BIOLOGICAL, SURVEY OF WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 
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Pinnixa sayana — Continued. 
Smith. Buzzards Bay, in 1887, at Fish Hawk 
stations 1211-122 1 . — Rathbun. Wareham 
River, at Phalarope station 154, 2 speci- 
mens*. — Survey . 
Reported by Smith from the stomach of the sum- 
mer flounder. 
Dissodactylus mellitce (Rathbun). 
Sumner, 1909, p. 985. 
A single specimen was dredged July 29, 1908, 
in the vicinity of Fish Hawk station 7703,* 
along with large numbers of the “sand dollar” 
( Echinaraclmius parma); another is recorded 
from Fish Hawk station 7579. 
Family Grapsid.*;. 
Planes minutus (Linnaeus). 
S. I. Smith, 1879, p. 120 ( Nautilograpsus minu- 
tus; not listed for this region); 1882a ( Nau- 
tilograpsus minutus)', M. J. Rathbun, 1905, 
p. 4. 
Western part of Vineyard Sound, commonly on 
gulfweed; of variable abundance, depending 
upon the occurrence of the weed; recorded as 
very common during the summers of 1904 and 
1906; not seen in 1907. Wareham River 
(doubtless a straggler). — Rathbun. 
Recorded from August 9 to October 15. During 
August and September many of the females 
carry eggs. 
Sesarma reticulatum (Say). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 546, 467, etc. ( Sesar- 
ma reticulata)', M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 4. 
Wareham, Acushnet River. — Rathbun. Ware- 
ham River*. — Cole. Burrows in salt marshes 
and the banksof estuaries. LTsually associated 
with Uca pugnax. — Smith. 
Family Ocypodid.®. 
Ocypode albicans Bose. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 545, 745, etc. ( Ocy - 
poda arenaria); S. I. Smith, 1882a ( Ocypode 
quadrata); M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 1. 
Class If 
Anurida maritima (Guerin). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 544, 331. 
Woods Hole; Nantucket. — Verrill. Abundant 
at Nobska Point and doubtless many similar 
places, beneath stones, between tides, etc. 
Chironomus halophilus Packard. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 539, 415 (descrip- 
tion by A. S. Packard). 
Ocypode albicans — Continued. 
Only the megalops is known locally. This has 
been taken by V. N. Edwards in Vineyard 
Sound in September (Smith) and by J. S. 
Kingsley on August 1 (Marine Biological Labo- 
ratory card catalogue). The adult burrows in 
sahdy beaches, above high tide. 
Uca pugnax (Smith). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 545, 367, etc. ( Gelasi - 
mus pugnax)', S. I. .Smith, 1879, p. 33 ( Gelasi - 
mus pugnax)', Bumpus, 1898b (Gelasimus pug- 
nax); M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 1. 
Acushnet River, in 1882 ( W. Nye, jr., collector.) — 
Rathbun. Hadley Harbor, Wareham River*. 
Abounds in salt marshes and on the borders of 
estuaries, where it riddles the ground with its 
holes. 
Reported by Bumpus as breeding early in June. 
Uca pugilator (Bose). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 545, 336, etc. (Gelasi- 
mus pugilator); S. I. Smith, 1879, p. 33 ( Gelasi- 
mus pugilator); Bumpus, 1898b ( Gelasimus 
pugilator); M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 2. 
Head of Woods Hole Flarbor, Ram Island, Had- 
ley Harbor. Wareham River*, Katama Bay*, 
Sippowisset. — Rathbun. Inhabits sand or 
mud flats and beaches near high-water mark, 
including the shores of brackish waters. 
Breeds early in June. — Bumpus. 
Uca minax (Leconte). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 545, 337, etc. ( Gelasi- 
mus minax); Bumpus, 1898b ( Gelasimus 
minax); M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 2. (No definite 
local records published by anyof these writers). 
Woods Hole, 1875; Wareham (U. S. Nat. Mus.); 
New Bedford, in 1882 and 1886 (W. Nye, jr., 
collector). — Rathbun (MS. notes). This crab, 
according to Smith, “ lives upon salt marshes, 
usually farther from the sea than the others, 
and frequently where the water is most of the 
time nearly fresh.” 
Breeds early in June. — Bumpus. 
Chiro nomus halo phi lus — Continued . 
“ Full-grown larvae were dredged in 10 fathoms 
in Vineyard Sound, several miles from land, 
among compound ascidians (A. E. V.), and 
several young larvae were dredged in 8 to 10 
fathoms in Woods Hole Passage, September 10 
(A. S. P.).” 
