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Lernceenicus radiatus — Continued. 
Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay. — Smith and 
later writers. 
Hosts: Breruoortia tyrannies , Fundulus sp.; buried 
in the flesh of the body, or in the eye, some- 
times causing blindness; not at all common. 
Lerncea branchialis Linnaeus. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 578, 460; R. Rath- 
bun, 1884a, p. 492; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 
100. (No local records given by these writers.) 
Listed for Vineyard Sound by C. B. Wilson (MS.). 
Hosts: Gadus callarias, Melanogrammus cegle- 
finus, Pollachius virens, “hake” sp.; often so 
numerous as to affect the health of the fish. 
Breeds in July; egg hatches into a typical nau- 
plius; larva undergoes great degeneration. 
Lertuzolophus sultanus Milne Edwards. 
R. Rathbun, 1884a, p. 492; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, 
p. 100. 
Four female specimens taken from Alutera 
schoepfii, from Vineyard Sound, in summer of 
1874. 
Family LERNbEOPODimE. 
Clavella uncinata (Muller). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 578, 460 ( Anchorella 
uncinata)', R. Rathbun, 1884a, p. 491 ( Ancho- 
rella uncinata) . N either author gives any local 
records. 
Clavella uncinata — Continued. 
Parasitic in mouth and on gills of the Gadidae, 
common and of very general distribution. 
Breeds from June to September; male a dwarf, 
parasitic upon the female; larva a typical 
nauplius. — Wilson (MS.). 
Brachiella ramosa Richiardi. 
Goode, 1883, p.346 (no local records); M.J. Rath- 
bun, 1905, p. 102. 
Woods Hole region. — Wilson. Parasitic on gills 
of Xipkias gladius. 
Brachiella rostrata Kroyer. 
R. Rathbun, 1884, p. 491 (no local records); 
M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 102. 
Host. Hippoglossus hippoglossus. (Listed for 
“Woods Hole region” by Miss Rathbun, on 
authority of C. B. Wilson.) 
Brachiella thynni Cuvier. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 341 (citing Gould; no 
local records); M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 102 (no 
local records). 
Host: Thunnus thynnus, on gills. (Here in- 
cluded on the authority of C. B. Wilson, MS.) 
Order CIRRIPEDIA.« 
Family Trypetesid.E. 
Trypetesa lam pas (Hancock). 
M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 79. 
Woods Hole. Bores in dead shells of Polynices 
heros and P. duplicata, which are inhabited by 
hermit crabs. — Genthe, cited by Rathbun. 
Family Coronuud^. 
Coronula diadema (Linnaeus). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 579, 460; M. J. Rath- 
bun, 1905, p. 80. (No local records given in 
either work.) 
Found upon whales. Mr. Edwards has observed 
barnacles, presumably of this species, locally 
upon the humpback whale, on which it seems 
to be commonly present in large numbers. 
a Specimens from points designated by an asterisk (*) were 
nated by a dagger (t) were identified by Dr. H. A. Pilsbry. 
Family Balanid^E. 
Balanus tintinnabulum (Linnaeus). 
M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 80 (not recorded lo- 
cally). 
Great numbers collected by Mr. John J. Veeder 
in New Bedford Harbor, July or August, 1908, 
from bottom of a whaling vessel. (Identified, 
with fair certainty, by F. B. Sumner.) 
Balanus amphitrite (Darwin). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 578 (no local records); 
M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 81. 
Vineyard Sound, “on whales and bottoms of 
ships, but probably does not live long after ar- 
riving on New England coast.” — Rathbun. 
identified by Dr. F. B. Sumner. Specimens from points desig- 
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