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MARINE ALOPIIDEA ANNELIDA AMMODYTIDAE ARTHROPODA ANARHICHADIDAE BRYOZOA ANGUILLIDAE CHAETOGNATHA ATHERINIDAE CHORDATA BOTHIDAE CNIDARIA CARANGIDAE CARCHARHINIDAE ECHINODERMATA CLUPEIDAE ENTOPROCTA CONGRIDAE GASTROTRICHA COTTIDAE HEMICHORDATA CRYPTACANTHODIDAE CYCLOPTERIDAE CYPRINODONTIDAE PLATYHELMINTHES GADIDAE PORIFERA GASTEROSTEIDAE SIPUNCULOIDEA LABRIDAE LAMNIDAE LOPHIIDAE MERLUCCIIDAE MARINE ALGAE MONOCANTHIDAE CHLOROPHYCOPHYTA ODONTASPIDIDAE CHRYSOPHYCOPHYTA OSMERIDAE CYANOPHYCOPHYTA PERCICHTHYIDAE PHAEOPHYCOPHYTA PETROMYZONTIDAE RHODOPHYCOPHYTA PHOLIDAE XANTHOPHYCOPHYTA PLEURONECTIDAE POMATOMIDAE RAJIDAE SCIAENIDAE MARINE FUNGI SCOMBRIDAE ASCOMYCETES SERRANIDAE HYCOMYCETES P SOLEIDAE SPHYRNIDAE SQUALIDAE MARINE FISH- NAHANT AND STICHAEIDAE SYNGNATHIDAE BROAD TETRAODONTIDAE ACIPENSERIDAE TRIGLIDAE AGONIDAE ZOARCIDAE MARINE INVERTEBRATES

PHYLUM: ANNELIDA CLASS: OLIGOCHAETA CLITELLIO ARENAREUS ENCHYTRAEUS ALBIDUS LUMBRICILLUS LINEATUS- ON ROCKS BENEATH AND LUMBRICILLUS VIRIDIS MARIONINA SPICULA- IN COURSE GRAVEL CANOE BEACH & FORTY STEPS BEACH MARIONINA SUBTERRANEA PARANAIS LITTORALIS- BLACK ROCK AREA PHALLODRILUS PARVIATRATUS TUBIFICOIDES BENEDENII CLASS: POLYCHAETA AMPHARETE FINMARCHICA- 4OFT DEPTH OF AMPHITRITE JOHNSTONI ARABELLA IRICOLOR ARENICOLA MARINA CIRRATULUS CIRRATUS CIRRATULUS GRANDIS CISTENIDES GOULDI CLYMENELLA TORQUATA CTENODRILUS SERRATUS DIOPATRA CUPREA ETEONE LONGA EULALIA VIRIDIS EXOGENE HEBES EXOGONE DISPAR FABRICIA SABELLA GLYCERA CAPITATA- DREDGED OFF EAST POINT GLYCERA DIBRANCHIATA EHLERS GONIADA MACULATA HARMOTHOE IMBRICATA (L.) LEPIDONOTUS SQUAMATUS (L.) MICROPHTHALMUS PETTIBONEAE- FORTY STEPS BEACH MICROPHTHLMUS SCZELKOWII- PUMP HOUSE BEACH MYXICOLA INFUNDIBULUM- 30FT NORTH SIDE OF EAST POINT NAINERIS QUADRICUSPIDA NEPHTHYS BUCERA NEREIS PELAGICA L. NEREIS SUCCINEA NEREIS VIRENS SARS NEREIS ZONATA NICOLEA ZOSTERICOLA OPHRYOTROCHA BACCI OPHRYOTROCHA GRACILIS ORBINIA ORNATA PARAONIS FULGENS PARAPIONOSYLLIS MANCA PHERUSA AFFINIS PHOLOE MINUTA PHYLLODOCE MACULATA POLYDORA CILIATA POLYDORA SOCIALIS POTAMILLA NEGLECTA PROTODORVILLEA GASPEENSIS PSAMMODRILUS BALANOGLOSSOIDES- DORTHY PSAMMODRILUS FAUVELI SABELLA MICROPHTHALMA SCHISTOMERINGOS CAECA SCOLOLEPIDES VIRIDIS- LYNN HARBOR SCOLOPOLOS ARMIGER SCOLOPOLOS ROBUSTUS SPHAEROSYLLIS BREVIFRONS (40FT. DEPTH OFF EGG ROCK) SPHAEROSYLLIS ERINACEUS- SPIO SETOSA SPIRORBIS SPIRORBIS STYGOCAPITELLA SUBTERRANEA- GROUND WATER, CANOE BEACH SYLLIDES BENEDICTI SYLLIDES CONVOLUTA SYLLIDES EBURNEUS SYLLIDES SETOSA SYLLIS CORNUTA THARYX ACUTA- DREDGED OFF EGG ROCK ORDER: ARCHIANNELIDA MEGANERILLA PENICILLICAUDA MESONERILLA INTERMEDIA- 20-30FT DEPTH OFF FOOT OF SUMMER STREET NERILLA ANTENNATA- EAST POINT POLYGORDIUS APPENDICULATUS POLYGORDIUS LACTEUS POLYGORDIUS TRIESTINUS PROTODRILUS GELDERI TRILOBODRILUS HERMAPHRODITUS

PHYLUM: ARTHROPODA CLASS: ARACHNIDA NYMPHON LONGITARSE PHOXICHILIDIUM FEMORATUM CLASS: BRANCHIOPODA ORDER: CLADOCERA EVADNE NORDMANI- IN PLANKTON PODON LEUCKARTI- IN PLANKTON CLASS: MALACOSTRACA ORDER: AMPHIPODA ACANTHOHAUSTORIUS MILLSI AEQININA LONGICORNIS AMPELISCA MACROCEPHALA AMPHITHOE RUBRICATA CALLIOPIUS LAEVIUSCULUS CAPRELLA ACUTIFRONS CAPRELLA LINEARIS COROPHIUM CRASSICORNE COROPHIUM INSIDIOSUM GAMMARUS OCEANICUS HAUSTORIUS CANADENSIS HIPPOMEDON SERRATUS JASSA FALCATA LEPTICHEIRUS PINQUIS MONOCULOIDES EDWARDSI ORCHOMENA SP. PHOTIS REINHARDI PHOXOCEPHALUS HOLBOLLI PONTOGENIA INERMIS PROTOHAUSTORIUS DEICHMANNAE PSAMMONYX NOBILIS PSEUDUNCIOLA SP. RIVULOGAMMARUS DUEBENI TRICOPHOXUS EPISTOMUS UNICIOLA IRRORATA ORDER: DECAPODA CALLINECTES SAPIDUS- ONE TAKEN OFFSHORE 9/1974 CANCER BOREALIS CANCER IRRORATUS CARCINIDES MAENAS CRAGO SEMPTEMSPINOSUS HYAS COARCTATUS OVALIPES OCELLATUS PAGURUS ACADIANUS PAGURUS LONGICARPUS PALAEMONETES SP. ORDER: ISOPODA CHIRODOTEA COECA CHIRODOTEA TUFTSI EDOTEA TRILOBA IDOTEA BALTICA IDOTEA PHOSPHOREA JAERA MARINA ORDER: MYSIDAE HETEROMYSIS FORMOSA MYSIS STENOLEPIS NEOMYSIS AMERICANA PRAUNUS FLEXUOSUS CLASS: MAXILLOPODA ORDER: HARPACTICOIDA AMEIRA MINUTA AMPHIASCOIDES DEBILIS- CANOE BEACH AMPHIASCUS MINUTUS- CANOE BEACH ARENOSETELLA FISSILIS- CANOE BEACH CYCLOPINA GRACILIS ENHYDROSOMA PROPINQUUM – LYNN HARBOR SIDE OF CAUSEWAY HETEROLAOPHONTE HAMONDI- CANOE BEACH ITUNELLA BACESCOI LAOPHONTE CARNUTA- LYNN HARBOR SIDE OF CAUSEWAY MESOCHRA PYGMAEA- LYNN HARBOR SIDE OF CAUSEWAY MICROSETELLA NORVEGICA NITOCRA SPINIPES NITOCRA TYPICA- CANOE BEACH PARATEPLASTACUS SPINICAUDA- CANOE BEACH PARONYCHOCAMPTUS WILSONI PSEUDOBRADYA QUODDIENSIS PSEUDONYCHOCAMPTUS KORENI REMANEA ARENICOLA- CANOE BEACH RHIZOTHRIX MINUTA- LYNN HARBOR SIDE OF CAUSEWAY ROBERTQUERNYA ECAUDATA SCHIZOPERA CAROLINENSIS TACHIDIUS DISCIPES THALESTRIS PURPUREA THOMPSONULA HYAENA- LYNN HARBOR SIDE OF CAUSEWAY TISBE FURCATA CLASS: MEROSTOMATA ORDER: SESSILIA BALANUS BALANUS SEMIBALANUS BALANOIDES ORDER: XIPHOSURA LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS

PHYLUM: BRYOZOA ALCYONIDIUM POLYOUM BUGULA SIMPLEX- SUBTIDAL BUGULA TURRITA (DESOR) CRISIA EBURNEA CRYPTOSULA PALLASIANA (MOLL) ELECTRA PILOSA (L.) FLUSTRELLEDRA HISPIDA HIPPOTHOA HYALINA (L.) LICHENOPORA HISPIDA PARASMITTINA JEFFREYSI SCHISOPORELLA UNICORNIS (JOHNSTON) SCHIZOMAVELLA AURICULATA SCRUPARIA AMBIGUA (D’ORBIGNY)

PHYLUM: CHAETOGNATHA SAGITTA ELEGANS- ABUNDANT IN PLANKTON JAN-MAR.

PHYLUM: CHORDATA SUBPHYLUM: UROCHORDATA APLIDIUM CONSTELLATUM BOLTENIA ECHINATA- SUBTIDAL BOLTENIA OVIFERA- SUBTIDAL BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI CNEMIDOCARPA MOLLIS- SUBTIDAL CRATOSTIGMA SINGULARE- SUBTIDAL DENDRODOA CAMEA DIDEMNUM ALBIDUM HALOCYNTHIA PYRIFORMIS- SUBTIDAL MOLGULA CITRINA MOLGULA MANHATTENSIS PEROPHORA VIRIDIS CLASS: APPENDICULARIA FRITILLARIA BOREALIS- PLANKTON (FALL,WINTER & SPRING)

PHYLUM: CNIDARIA CLASS: ANTHOZOA ALCYONIUM SIDERIUM- 30-60FT EAST POINT CERIANTHUS BOREALIS- 35FT DEPTH, N. SIDE OF EAST POINT GERSEMIS RUBIFORMIS- 40-90FT EAST POINT HALIPLANELLA LUCIAE VERRILL METRIDIUM DIANTHUS CLASS: HYDROZOA ACAULIS PRIMARIUS- SUBLITTORAL NAHANT BAY BOUGAINVILIA SUPERCILIARIS CLAVA LEPTOSTYLA AGASSIZ CLYTIA JOHNSTONI DIPHASIA ROSACEA EUCOPELLA CALICULATA EUDENDRIUM DISPAR HALECIUM SESSILE HYDRACTINIA ECHINATA FLEMING HYPOLYTUS PEREGRINUS LAOMEDEA FLEXUOSA LIZZIA FULGURANS- MEDUSAE IN OCTOBER LOVENELLA GRACILIS OBELIA GENICULATA OPERCULARELLA LACERATA PODOCORYNE MINIMA- MEDUSAE IN OCTOBER RHIZOGETON FUSIFORMIS- EAST POINT, REPRODUCTIVE IN MAY SARSIA TUBULOSA SERTULARIA PUMILA L. SERTULARELLA RUGOSA TIMA FORMOSA TUBULARIA LARYNX TUBULARIA SPECTABILIS ZANCLEA COSTATA CLASS: SCYPHOZOA AURELLIA AURITA VAR. FLAVIDULA CHRYSAORA QUINQUECIRRHA CYANEA CAPILLATA VAR. ARCTICA HALICLYSTUS SALPINX- JULY/AUG ON EAST POINT LUCERNARIA QUADRICORNIS- INTERTIDAL JAN.

PHYLUM: CTENOPHORA BEROE CUCUMIS BOLINOPSIS INFUNDIBULUM MNEMIOPSIS LEIDYI PLEUROBRACHIA PILEUS (FABRICIUS)

PHYLUM: ECHINODERMATA AMPHIPHOLIS SQUAMATA ASTERIAS FORBESI ASTERIAS VULGARIS CUCUMARIA FRONDOSA ECHINARACHNIUS PARMA HENRICIA SANGUINOLENTA LEPTOSYNAPAPTA SP. OPHIOPHOLIS ACULEATA SOLASTER ENDECA- DEEP WATER STRONGYLCENTROTUS DROBACHIENSIS

PHYLUM: ENTOPROCTA BARENTSIA LAXA

PHYLUM: GASTROTRICHA TURBANELLA CORNUTA DOLICHODASYS ELONGATUS

PHYLUM: HEMICHORDATA DOLICHOGLOSUS KOWALEVSKI

PHYLUM: MOLLUSCA CLASS: BIVALVIA ANOMIA ACULEATA ANOMIA SIMPLEX ARCTICA ISLANDICA ASTARTE CASTANEA CERASTODERMA PINNATULUM ENSIS DIRECTUS HIATELLA ARCTICA LYONSIA HYALINA MACTRA SOLIDISSIMA MODIOLUS DEMISSUS MODIOLUS MODIOLUS MYA ARENARIA MYTILUS EDULIS NUCULA DELPHINODONTA PLACOPECTEN MAGELLANICUS- SUBLITTORAL SILIQUA COSTATA TEREDO NAVALIS XILOPHAGA ATLANTICA CLASS: ACANTHODORIS PILOSA ACMAEA TESTUDINALIS AEOLIDIA PAPILLOSA ANCULA CRISTATA BUCCINUM UNDATUM- INTERTIDAL ROCKY AREA RARELY;NORMALLY SUBLITTORAL CLIONE LIMACINA- ADULTS: SPRING; LARVAE: LATE SPRING; PLANKTON: EARLY SUMMER CORYPHELLA PELLICUDA- EAST POINT CORYPHELLA RUFIBRANCHIALIS CORYPHELLA SALMONACEA- EAST POINT CORYPHYELLA STELLATA CRATENA PILATA CRATENA VIRIDIS CONVEXA CREPIDULA FORNICATA CREPIDULA PLANA DENDRONOTUS FRONDOSUS DENDRONOTUS ROBUSTUS DOTO CORONATA EUBRACHUS PALLIDUS FACELINA BOSTONIENSIS HEDYLOPSIS RISERI LACUNA VINCTA LITTORINA LITTOREA LITTORINA OBTUSATA LITTORINA SAXATILIS MARGARITES HELICINA MITRELLA LUNATA NASSA OBSOLETA NASSA TRIVITATTA NEPTUNEA DECEMCOSTAT- DEEP WATER ONCHIDORIS ASPERA ONCHIDORIS FUSCA OKENIA ASCIDICOLA PALIO LESSONII POLYNICES DUPLICATA POLYNICES HEROS RETUSA OBTUSA SKENEA PLANORBIS TERGIPES DESPECTUS THAIS LAPILLUS UNELA NAHANTENSIS VELUTINA LAEVIGATA CLASS: POLYPLACOPHORA ISCHNOCHITON ALBUS TONICELLA RUBRA

PHYLUM: NEMERTEA AMPHIPORUS ANGULATUS AMPHIPORUS LACTIFLOREUS CEPHALOTHRIX LINEARIS CERABRATULUS LACTEUS CEREBRATULUS MARGINATUS CYANOPHTHALMA CORDICEPS FARAGILONEMERTES ROSEA LINEUS RUBER LINEUS VIRIDIS MYOISOPHAGOS SANGUINEUS OERSTEDIA DORSALIS OTOYPHLONEMERTES PELLUCIDA PROCEPHALOTHRIX SPIRALIS TETRASTEMMA CANDIDUM TETRASTEMMA VERMICULUS

PHYLUM: PLATYHELMINTHES ANAPERUS GARDINERI CHILDIA GROENLANDICA PARAMACROSTOMUM TRICLADOIDES PLAGIOSTOMUM VITTATUM PROVORTEX KARLINGI PROXENETES FLABELLIFER PROXENETES MULTIDENTATUS MESSOPLANA FALCATA BYRSOPHLEBS GRAFFI ASTROTORHYNCHUS BIFIDUS POLYCYSTIS CROCEA UTELGA HEINCKEI UTELGO SCOTICA ZONORHYNCHUS SEMINASCATUS MACRORHYNCHUS CROCEUS PHONORHYNCHUS HELGOLANDICUS PROSCHIZORHYNCHUS NAHANTENSIS PLAGIOSTOMUM ALBUM MONOCELIS LINEATA MONOCELIS FUSCA COELOGYNOPORA BIARMATA COELOGYNOPORA SCHULZII CIRRIFERA CIRRIFERA BOTHRIOMOLUS BALTICUS- COURSE GRAVEL BEACHES NOTOCARYOPLANA ARCTICA- COURSE GRAVEL BEACHES ITASPIELLA HELGOLANDICA BDELLOURA CANDIDA (GIRARD) FROM FOVIELLA AFFINIS PROCERODES LITTORALIS UTERIPORUS VULGARIS DISCOCELIDES ELLIPSOIDES- RARE STYLOCHUS ELLIPTICUS- RARE NOTOPLANA ATOMATA

PHYLUM: PORIFERA EUMASTIA SITIENS HALICHONDRIA PANICEA HALICLONA OCULATA HALISARCA DUIARDINI HALISARCA NAHANTENSIS LEUCOSOLENIA SP. MICROCIONA PROLIFERA MYCALE LINGUA MYXILLA FIMBRIATA POLYMASTIA INFRAPILOSA PROSUBERITES EPIPHYTUM

PHYLUM: SIPUNCULOIDEA GOLIFINGIA MINUTA PHASCOLOPSIS GOULDI- S. END OF FLATS BOUNDING BLACK ROCK CANNEL

MARINE ALGAE DIVISION: CHLOROPHYCOPHYTA BLIDINGIA MARGINATA B. MARGINATA SSP. SUBSALSA B. MINIMA B. MINIMA VAR. RAMIFERA BRACHIOMONAS SP.- TIDE POOLS IN SPRAY ZONE BRYOPSIS PLUMOSA CAPSOSIPHON FULVESCENS- ZOOSPRES THROUGH SUMMER; SEXUAL IN WINTER CHAETOMORPHA LINUM (INCL. C. AEREA) C. MELAGONIUM- ZOOSPORES IN JUNE CHLOROCHYTRIUM MOOREI (ENDOPHYTIC IN ENTEROMORPHA) C. INCLUSUM (ENDOPHYTIC IN CALLOPHYLLIS) CHLOROCHYTRIUM SP. (ENDOPHYTIC IN AMPHIPLEURA) CLADOPHORA ALBIDA- ZOOSPORES THROUGH SUMMER (DET. BY VAN DEN HOEK) CODILUM GREGARIUM- REPRODUCTIVE IN NOV. ? C. GREGARIUM VAR. INTERMEDIUM C. PUSSILUM COLEOCHAETAE- LIKE EPIPHYTE ON ELACHISTEA ENTEROMORPHA AHLNERIANA (TYPE I) E. COMPRESSA E. CLATHRATA (TYPES I AND 2) E. FLEXUOSA SSP. FLEXUOSA- ZOOSPORES IN SEPT. E. FLEXUOSA SSP. PARADOXA E. INTESTINALIS VAR. INTESTINALIS E. INTESTINALIS F. CLAVATA E. LINZA E. LINZA VAR. OBLANCEOLATA E. PROLIFERA ENTOCLADIA FLUSTRAE (IN SERTULARIA; COLL. BY FIORE) MONOSTROMA OXYSPERMUM M. PULCHRUM- MID-LITTORAL POOLS IN SPRING; SUBLITTORAL DURING JULY OOCYSTIS SP. PERCURSARIA PERCURSA PRASINOCLADUS LUBRICUS PRASIOLA STIPITATA PRINGSHEIMIELLA SCUTATA (ON LITTORINA OPERCULUM) PSEUDENDOCLONIUM SUBMARINUM RHIZOCLONIUM HIEROGLYPHICUL (DET. BY PRESCOTT- SALEM MARSH) R. RIPARIUM F. RIPARIUM R. TORTUOSUM R KERNERI R. NITIDA SCHIZOTHRIX CALCICOLA SPIRULINA SUBSALSA STIGEOCLONIUM SUBSECUNDUM (DET. BY PRESCOTT- SALEM MARSH) SPONGMORPHA ARCTA S. LANOSA S. SPINESCENS TETRASPORA LUBRICA- SUMMER ST. MARSH ULOTHRIX FLACCA ULVA GIGANTEA (U. LACTUCA) UROSPORA COLLABENS- ZOOSPORES IIN JULY

DIVISION: CHRYSOPHYCOPHYTA APISTONEMA- LIKE PLANTS CHRYSOMERIS RAMOSA SP.- ANNISQUAM AREA; RARE PHAEOSACCION COLLINSII- ON ZOSTERA, MARCH-APRIL RUTTNERA SP.- MARITIMA? UROCOCCUS FOSIEANUS XANTHOPHYCOPHYTA V. ARCASSONESIS- IPSWICH V. COMPACTA VAR. KOKSOAKENSIS- IPSWICH AND ESSEX

DIVISION: CYANOPHYCOPHYTA ANABAENA TORULOSA BEGGIATOA ALBA- LAB TANKS CALOTHRIX CRUSTACEA- C. SCOPULORUM AND C. VIVIPERA FORMS) COCCOCHLORIS STAGNINA CYLINDROSPERMUM SP. ENTOPHYSALIS DUESTA (DERMOCARPA, XENOCOCCUS, ANACYSTIS FORMS) MICROCOLEUS CHTHONOPLASTES M. TENERRIMUS M. LYNGBYACEUS (HYDROCOLEUM AND LYNGBYA FORMS) M. VAGINATUS (PHORMIDIUM AND OSCILLATORIA FORMS) MODULARIA HARVEYANA N. SPUMIGENA NOSTOC MUSCORUM (DET. BU DROUET) RIVULARIA ATRA

DIVISION: PHAEOPHYCOPHYTA AGARUM CRIBOSUM ALARIA ESCULENTA ASCOPHYLLUM NODOSUM ASPEROCOCCUS ECHINATUS (UNILOCULAR) CHAETOPTERIS PLUMOSA- RARE, EPILITHIC IN “CAVE” CHORDA FILUM C. TOMENTOSA CHORDARIA FLAGELLIFORMIS DESMARESTIA ACULEATA D. ACULEATA VAR. ATTENUATA D. VIRIDIS DESMOTRICHUM UNDULATUM (ON ZOSTERA)

DIVISION: RHODOPHYCOPHYTA CORALLINA OFFICIANALIS (TETRASPORIC) CLATHROMORPHUM CIRCUMSCRIPTUM (DET. BY JOHANSEN) CYSTOCLONIUM PURPUREUM (CARPOSPORIC) C. PURPUREUM CAR. CIRRHOSUM C. PURPUREUM F. STELLATUM DUMONTIA INCRASSARIA (TETRASPORIC) GLOIOSIPHONIA CAPILLARIS (CARPOSPORIC) GIGARTINA STELLATA (CARPOSPORIC) GRACILARIA VERRUCOIA GYMNOGONGRUS NORVECICUS (ON HALICHONDRIA)- LITTORIA/SUBLITTORAL INTERFACE ; RARE HILDENBRANDIA PROTOTYPUS (TETRASPORIC) KYLINIA SP (?) – ON ZOSTERA LITHOTHAMNIUM SP. MEMBRANOPTERA ALACA NEMALION MULTIDUM (CARPOSPORIC) PANATANEURA SP. - SUBLITTORAL PETROCELIS MIDDENDORFII PEYSSONNELIA SP. (TETRASPORIC; ON KELP HAPTERA, ALSO EPILITHIC) PHYCODRYE RUBENS PHYLLOPHORA BRODIAEI PHYMATOLITHON LAEVIGATUM (DET. BY JOHANSEN) PHYMATOLITHON SP. (DET. BY JOHANSEN) PLUMARIA ELEGANS (DENSE SHADE OF INTERTIDAL ROCK CAVE) POLYSIPHONIA ARCTICA (TETRASPORIC) P. HARVEYI (CARPOSPORIC AND TETRASPORIC) P. LANOSA (CARPOSPORIC AND TETRASPORIC- ON ASCOPHYLLUM) P. NIGRESCENS (CARPOSPORIC AND TETRASPORIC) P. NOVAE-ANGLIAE (CARPOSPORIC AND ANTHERIDIAL) P. URCEOLATA (TETRA- AND CARPOSPORIC) PORPHYRA UMBILICALIS PTILOTA SERRATA RHODOCHORTON PURPUREUM RHODOMELA CONFERVOIDES (CARPOSPORIC AND TETRASPORIC) RHODYMENIA PALMATA TRAILLIELLA INTRICATA- SUBLITTORAL 30FT. CANOE BEACH ALSO EPIPHYTIC ON POLYDES)

DIVISION: XANTHOPHYCOPHYTA VAUCHERIA COMPACTA- UBIQUITOUS V. INTERMEDIA- IPSWICH V. LITOREA- VICINITY OF M.B.L. V. NASUTA- RARE, GLOUCESTER V. THURETII- EASTERN POINT GLOUCESTER, JEFFERY NECK IPSWICH BACILLARIOPHCOPHYTA (PLANKTERS OMITTED) ACHNANTHES PARVULA (DET. BY C. REIMER, EPIPHYTIC ON CLADOPHORA- LYNN HARBOR) AMPHIPLEURA RUTILANS VAR. OBTUSA (DET. BY REIMER IN TIDE POOLS- COMMON) COCCONEIS SCUTELLUM VAR.MINUTISSMA (DET. BY REIMER) C. SCUTELLUM VAR. PARVA (DET. BY REIMER) GRAMMATOPHORA OCEANICA- EPIPHYTIC ON CERAMIUM DESLONGSCHAMPII ISTHMIA NERVOSA (DET. BY REIMER)- EPIPHYTIC ON SUBLITTORAL ALGAE LICNOPHORA FLAGELLATA- SUBLITTORAL EPIPHYTA MELOSIRA SP. RHABDONEMA ARCUATUM- EPIPHYTE ON CERAMIUM DESLONGCHAMPII TABELLARIA SP.- EPILITHIC IN POOLS. ALSO ENTANGLED WITH COURSE ALGAE IN SUBLITTORAL.

MARINE FUNGI

PHYCOMYCETES CYTRIDS ON DECAYING CODIOLUM

ASCOMYCETES LEPTOSPHAERIA DISCORS (IN OLD SPARTINA) LEPTOSPHAERIA SP.

LULWORTHIA OPACA \ ENDOPHYTIC, PHYCOMELIANA LAMINARIAE /

REMISPORA SP. \ IN MARSH GRASS- SUMMER ST. SPHAERULINA PEDICELLATA /

SPORES OF PLEOSPORA SP. – SUMMER ST. SEE NEW ENGLAND MARINE FUNGO PAPERS (WEBBER; KOHLMEYER) IN LIBRARY

FUNGI IMPERFECTI (FROM LAB TANKS) CLADOSPORIUM SP. \ (DET. BY KOHLMEYER) ALTENARIA SP. /

MARINE FISH; NAHANT BAY AND BROAD SOUND

ACIPENSERIDAE - STURGEONS ACIPENSER OXYRHYNCHUS MITCHILL- SEA STURGEON. TWO (745 AND 790 MM TL) TAKEN IN GILL NET OFF NAHANT IN EARLY SUMMER ’76.

AGONIDAE – POACHERS ASPIDOPHOROIDES MONOTERYGIUS (BLOCH) – ALLIGATORFISH. REPORTED FROM OFF NAHANT BY BIGELOW AND SCHROEDER (1953:458)

ALOPIIDEA – THRESHER SHARK ALOPIAS VULPINUS (BONNATERRE)- THRESHER SHARK. JUVENILE FEMALE (MCZ 486, 118CM TL) WAS TAKEN AT NAHANT BY L. AGASSIZ

AMMODYTIDAE – SAND LANCES AMMODYTES AMERICANUS DEKAY- AMERICAN SAND LANCE. TAKEN IN TIDE POOLS OCCASIONALLY; COMMONLY SEEN IN SCHOOLS OVER THE SAND AND BURROWING INTO SAND ALONG CANOE BEACH

ANARHICHADIDAE - WOLFFISHES ANARHICHAS LUPUS LINNAEUS- NORTHERN WOLFFISH. REPORTED FROM DEEPER ROCKY SPOTS NEAR NAHANT BY BIGELOW & SCHROEDER (1953;506) TWO SPECIMENS (MCZ 12483, 12501) WERE COLLECTED AT NAHANT BY LOUIS AGASSIZ.

ANGUILLIDAE – FRESHWATER ANGUILLA ROSTRATA (LESEUR) – AMERICAN . JUVENILES IN TIDE POOLS. ADULT CAUGHT OFF CANOE BEACH, AUG.’75. REPORTED FROM LYNN-SAUGUS HARBOR BY CHESMORE ET AL.

ATHERINIDAE – SILVERSIDES MENIDIA MENIDIA (LINNAEUS) – ATLANTIC SILVERSIDE FEW JUVENILES (15MM SL) SEEN NEAR SHORE AUG. ’67 AND ’72. LARGE NUMBERS OF JUVENILES TO ADULTS TAKEN AT LOW TIDE BEHIND PHARMACY, AUG ’78.

MENIDIA BERYLLINA (COPE) – TIDEWATER SILVERSIDE. SEINED IN BEAR POND ON THE GOLF COURSE, NAHANT AUG. ’80. NORTHERN LIMIT OF RANGE.

BOTHIDAE – LEFT EYE FLOUNDERS SCOPTHALMUS AQUOSUS (MITCILL)- WINDOWPANE. ONE TAKEN BY HAND OF MARGINAL RD., AUG. ’77 AND 10 TAKEN (200-320MM SL) BY TRAWL AROUND NAHANT, SEPT. ’77.

CARANGIDAE – JACKS CARANX HIPPOS (LINNAEUS) – CREVALLE JACK. ONE SPECIMEN WAS PICKED UP ON LYNN BEACH DURRING SUMMER OF 1847 ACCORDING TO BIGELOW AND SHCROEDER (1953:376).

CARCHARHINIDAE – REQUIEM SHARKS PRIONACE GLAUCA (LINNEAUS) – BLUE SHARK. 8FT MALE TAKEN BEHIND LYNNWAY MARINA IN ’79.

CLUPEIDAE – HERRINGS BREVOORTIA TYRANNUS (LATROBE) – ATLANTIC MENHADEN. THREE 17MM JUVENILES TAKEN ON BEACH, AUG. ’72. ADULTS FOUND DEAD ON BEACH, SUMMER ’73. DRIVEN ON BEACH BY BLUEFISH SPRING ’75. LARGE SCHOOLS DRIVEN ONTO CANOE BEACH BY BLUEFISH AUG. 29, 1978. ALSO TAKEN BY LOUIS AGASSIZ IN 1860’S.

CLUPEA HARENGUS LINNAEUS – ATLANTIC HERRING. SEVERAL SPECIMENS (MCZ 2374, 17646, 25246) TAKEN BY L. AGASSIZ AT NAHANT IN 1862. RECENTLY REPORTED FROM LYNN-SAUGUS HARBOR BY CHESMORE ET AL. (1972:17).

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS (WILSON) – ALEWIFE. SEVERAL SPECIMENS (MCZ 2373, 17822) COLLECTED AT NAHANT BY L. AGASSIZ IN 1862. RECENTLY REPORTED FROM LYNN-SAUGUS HARBOR BY CHESMORE ET AL. (1972:17).

ALOSA AESTIVALIS (MITCHILL) – BLUE HERRING. LISTED HERE ON THE BASIS OF THE REPORT FROM LYNN-SAUGUS HARBOR BY CHESMORE ET AL. (1972:17).

CONGRIDAE – CONGER EELS CONGER OCEANICUS (MITCHILL)- CONGER EELS BAND-LIKE LOPTOCEPHALUS LARVAE HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM NAHANT MORE THEN A CENTURY AGO (BIGELOW & SCHROEDER, 1953: 156-157 COTTIDAE – SCULPINS MYOXOCEPHALUS OCTODECEMSPINOSUS (MITCHILL) – LONGHORN SCULPIN. COMMON ON OPEN SAND BELOW TIDAL ZONE AT 3-15M.

MYOXOCEPHALUS AENAEUS (MITCHILL) - GRUBBY OR LITTLE SCULPIN. ABUNDANT IN TIDE POOLS AND AROUND ROCKS AT DEPTHS TO 10M.

CRYPTACANTHODIDAE – WRYMOUTHS CRYPTACANTHODES MACULATUS STORER- WRYMOUTH. REPORTED FROM SWAMPSCOTT AND NAHANT BAY. BIGELOW & SCHROEDER (1953:502) THERE ARE TWO SPECIMENS AT THE MCZ (MCZ 12655, 560 AND 740MM SL).

CYCLOPTERIDAE – LUMPFISHES AND LIPARIS ATLANTICUS (JORDAN AND EVERMANN)- SEA SNAIL. FOUND IN LARGE TIDE POOLS AND TAKEN IN ALGAE WITH POISON AND SLURP TUBE. ALSO TAKEN BY LOUIS AGASSIZ IN 1861 (MCZ 12944).

LIPARIS COHENI ABLE. ONE SPECIMEN TAKEN WITH BOLTENIA IN ABOUT 20M OF WATER OFF CANOE BEACH ON AUG. 22, 1978.

CYCLOPTERUS LUMPUS LINNAEUS – LUMPFISH. JUVENILES TAKEN ON SEAWEED. ADULTS ARE FAIRLY COMMIN INSHORE AT NAHANT IN THE SPRING.

CYPRINODONTIDAE – KILLIFISHES FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS (LINNEAUS) – MUMMICHOG. COMMON IN TIDE POOLS AND OVER GRASS FLATS.

GADIDAE – CODFISHES, MOSTLY TAKEN WITH HOOK AND LINE OFF EAST POINT POLLACHIUS VIRENS (LINNAEUS) – POLLOCK. COMMON A FEW FEET OVER THE BOTTOM. SEVERAL MCZ COLLECTIONS MADE BY LOUIS AGASSIZ 1857-1863.

GADUS MORHUA LINNAEUS – ATLANTIC . TAKEN CLOSE TO SHORE BY HOOK AND LINE. ALSO TAKEN BY LOUIS AGASSIZ IN THE 1860’S.

MICROSGADUS TOMCOD. (WALBAUM) – ATLANTIC TOMCOD. POISONED NEAR SHORE IN 1968 & 1969. SEVERAL MCZ SPECIMENS (MCZ 12321, 24061-2) TAKEN BY LOUIS AGASSIZ 1858-1863.

UROPHYCIS CHUSS (WALBAUM) – RED OR SQUIRREL HAKE. TAKEN WITH OTTER TRAWL AT 15M IN BEDS OF SEAWEED WEST OF NAHANT AUG. 1973. REPORTED FROM LYNN-SAUGUS HARBOR BY CHESMORE ET AL. (1972:17).

UROPHYCIS TENNIS (MITCHILL) – WHITE HAKE. ONE SPECIMEN (107MM SL) TRAWLED OFF LITTLE NAHANT BEACH, AUG. 20, 1981.

ENCHELYOPUS CIMBRIUS (LINNAEUS) – FOUR-BEARDED ROCKLING. JUVENILE FOUND IN SHALLOW SANDY POOL- SHORT BEACH, AUG. 1973 AND ALSO COLLECTED BY LOUSI AGASSIZ IN 1860’S (MCZ 12347, 21 SPECIMENS, 10- 22MM SL).

GASTEROSTEIDAE – STICKLEBACKS GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS (LINNEAUS) – THREE-SPINE STICKLEBACK. THE MOST COMMON TIDE POOL STICKLEBACK AT NAHANT. ALSO COMMON IN EEL GRASS AT LOW TIDE BEHIND PHARMACY. SEVERAL COLLECTIONS MADE BY LOUIS AGASSIZ IN THE 1860’S.

GASTEROSTEUS WHEATLANDI (PUTNAM)- BLACK- SPOTTED STICKLEBACK. HIGH TIDE POOLS. DESCRIBED FROM A SPECIMEN COLLECTED BY RICHARD A. WHEATLAND AT NAHANT ON APRIL 15, 1859. ONE TAKEN WITH A LARGE COLLECTION OF G. ACULEATUS ON THE SAND FLATS BEHIND THE PHARMACY, AUG. 1978.

PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS (LINNEAUS) – NINE-SPINE STICKLEBACK. TAKEN IN TIDE POOLS AUG. 1968. TWO MCZ COLLECTIONS (6753, 6782) MADE BY LOUIS AGASSIZ 1853-1863.

APELTES QUADRACUS (MITCHELL)- FOUR-SPINE STICKLEBACK. TAKEN IN PATCHES OF EELGRASS AT LOW TIDE ON THE SAND FLATS BEHIND THE PHARMACY ON AUG. 24, 1978 AND SEINED IN BEAR POND. ALSO COLLECTED BY LOUIS AGASSIZ IN THE 1860’S.

LABRIDAE- WRASSES TAUTOGOLABRUS ADSPERSUS (WALBAUM) – CUNNER. MOST ABUNDANT SPECIES OF FISH AROUNS NAHANT, ESPECIALLY NEAR ROCKS. FEED PRIMARILY ON MUSSELS, BARNACLES, TUNICATES AND SMALL GREEN SEA URCHINS (CHAO, 1973).

TAUTOGA ONITIS (LINNAEUS) – TAUTOG. ADULT TAKEN BY LOUIS AGASSIZ IN THE 1880’S (MCZ 25482). ALSO TAKEN IN SWAMPSCOTT IN 1860 (MCZ 14382, 14383). AN ADULT SEEN OVER THE ROCKS OFF CANOE BEACH IN 3M OF WATER AUG. 18, 1974. LARGE ADULT CAUGHT ON HOOK AND LINE OFF PUMPHOUSE BEACH AUG. 1975.

LAMNIDAE - MACKEREL SHARKS LAMNA NASUS (BONNATERRE) - . A 37IN SPECIMEN WAS TAKEN AT NAHANT IN 1854 BY L. AGASSIZ. IT IS ILLUSTRATED IN BIGELOW & SHROEDER (1953:21, FIG. 5). A MATURE MALE ABOUT 2M LONG WAS TAKEN IN A GILL NET BY PAUL ROY OFF GRAVED LIGHT AUG. 30, 1979.

CHARCHARADON CARCHARIAS (LINNEAUS) – GREAT WHITE SHARK BIGELOW & SCHROEDER (1953:26) EXAMINED A SPECIMEN THAT WAS NETTED IN SWAMPSCOTT AND REPORTED THAT TEN WERE CAPTURED OR HARPOONED AND LOST IN BAY FROM 1935-1948.

CETORHINUS MAXIMUS (GUNNERUS) – BASKING SHARK A JUVENILE FEMALE (385SM TL) WAS TAKEN BETWEEN SWAMPSCOTT AND LITTLE NAHANT BY GORDON AND BILL NICHOLS ON AUG. 20, 1979. ANOTHER ONE TAKEN OFF NAHANT AUG. 6, 1980.

LOPHIIDAE – ANGLERFISHES LOPHIUS AMERICANUS VALENCIENNES – GOOSEFISH. ADULT (960MM TL) TAKEN AT 10M SEPT. 9, 1979. VEIL OF DEVELOPING EGGS FOUND ON LITTLE NAHANT BEACH AUG. 1971. SKULL AND JAW BONES FOUND ON PUMPHOUSE BEACH AUG. 1976.

MERLUCCIIDAE – HAKES MERLUCCIUS BILINEARIS (MITCHILL) – SILVER HAKE. HOOK AND LINE OFF EAST POINT IN JUNE AND JULY, 1980. JUVENILE TAKEN WITH TRAWL IN BROAD SOUND IN AUG. 1976.

MONOCANTHIDAE – FILEFISHES MONOCANTHUS HISPIDUS (LINNEAUS) – PLANEHEAD FILEFISH. BIGELOW & SCHROEDER (1953:523) REPORTED THAT ODD SPECIMENS OF THIS FILEFISH HAD BEEN REPORTED FROM LYNN AND NAHANT.

ODONTASPIDIDAE – SAND TIGER SHARKS ODONTASPIS TAURUS (RAFINESQUE) – SAND TIGER SHARK. A JUVENILE MALE (MCZ 402, 1070,TL) WAS COLLECTED AT NAHANT BY G.A. SHAW & A. AGASSIZ PRIOR TO 1864. BIGELOW AND SCHROEDER (1953:19) REPORTED IT FROM LYNN.

OSMERIDAE – SMELTS OSMERUS MODAX (MITCHILL) – RAINBOW SMELT. REPORTED FROM LYNN-SAUGUS HARBOR BY CHESMORE ET AL. (1972:17)

PERCICHTHYIDAE – TEMPERATE BASSES MORONE SAXATILIS (WALBAUM) – STRIPED BASS. REPORTED FROM LYNN-SAUGUS HARBOR BY CHESMORE ET AL. (1972:17)

PETROMYZONTIDAE – LAMPREYS PETROMYZON MARINUS (LINNEAUS) – SEA LAMPREY. ONE ADULT TAKEN SIN SWAMPSCOTT IN 1869 (MCZ 41007).

PHOLIDAE – GUNNELS GUNNELLUS (LINNEAUS) – . COMMON UNDER ROCKS ALONG SHORE AND IN TIDE POOLS, TAKEN WITH POISON. SEVERAL MCZ COLLECTIONS TAKEN BY LOUIS AGASSIZ IN EARLY 1860’S.

PLEURONECTIDAE – RIGHTEYE FLOUNDERS PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS (WALBAUM) – WINTER FLOUNDER. COMMON OVER SANDY BOTTOM ON BOTH BEACHES TO AT LEAST 20M. SEVERAL MCZ COLLERCTIONS MADE BY LOUIS AGASSIZ 1858-1863.

LIMANDA FERRUNDINEA (STORER) – YELLOWTAIL FLOUNDER. FOUND IN DEEPER WATER THAN PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS, 20-25M IN NAHANT BAY WITH OTTER TRAWL AUG. 1973. ALSO TAKEN BY LOUIS AGASSIZ IN THE 1860’S (MCZ 25483).

POMATOMIDAE – BLUEFISH POMATOMUS SALTATRIX (LINNEAUS) – BLUEFISH. SCHOOLS NEAR SHORE ALONG SHORT BEACH AUG. 1973; A 640MM SPECIMEN WASHED ONSHORE ON BEACH. ADULTS DROVE MENHADEN ONTO SHORE IN SPRING 1975 AND AUG. 29, 1978 WHEN 15 WERE TAKEN ON HOOK AND LINE.

RAJIDAE – SKATES RAJA ERINACEA (MITCHILL) – LITTLE SKATE. ONE FOUND STRANDED ON LITTLE NAHANT BEACH AUG. 1971. SEVERAL TAKEN BY HAND WHILE SCUBA DIVING AUG. 1977. SEVERAL COLLECTED BY LOUIS AGASSIZ IN 1860’S.

RAJA RADIATA (DONOVAN) – THORNY SKATE. SEVERAL SPECIMENS WERE TAKEN AT NAHANT BY L. AGASSIZ IN 1862-66. THESE SPECIMENS SERVED AS THE TYPED FOR RAJA SCABRATA GARMAN WHICH IS A JUNIOR SYNONYM OF R. RADIATA. NO RECENT RECORDS.

RAJA OCELLATA (MITCHILL) – WINTER SKATE. NINE SPECIMENS (545-880MM TL) WERE TAKEN BY L. AGASSIZ AT NAHANT IN 1862. REPORTED FROM LYNN-SAUGUS HARBOR, 1968-1969 BY CHESMORE ET AL. (1972:17)

RAJA LAEVIS (MITCHILL) – BARNDOOR SKATE. SEVERAL SPECIMENS WERE COLLECTED BY L. AGASSIZ IN 1862 AT NAHANT, OF WHICH ONE FEMALE (122CM TL) IS STILL EXTANT (MCZ 1138). NO RECENT RECORDS.

SCIAENIDAE – DRUMS CYNOSCION REGALIS (BLOCH AND SCHNEIDER) – WEAKFISH. ADULT TAKEN BY FISHERMAN IN JUNE 1,1974. ACCORDING TO BIGELOW AND SCHROEDER (1953:421) 369LBS. WERE LANDED AT NAHANT IN 1906.

MENTICIRRHUS SAXATILIS (BLOCH AND SCHNEIDER) - NORTHERN KINGFISH. THERE IS ONE RECORD FOR LYNN IN 1840 (BIGELOW & SCHROEDER, 1953:425).

SCOMBRIDAE – MACKERELS AND TUNAS SCOMBER SCOMBRUS (LINNEAUS) – ATLANTIC MACKEREL. PERIODICALLY COMMON NEAR SHORE. TAKEN WITH HOOK AND LINE. ONE JUVENILE TAKEN WITH SEINE ON CANOE BEACH AUG. 29, 1978.

SARDA SARDA (BLOCH) – ATLANTIC BONITO. ONE (257MM FORK LENGTH, MCZ 17080) TAKEN BY LOUIS AGASSIZ AT NAHANT IN 1883.

SCOMBEROMORUS MACULATUS (MITCHILL) – SPANISH MACHEREL. THERE IS ONE RECORD FROM LYNN ACCORDING TO BIGELOW AND SCHROEDER (1953:346).

SERRANIDAE – SEA BASS CENTROPRISTIS STRIATA (LINNEAUS) – BLACK SEA BASS. TAKEN WITH HOOK AND LINE AND IN LOBSTER TRAPS, SUMMER 1973. ONE COLLECTED DURING A NIGHT DIVE OFF CANOE BEACH JUNE 1983.

SOLEIDAE – SOLES TRINECTES MACULATUS (BLOCH AND SCHNEIDER) – HOGCHOKER. BIGELOW AND SCHROEDER (1953:297) REPORTED ONE TAKEN AT NAHANT IN 1850.

SPHYRNIDAE – HAMMERHEAD SHARKS SPHYRNA ZYGAENA (LINNEAUS) – SMOOTH HAMMERHEAD. A JUVELINE FEMALE (MCZ 1159, 685MM TL) WAS TAKEN AT NAHANT BY L. AGASSIZ. THIS SPECIMEN WAS FIGURED BY BIGELOW AND SCHROEDER (1953:45, FIG. 16).

SQUALIDAE – DOGFISH SHARKS SQUALUS ACANTHIAS (LINNEAUS) – SPINY DOGFISH SHARK. A FEMALE TAKEN WITH HOOK AND LINE IN AUG. 1967 HAD 6 PUPS (203-212MM TL). ALSO COLLECTED BY L. AGASSIZ AT NAHANT.

STICHAEIDAE – PRICKLEBACKS ULVARIA SUBBIFURCATA (STORER) - RADIATED SHANNY. IN POOLS AND UNDER ROCKS DOWN TO 10M. TAKEN WITH POISON. NAHANT IS THE TYPE- LOCALITY OF THIS SPECIES.

STICHAEUS PUCTATUS (FABRICIUS) – ARCTIC SHANNY. ONE JUVENILE TAKEN WITH POISON IN 1968 (COLLETTE AND MACPHEE, 1969), SOUTHERN-MOST RECORD OF THIS CIRCUMPOLAR SPECIES.

SYNGNATHIDAE - PIPEFISH AND SEAHORSES SYNGNATHUS FUSCUS (STORER) NORTHERN PIPEFISH. JUVENILE TAKING IN PLANKTON TOW, EARLY FALL 1970. ADULT POISONED IN TIDE POOL BY CLASS AUG. 1972. JUVENILE DIP-NETTED IN TIDE POOL AUG. 1973 AND 1979. ADULTS TAKEN AT THE SURFACE AND AT THE BOTTOM AUG. 1974,1975 AND 1976. TWO MCZ SPECIMENS (11741-2) TAKEN BY LOUIS AGASSIZ IN 1862-1863.

HIPPOCAMPUS ERECTUS (PERRY) – LINED SEAHORSE. ONE ADULT (ABOUT 75MM TL) TAKEN WITH ITS TAIL WRAPPED AROUND THE LINE OF A LOBSTER TRAP IN 20M OFF EAST POINT SEPT. 21, 1976.

TETRAODONTIDAE – PUFFERS SPHAEROIDES MACULATUS (BLOCK AND SCHNEIDER) – NORTHERN PUFFER. AN 88MM SPECIMEN WAS DROPPED BY A GULL NEAR LOWELL’S BEACH, OCT. 1980.

TRIGLIDAE – SEA ROBINS PRIONOTUS CAROLINUS (LINNEAUS) – NORTHERN SEA ROBIN. ONE TAKEN NEAR NAHANT BY A FISHERMAN IN NOV. 1970 AND ANOTHER AT THE SHAGS IN MAY 1979. ALSO COLLECTED BY AGASSIZ OFF NAHANT.

ZOARCIDAE – EELPOUTS MACROZOARCES AMERICANUS (BLOCH AND SCHNEIDER) – OCEAN POUT. NOT UNCOMMON IN THE ROCKY AREAS 10M OR DEEPER. ONE TAKEN WITH HOOK AND LINE OFF EAST POINT. TAKEN IN LOBSTER TRAP NEAR NAHANT, JUNE 1973. ONE TAKEN BY HAND AUG. 1974. SEVERAL TAKEN BY LOUIS AGASSIZ.

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ORIGINAL LIST PREPARED BY: BRUCE B. COLLETTE; JULY, 1983 MARINE SCIENCE & MARITIME STUDIES CENTER NAHANT, MA 01908