BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 
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Di lesseria sinn osa — Cont inued . 
34, few on Phyllophora; Sow and Pigs 35 and 
36, considerable; Gay Head 45, many; 46, few; 
56, 57, and 58, many; 7731, one; alsooff Devils 
Bridge August 17, 1903, haul 1, few; hauls 2 
and 3, many. 
Summer, probably at other seasons. 
Farlow, 1873, p. 289, Gay Head, No Mans Land. 
Grinnellia americana (Agardh) Harvey. [Chart 
261.] 
Common, on stones, shells, and wharves below 
low-water mark. Dredged by the Survey in 
2 to 19 fathoms (most plentiful in 4 to 12 fath- 
oms), over sandy, shelly, stony, and muddy 
bottoms. Very widely distributed throughout 
both the Bay and Sound. 
Woods Hole: Government wharves Little Har- 
bor. Black Rock. 
Buzzards Bay: Upper portion — 7615, 2 on sulphur 
sponges; 7621, many; 7624 and 7625, few; 7628 
and 7629, many; 7630, 7632, 7634, 7635, and 
7639, few; 7648, many; 7649 and 7653, few; 
Lower portion — 7660 and 7661, few; 7663, many; 
7670, one; 7671, many; 7675, few. Inshore — 
Cove west of Cuttyhunk Neck July 27, 1905, 
many; Penikese 114, few; Gull Island 116, 
many; Nashawena 80, many on Crepidula 
shells; Pasque 84, many; 85, few; Naushon 
90, few on Phyllophora ); Uncatena 117, few on 
Phyllophora; Weepeckets 108, many on Phyl- 
lophora; Penzance 123, many; 124, one; Quis- 
set 126, one; 130, few; Gunning Point 131, few; 
West Falmouth 132 and 133, few; Hog Island 
Point 134, many; Hog Island Harbor 135, 
few; North Falmouth 136, many; 137, few; 
Scraggy Neck 144, few; Bassetts Island 146, 
few; Wings Neck 147, few; 148, many; 150, 
Order CRYP' 
Family GeoiosiphoniacEAL 
Gloiosiphonia capillaris (Hudson) Carmichael. 
Occasional. 
Mattapoisett (F. S. Collins). 
May 30, 1905 (Collins). 
Family N EmastomaceaJ. 
Nemastoma Bairdii Farlow. 
Rare. Known only from a single specimen 
washed ashore at Gay Head in August, 1871 
(Farlow). 
Farlow, 1873, p. 290 ( Nemalion multifidum J. 
Agardh), “a specimen bearing tetraspores 
picked up at Gay Head”; Farlow, 1875, p. 
372 ( Nemastoma ? Bairdii n. sp.), Gay Head; 
Farlow, 1876, p. 702 (? Nemastoma Bairdii 
Farlow), Gay Head; Farlow, 1881, p. 142 
( Nemastoma ? Bairdii Farlow), Gay Head. 
Grinnellia americana — Continued . 
two; Great Hill 154, few; Cromeset Neck 158, 
many; Wareham River 155 and 156, few; 
Sconticut Neck 163 and 164, few; Mishaum 
Point 167, few. Drifted fragments, 7620, 
7645, 7647, 145. 
Vineyard Sound: Westerly portion — 7575, 7576, 
and 7589, few 7724, one; 7725, few; 7727, one; 
7729, few; 7730, one; 7734 and 7735, many; 7736; 
one. Narrow portion — 7521, one; 7521 (1907), 
and 7525 bis, few; 7527, fewon sulphur sponges; 
7531 bis and 7536, few; 7537, 7539, 7540, one 
each; 7541, few; 7542, many; 7546 and 7547, 
few; 7549, one; 7551, 7553, 7554, 7556 bis, 7557, 
7559 > 75 6 °- 7 S 62 and 773 2 > few; 7733 . very 
many; 7737, one; 7741, one; 7753, few. Easterly 
portion — 7755, few; 7756, one; 7758, one; 7759, 
7760, 7763, 7764, 7766, 7767, 7768, 7771, 7772, 
7774, and 7775, few; 7776, one; 7777, 7778, 7779, 
7780, 7781, 7782, and 7783, few. Inshore — pas- 
sage of Woods Hole 122, few; Great Ledge, 
Woods Hole 4, two; Nonamesset 1, 2, and 3, few; 
8, many; Naushon 5 and 7, many; 9, few; 
Tarpaulin Cove 17, few; also July 18, 1903, 
haul, 1 few; Pasque 25, few; Cuttyhunk 33, 
few; Gay Head 49, one; 56, many; 7581, one; 
also off Devils Bridge August 17, 1903, haul 3, 
few, haul 4, many; Menemsha Bight 53 and 
54, few; Marthas Vineyard 55 and 61, few; 63, 
many; 64, few; 65, many; 66 and 67, few; 77, 
many; 7761, few; Vineyard Haven 70 and 71, 
many; 72, few; 7762, many on shells. Drifted 
fragments 7544, 7548, 7561. 
Summer. 
Farlow, 1873, p. 288, Woods Hole, Edgartown, 
Buzzards Bay; A. A. B. Ex., fas. n, no. 64, 
Woods Hole (W. G. Farlow). 
DNEMIALES. 
Family RhizophyludacE^. 
Polyides rotundus (Gmelin) Greville. [Chart 262.] 
Common, on stones in fairly deep water. 
Dredged by the Survey in i>^ to 15 fathoms 
(most plentiful in 4 to 10 fathoms), over sandy, 
shelly, and stony bottoms, occasionally over 
mud. A scattered distribution in both Bay 
and Sound, but not present in the extreme 
upper portions of Buzzards Bay. 
Buzzards Bay: Lower portion — 7659, many; 7660 
and 7666, few. Inshore — Cuttyhunk 100 and 
101, few; Penikese 113, many; 114, few; Gull 
Island 115, few; 116, many; Nashawena 78, 
79, and 81, few; Pasque 82, few; 83, many; 
84 and 85, few; Naushon 86 and 91, many; Wee- 
peckets 108, few; 109, one; Hog Island Point 
134, one. Drifted fragments 7613, 7652. 
