BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 
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Phyllophora membanif olia — Continued. 
Buzzards Bay: Upper portion — 7610 (1907), 7621 
(1907), 7630, 7630 (1907). 7631 and 7632, few; 
7635, many; 7639 (1907), few. Lowerportion — 
7637, few; 7659, many; 7660, few; 7662, many 
on holdfasts of Laminaria; 7663 (1907), 7664, 
7666, 7672 (1907), and 7675; few. Inshore — 
Sow and Pigs in, many; Cuttyhunk 100, 
many; 102 and 103, few; 112, many; Peni- 
kese, 113 many; Gull Island 115, few, 116, 
many; Nashawena 79 and 8i, few; Pasque 
82, 83, 84, and 85, few; Naushon 86 and 87, 
many; 89, one; 90, one; 91, many; 92, few; 96, 
many; Uncatena 117, many; Weepeckets 
108, many; 109, one; no, few; Penzance 123, 
many; 124, few; Quisset 126, few); 128, 
many; 130, few; Hog Island Point 134, 
many; Hog Island Harbor 135, few; North 
Falmouth 137, many; Nyes Neck 140, one; 141, 
many; Sconticut Neck 163, few; off Appo- 
naganset Bay 165, few; Mishaum Point 167, 
few. Drifted fragments, 7618, 7633, 7634, 
7651, 78. 
Vineyard Sound: Westerly portion — 7706, one; 
7710, few; 7719, one; 7722, one; 7725, few; 7729, 
few. Narrow portion — 7521 bis, many; 7523 
bis, few; 7524 bis, few; 7525 bis, very many; 
7530 bis, few; 7331 bis and 7533 bis, many; 
7542 bis, 7543 (1907) and 7549 (1907), few; 
7739 and 7740, many; 7741. few; 7742, many; 
7743, two; 7744, many; 7745, few; 7749, many; 
7752, few; 7754, one. Easterly portion — 7755, 
one; 7739, 7760, 7764, 7765, 7766, 7768, and 
7769, few; 7770, many; 7772 and 7774, few; 7775, 
many; 7780, one; 7782, few; 7783, one. In- 
shore — Robinsons Hole 22 and 23, many; 
Pasque 24, 25, and 26, many; Nashawena 30, 
many; Cuttyhunk 33, many; Gay Head 56, 57, 
and 58, many; 60, few; Marthas Vineyard 64, 
65 and 66, few; 67, many; 68, few; 69, many; 74 
and 77, few; 7761, many; Vineyard Haven 7762, 
few. Drifted fragments, 7682, 7779, 13. 
Summer, winter, undoubtedly at all seasons. 
Farlow, 1873, p. 290, Gay Head. 
Sterrocolax decipiens Schmitz. (Taxonomic posi- 
tion uncertain). 
Occasional, parasitic on Ahnfeldtia plicata. 
Woods Hole. Washed ashore at Nobska. 
Spring, summer. 
Family RhodophyllidacE/E. 
Agardhiella tenera (J. Agardh) Schmitz. [Chart 
253-1 
Common, on stones and shells in fairly deep 
water. Dredged by the Survey in 2 to 15 fath- 
oms (most plentiful in 4 to 10 fathoms), over 
sandy, shelly, stony, and muddy bottoms. 
Very widely distributed throughout both Bay 
and Sound. 
Woods Hole: Entrance to Eel Pond, off Grassy 
Ledge in ship channel. Black Rock. 
Buzzards Bay: Upper portion — 7615, 2 on sul- 
phur sponges; 7632, one; 7645, one; 7648, many 
on shells; 7649 and 7630, few. Lower portion — 
7661, one. Inshore — Cuttyhunk 100 and 103, 
few; Penikese 113, few; Gull Island 116, few; 
Uncatena 117, many; Weepeckets 108, few; 
Penzance 123 and 124, few; Quisset 128, few; 
129 and 130, many; West Falmouth 132, many; 
133, few; Hog Island Point 134, many; Hog 
Island Harbor 135, few; North Falmouth 136 
and 137, many; Nyes Neck 141, many; Catau- 
met Harbor 142, many; Scraggy Neck 145, 
many; Bassetts Island 146, very many on 
shells, Wings Neck 147, many; 148, three; 150, 
few; Great Hill 154, few; Cromeset Neck 158, 
many; Wareham River 155, 156, and 157, 
few; Sconticut Neck 163 and 164, few; Mishaum 
Point 167, few. Drifted fragments 7612, 7614, 
7616, 7646. 
Vineyard Sound: Westerly portion — 7728, one; 
773oand 7734, few; 7733, one. Narrow portion — 
7325 bis, many; 7533, one; 7333 bis, few on sul- 
phur sponges and stones; 7535, one; 7536, one; 
7537 and 7540, few; 7541, one; 7541 bisand 7542, 
few; 7543 bis, one; 7553, few; 7559, one; 7562 and 
7733, few; 7744, 7751, 7753, 7754, one each. 
Easterly portion — 7735, one; 7758, one; 7760, 
7763, 7763 (1907), 7764 and 7763, few; 7766, few 
on shells; 7766 (1907), 7771, 7772, 7775 and 7777, 
few; 7778, many on stones and shells; 7779, 
7780, 7781, 7782, and 7783, few. Inshore— pas- 
sage of Woods Hole 12 1, many; Nonamesset 1, 
two; 8, many; Naushon 7, two; 9, three; Tarpau- 
lin Cove 17, few; also July 18, 1903, haul 2, few; 
Quicks Hole 28, two; Nashawena 30, two; Cut- 
tyhunk 33 and 38, few; Menemsha Bight 53 and 
54, many; August 9, 1904, few; July 17, 1905, 
haul i, many; Marthas Vineyard 52, many; 
55, few; 61, 62, 65, and 68, few; 69, many; 73 
