BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OE WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 
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Ceramium rubrum — Continued. 
47 and 48, few on Chondrus and larger algae; 
57, many; 59, few; 7731, many on larger 
algae; 7731 (1907), few; also off Devils Bridge 
August 17, 1903, hauls 3 and 4, many on larger 
algae; Menemsha Bight, July 17, 1905, haul 2, 
few; Marthas Vineyard 55, few on algae; 64 
few on stones; 73, few on algae. Drifted 
fragments, 7537, 7546, 7588, 7547 bis, 7678, 
7682, 7699, 7706, 7751, 7754. 
At all seasons. 
Ceraminm strictum (Kiitzing) Harvey. 
Common, on Zostera, larger algae, and sometimes 
on stones. Dredged by the Survey in 2 to 15L2 
fathoms, over sandy, shelly, and stony bot- 
toms. A scattered distribution, chiefly in the 
easterly portion of Vineyard Sound. 
Woods Hole: Grassy Ledge, Little Harbor, off 
Juniper Point, frequently washed ashore in 
Little Harbor. Black Rock. 
Vineyard Sound: Narrow portion — 7746, one. 
Easterly portion — 7763, one; 7764, few. In- 
shore — Robinsons Hole 20, few on stones; 
Marthas Vineyard 61, many on Zostera; Vine- 
yard Haven 70, few on stones. Drifted frag- 
ments, 49. 
Summer. 
Farlow, 1873, p. 291 {Ceramium diaphanum Roth), 
Woods Hole, Weepecket; this reference is 
probably to Ceramium strictum; Farlow, 1S81, 
p. 136, Little Harbor Woods Hole. 
Ceramium tenuissimum (Lyngbye) J. Agardh. 
Common, on Zostera, larger algae, and occasion- 
ally on stones. Dredged by the Survey in 3 to 
15 fathoms, over sandy and stony bottoms. 
Common at inshore stations along Marthas 
Vineyard, but distribution scattered along the 
Elizabeth Islands and easterly shore of Buz- 
zards Bay. 
Woods Hole: Grassy Ledge, Little Harbor, off 
Juniper Point. Black Rock. 
Buzzards Bay: Upper portion— 7652, few on Zos- 
tera. Inshore — Hog Island Point 134, few; 
Bassetts Island 146, many; Wings Neck 147, 
few. Drifted fragments, 138, 141. 
Vineyard Sound: Westerly portion — 7724,7725, 
and 7726, many; 7730, few. Narrow portion — 
7530 bis and 7541 bis, few; 7542 bis, many on 
Chorda; 7554 bis, many; 7559 and 7565 bis, few. 
Easterly portion — 7777, many on Zostera; 7781, 
few; 7783, many. Inshore — Sow and Pigs 35, 
few; Menemsha Bight 53 and 54, few on algae; 
Marthas Vineyard 61 and 62, few; 67, many on 
Ceramium tenuissimum — Continued . 
Zostera; 69, 73, 74, 75, and 76, many on Zostera 
and larger algae; 77, few; Vineyard Haven 70, 
few on Zostera. 
Summer. 
Farlow, 1873, p. 291 [Ceramium arachnoideum (?) 
Agardh], Woods Hole. 
Griffithsia Bornetiana Farlow. [Chart 241.] 
Common, on larger algae below low- water mark. 
Dredged by the Survey in 2 to 15 fathoms (most 
plentiful between 3 and 6 fathoms), frequently 
attached to Phyllophora and Chondrus, over 
sandy and stony bottoms. Distribution scat- 
tered inshore along the east side of Buzzards 
Bay and in the easterly portion of Vineyard 
Sound. 
Woods Hole: Juniper Point. Nobska. Tarpau- 
lin Cove. Weepecket Islands (Farlow). 
Buzzards Bay: Inshore — Gull Island 116, many 
on Phyllophora', Naushon 87, few; Uncatena 
1 17, many on Phyllophora; Weepeckets 108, 
many on Phyllophora', Penzance 123, many, 
and 124, few, on Phyllophora and Chondrus; 
Quisset 128, many on Phyllophora; 129 and 
130, many; Gunning Point 131, many; Hog 
Island Point 134, many; Hog Island Harbor 
135, few; North Falmouth 137, few; Nyes 
Neck i4i,many; Cataumet Harbor 142, many. 
Drifted fragments, 7626, 7627, 126, 127, 138. 
Vineyard Sound: Narrow portion — 7533 bis, few 
on stones; 7749, one; 7754, one. Easterly por- 
tion — 7755, few; 7778, one; 7782, one. In- 
shore — passage of Woods Hole 122, few; Non- 
amesset 8, one; Marthas Vineyard 52, few; 
7761, one. Drifted fragments, 7537. 
Summer. 
Farlow, 1873, p. 291 {Griffithsia corallina Agardh), 
Buzzards Bay, Woods Hole, Weepecket Is- 
lands; A. A. B. Ex., fas. n, no. 88, Woods 
Hole in part (W. G. Farlow); P. B.-A., fas. 
vi, no. 295, Little Harbor Woods Hole, July 
20, 1893 (W. A. Setchell). 
Griffithsia tenuis Agardh. [Chart 242.] 
Common, on stones and over sand in sheltered 
waters. Dredged by the Survey in 2 to 4 fath- 
oms, loosely attached over sandy and muddy 
bottoms. Distribution restricted to the ex- 
treme upper portion of Buzzards Bay. 
Buzzards Bay: Upper portion — 7632, 1 on stone. 
Inshore — Wings Neck 150, many loosely at- 
tached on sandy bottom; Tobys Island 152, 
few; Monument Beach 153, few. 
Summer. 
