunnerus). 
Wheeler, 1900, p. 164; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 
103; Sharpe, 1910, p. 406, 409. 
Numerous female specimens taken in tow by 
Fish Hawk in Vineyard Sound near Gay Head 
July 10. — Wheeler. Woods Hole, at Bureau 
of Fisheries wharf. — Sharpe. Said to be of 
great abundance, widespread, and economi- 
cally important as a food of fishes. 
Family CenTropagid^E. 
Centropages typicus Kroyer. 
Wheeler, 1900, p. 173; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 
104; Sharpe, 1910; p. 406. 
Woods Hole, at Bureau of Fisheries wharf, and 
in adjacent parts of Vineyard Sound, “nearly 
always present in small numbers in the tow. ” — 
Wheeler. 
Centropages hamatus (Lilljeborg). 
Wheeler, 1900, p. 174; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 
104; Sharpe, 1910, p. 406. 
Woods Hole, at Bureau of Fisheries wharf, and 
in adjacent parts of Vineyard Sound, “nearly 
always present in considerable numbers in 
tow. ’ ’ — Wheeler. 
Temora longicornis (Muller). 
Wheeler, 1900, p. 175; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 
104; Sharpe, 1910, p. 406. 
Woods Hole, at Bureau of Fisheries wharf, very 
common. Much more abundant in winter 
than summer; rarely seen in July and August. 
Eurytemora herdmani Thompson & Scott. 
Sharpe, 1910, p. 406, 410. 
“ Found very sparingly ... in a surface tow 
made from the Bureau of Fisheries wharf, 
Woods Hole, Mass., in August.” 
Eurytemora hirundoides (Nordquist). 
Sharpe, 1910, p. 406, 411. 
“Rather sparsely found in brackish pools, 
Woods Hole, July; also in washings from sea 
urchins, Cuttyhunk, July.” 
Metridia lucens Boeck. 
Wheeler, 1900, p. 176 (M. hibernica)', M. J. Rath- 
bun, 1905, p. 105; Sharpe, 1910, pp. 407, 412. 
Woods Hole, December 15, 1898, a single female 
specimen taken in tow. — Wheeler. 
Pseudodiaptomus coronatus Williams. 
Sharpe, 1910, p. 407, 412. 
“Very common in Birge and surface net tows 
among algae, at Hadley Harbor, Great Harbor 
near Ram Island, and Eel Pond, Woods Hole, 
Mass.” 
Family Pontellid/E. 
Labidocera (Estiva Wheeler. 
Wheeler, 1900, p. 178 (sp. nov.); Parker, 1902, p. 
105; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 105; Sharpe, 19x0, 
p. 407. 
Woods Hole, at Bureau of Fisheries wharf, very 
common in tow during July and early August, 
1899. — Wheeler. 
Pontella meadii Wheeler. 
Wheeler, 1900, p. 180 (sp. nov.); M. J. Rathbun, 
1905, p. 105; Sharpe, 1910, p. 407. 
Woods Hole, at Bureau of Fisheries wharf, a few 
of both sexes taken on two occasions in July, 
1899, after heavy SE- wind. — Wheeler. 
Anomalocera pattersonii Templeton. 
Wheeler, 1900, p. 181; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 
105; Sharpe, 1910, p. 407. 
Woods Hole, but only after stormy weather with 
SW. winds. — Wheeler. 
Acartia tonsa Dana. 
Wheeler, 1900, p. 183; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 
106; vSharpe, 1910, p. 407, 414. 
Woods Hole, at Bureau of Fisheries wharf, “one 
of the commonest copepods taken” (Jxdy and 
August, 1899). — Wheeler. “ Occurring abund- 
antly in nearly all the tows examined . . . 
from the Woods Hole region, even in . . . 
the brackish water ponds of the vicinity.” — ■ 
Sharpe . 
Tortanus discaudata (Thompson & Scott). 
Wheeler, 1900, p. 184 ( Corynura bumpusii ); M. J. 
Rathbun, 1905, p. 106 ( Tortanus bumpusii)', 
Sharpe, 1910, p. 407, 414. 
Wheeler records the occurrence of males in con- 
siderable numbers, July 10 and 11, 1899; also 
a single female, taken in tow by Mr. Edwards, 
December 15, 1898. Mr. Sharpe has found 
this copepod at various local points in July, 
1908, and has identified it in towing material 
collected by Mr. Edwards in May. 
