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',:j SARSIIDAE. I 1. SARSIA MIRABILIS L. Agassiz. ! i L. Agassiz, Mem. Amer. acad. arts and sci., 1850, new ser., vol. 4, p. 228, pis. 4, 5. "BosTON HARBOUR." !1 Coryne mirabilis L. Agassiz, Contr. nat. hist. U. S., 1860, vol. 3, ! pl. lie, figs. 14,' 15; ibid., 1862, vol. 4, p. 185, pl. 20, fig. 1-9; pl. I 23a, fig. 12. I New England coast. ! ME.- Eastport region, Penobscot bay. N. H.-Portsmouth. 1\if.Ass.- Gloucester, _Nahant, Boston, Cohasset, Woods Hole I region. R. I.-Newport. I! I Probably the same as the European S. tubulosa Allman. :j 2. SARSIA RETICULATA- (A.~ Agassiz) Hartlaub. Syndictyon reticulatum A. Agassiz, in L. Agassiz, Contr. nat. hist. I T..:. S., 1862, vol. 4, p. 340, footnote. "NAHANT, NEAR BosTON." .\. Agassiz, Mem. Mus. comp. zoi:il., 1865, vol. 1, no. 2, p.177, fig. 290-300. II, / Sarsia mirabilis var. reticulata Mayer, Puhl. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. 109, vol. 1, p. 57, pl. 4, figs. 3, 4; pl. 5, fig. 6. New England coast, April to June. I l\iA.ss.- Massachusetts Bay, Nahant, Boston Harbor. l )fay be a variety of S. mirabilis'. 3. S.-1.RSIA HARGITTI Mayer. CorlJne producta Hargitt, Amer. nat., 1902, vol. 36, p. 551, fig. 3. [\\'orms HOLE, MASS.]
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i Syncoryne producta Hargitt, Bull. U. S. bureau of fisheries, 1905, 7. CoRYNITIS AGASSIZII McCrady. ;f vol. 24, p. 30, pl. 1, fig. 1. [Non Sar&ia producta (Wright) Mayer.] McCrady, Proc. Elliott soc: nat. hist., 1857, vol. 1, p. 132, pl. 9, -Sarsia hargitti Mayer, Publ. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. 109, vol. 1, fig. 3-8. [CHARLESTON HARBOR, SOUTH CAROLINA.] Mayer, Publ. · l p. 63. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. 109, vol. 1, p. 72, pl. 5, fig. 2. i \ 'i J'v1A.ss.- Woods Hole. A southern species not known north of Cape Cod. l I MAss.-Woods Hole. l' 4. SARSIA HAECKEL! (Hargitt). 8. PENNARIA TIARELLA (Ayres) McCrady. Protiara haeckeli Hargitt, Biol. bull., 1902, vol. 4, p: 17, fig. 4. 1 "NEAR No·MANs LAND, [MAss.]." Globiceps tiarella Ayres, Proc. Boston soc. nat. hist., 1852, :vol. 4, p. 193. "SAG HARBOR, L[oNG] I[sLANn, ~Ew YoRK]." MAss.- "Off Gay Head and No Mans Land, Vineyard. Sound" I! Pennaria tiarella' Hargitt, Bull. U. S. bureau of fisheries, 1905, l (Hargitt). vol. 24, p. 32, pl. 3. Mayer, :Puhl. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. 1()9, !f Known from only one record. This species may prove to' be n vol. 1, p. 25, pl. 1, fig. 2-5. · i identical with Protiara borealis (Wagner) Mayer. West Indies to Maine.
5., SLABBERIA STRANGULATA (McCra_dy) Hartlaub. l\fa. 1\1Ass.- Massachusetts Bay, Woods Hole; Buzzards Ba;y. Dipurena strangulata McCrady, Proc. Elliott . soc. riat. hist., R. I.-Newport. 1857, vol. 1, p. 135, pl. 9, figs. 1, 2. [CHARLESTON liARB9R, SOUTH CAROLINA.] 9. STEENSTRUPIA VIRGULATA (A. Agassiz) Mayer. Dipurena conica A. Agassiz, Mem. Mus. comp. zool., 1865, vol. 1, Euphysa virgulata A. Agasiiz, Mem.• Mus. comp. zool., 1865, no. 2, p. 181, fig. 301:..305, . . Slabberia strangulata. Mayer, Publ. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. 109, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 189, fig., 316--319. · "MASSACHUSETTS BAY, NA HANT." vol. 1, p. 76, pl. 7, fig. 1-3. A southern species not known north of Cape Cod. :.lAss.-Massachusetts Bay, Woods Hole. Probably the same as the European S. aurata Forbes. MAss.- Naushon, Buzzards Bay, Woods Hole. R. I.- Newport (Fewkes). 10. HYBOCODON PENDULA (L. Agassiz) Haeckel. "
6. HYDRICHTHYS MIRUS Fewkes. Corymorpha pend,ula L. Agassiz, Contr. nat. hist. U. S., 1862, YO!. 4, pp. 276, 343, pl. 26, fig. 7-17. "MASSACHUSETTS BAY.''. Fewkes, Bull. Mus. comp. zool., 1888, vol. 13, p. 224, pls. 4, 5. llybocodon pendula Mayer, Puhl. Carnegie inst., 1910; n:o. 109, "SURFACE FISHING CARRIED ON AT THE NEWPORT MARINE LABO vol. 1, p. 41, pl. 2, fig. 2. · · · · · ·' RATORY." :\IE.- Eastport, 5 to 20 fathoms (hydroid); Kittery. 11 R. I.-Newport. ~- H.- Portsmouth.
', i MEDUSAE CRASPEDOTAE. 7 6 FA""GKA OF .NEW EKGLA.ND. 14. ZANCLE_~ CLADOPHORA (A. Agassiz) Hartlaub. l\iA.ss.- Nahant, Race Point, Chatham, Viney:ird Sound, 10 to 100 fathoms (hydroid). Medusa, April and May. Gemmaria• cladophora A. Agassiz, Mem. Mus. comp. zool., 1865, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 184, fig. 307-310. "MAssACHUSETTS BAY, NA 11. HYBOCODON PROLIFER L. Agassiz. HANT." L. Agassiz, Contr. Iiat. hist. U. S., 1862, vol. 4, pp. 243, 343, pl. 1\iA.ss.- Massachusetts Bay, Woods Hole. 23a, figs. 10, 11; pl. 25. "NAHANT." R. I.-Newport. Boreal, widely distributed in the North Atlantic. CYTAEIDAE. MAss.- Massachusetts Bay, Nahant, Woods Hole, Vineyard Sound. 15. PoDOCORYNA CARNEA M. Sars. Georges Bank. M. Sars, Fauna littoralis Norvegiae, 1846, pt. 1, p. 4, pl. 1, fig. 7-18. "BEi FLOROE UND MANGER." 12. ECToPLEURA ocHRACEA A. Agassiz. Podocoryn~ carnea Mayer, Puhl. Carnegre inst., 1910, no. 109, A. Agassiz, in L. Agassiz, Contr. nat. hist. U. S., 1862, voi. 4, vol. 1, p. 136, pl.14, fig. 2--6; pl. 15, fig. 14; p. 138, fig. 74. p. 343, footnote. "NAUSHON, BuzzARD's BAY." Atlantic coasts of Europe, the Mediterranean and South Africa. Ectopleura dumortieri Mayer, Puhl. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. 109, The American records are limited to southern New England, in late vol. 1, p. 69, pl. 5, figs. 4, 5; pl. 6, figs. 1, 1', 2. summer. Cape Cod southward, summer and autumn. Not known from MAss.- Woods Hole region. north of Cape Cod. R. I.-Newport. ·MAss.- Naushon, Woods Hole, Buzzards Bay. R. I.-Newport. 16. PonocoRYNA FULGURANS (A. Agassiz) Mayer. Probably the same as the European E. dumortieri. Dysrnorphosa fulgurans A. Agassiz, Mem. Mus. comp. zool., 1865, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 163, figs. 259, 260. "MASSACHUSETTS BAY, CLADONEMIDAE. NAHANT .... BUZZARD'S BAY, NAUSHON." Mayer, Puhl. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. 109, 13. ZANCLEA GEMMOSA McCrady. I'odocoryne fulgurans vol. 1, p. 139, pl. 12, fig. 5--9; pl. 13, fig. 3-5. t McCrady, Proc. Elliott soc. nat. hist., 1857, vol. 1, p. 151, pl. 8, North Carolina to southern New England. figs. 4, 5. [CHARLESTON HARBOR, SoUTH CAROLINA.} Mayer, i Puhl. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. 109, vol. 1, p. 88, pl. 6, fig. 7; pl. 7, J\L.\ss.- Massachusetts Bay, Vineyard Sound, Woods Hole ! 1region. fig. 5; pl. 8, figs. 4, 5. A south~rn species unknown north of Cape Cod. West Indies to R. I.- Newport, abundant in late summer in Narragansett Bay. southern New England. 17. Ll'11INOREA BOREALIS Mayer. MAss.-Buzzards Bay, Naushon, Woods Hole. R. I.-Newport, common in late summer. · l\Iayer, Bull. Mus. comp. zool., 1900, vol. 37, p. 6, pl. 5, fig. 16-18.
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"EASTPORT HARBOR, MAINE." Mayer, Puhl. Carnegie inst., 1910, 21. BouGAINVILLIA GIBBS! Mayer. no.109, vol.1, p.154, pl. 15, fig. 1-3. Mayer, Bull. Mus. comp. zool., 1900, vol. 37, p. 5, pl. 4, figs. 14 ME.- Eastport. 15. "NEWPORT HARBOR, RHODE lsLA~'l>." R. I.- Newport. 18. TuRRITOPSIS NUTRICULA (McCrady). Probably the same as the European B. autumnalis Hartlaub. Oceania (Turritopsis) nutricula McCrady, Proc. Elliott soc. nat. hist., 1856, vol. 1, pp. 55, 58, pls. 4, 5. [CHARLESTON HARBOR, 22. BoUGAINVILLIA CAROLINENSIS (McCrady) Allman.! SOUTH CAROLINA.] Turritopsis nutricula Brooks, Mem. Boston soc. nat. hist., 1886, Hippocrene carolinensis McCrady, Proc. Elliott soc. nat. hist., vol. 3, p. 388, pl. 37. Mayer, Puhl. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. 109, 1857, vol. 1, p. 164, pl. 10, fig. 8-10. [CHARLESTON HARBOR, I vol. 1, p. 143, pl. 14, fig. 10-13; pl. 15, fii. 10-13. SOUTH CAROLINA.] . : Various localities from Cuba and the 'Bahamas to southern New Bougainmllia carolinensis Mayer, Puhl. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. i l England; not known north of Cape Cod. 109, vol. 1, p. 165, pl. 16, fig. 7.:_9; pl. 17, fig. 7. · A southern species known from the Tortugas, South Carolina, MAss.- Woods Hole, Vineyard Sound, Naushon, Buzzards Bay. and southern New England; rare north of Cape Cod. · R. I.-Newport. ME.-Casco Bay. 19. fflLACTIS HOOPER! Sige:rfoos. MAss.- Woods Hole region, Vineyard Sound, Naushon. R. I.-Newport. Sigerfoos, Amer. nat., 1899, vol. 33, p. 806, fig. 1-5. "COLD SPRING lIARBoR,.LoNG lsLAND, [NEW YORK]." 23. NEMOPS~ BACHE! L. Agassiz. MAss.-Woods Hole. L. Agassiz; Mem. Amer. acad. arts and sci., 1850, new ser., vol. 4, p. 289, text-fig. "IN THE HARBOUR OF NANTUCKET.'' ·· · ' · BQUGAINVILLIIDAE. Numerous localities, Fforida to, southern New England. Not 20. BouGAINVILLIA SUPERCILIARIS (L. Agassiz). known north of Cape Cod. i Hippocrene superciliaris L. Agassiz, Mem. Amer. acad. arts and l\fAss.- Nantucket, Vineyard Sound, Naushon, Woods Hole. I' sci., 1850, new ser., vol. 4, p. 273, pl. 1-3. "MASSACHUSETTS." I Boreal, widely distributed in North Atlantic and Arctic waters. 24. RATHKE.\ BLU7'1ENBACH1I (Rathke) Bran~t. The medus.a appears in Apri~ south of Cape Cod; north of that Oceania blumenbachii Rathke, Mem. Acad. sci. St. Petersbourg, :I. point in summer. rnem. des sav. etrang., 1835, vol. 2, p. 321, pl. 1, fig. 1-4. "SEVAS ME.- Eastport. TOPOL." .l.l~t :. ~- Rathkea octopunctata and var. grata Mayer, Puhl. Carnegie inst., ' . MAss.-Massachusetts Bay, Woods Hole region, Vineyard l •: Sound. 1910, no. 109, vol. 1, pp. 177, 179, pl. 18, fig. 5; pl. 20, fig. 11. i ' R. I.- Newport. Widely distributed in the North Atlantic, and in the Labrador !~ !t current...... , 1,~! . I . !~ / J> j·' ! 11 10 , FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. MEDUSAE CRASPEDOTAE.
Jv1Ass.-Massachusetts Bay (February to June), Woods Hole 28. CATABLEMA VESICARIA (A. Agassiz) Haeckel. region (April to August). Turris vesicaria A. Agassiz, Proc. Boston soc. nat. hist., 1862, R. I.-Newport (February to June). vol 9, p. 97. "NAHANT, [MASSACHUSETTS]." A. Agassiz, Mem. Mus. comp. zool., 1865, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 164, fig. 261-268. AMPHI.t'\TEMIDAE. Catablema vesicaria Bigelow, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., 1909, vol. 37, · \ 25. AMPfilNEMA APICATA (McCrady) Haeckel. p. 304, pl. 30, figs. 3, 4; pl. 31, fig. 6. Catablema vesicarium Hartlaub, Nordisches plankton, 1914, Saphenia apicata McCrady; Proc. Elliott soc. nat. hist., 1857, pt. 17, no. 12, p. 315, fig. 263-267. vol. 1, p. 129,, pl. 8, figs. 2, 3. [CHARLESTON HARBOR, SouTH An Arctic~pecies seldom taken south of Capp Cod. CAROLINA.] Stomotoca dinema [American Medusa], Mayer, Puhl. Carnegie ME.- Eastport. inst.• 1910, no. 109, vol. 1, p. 110, pl. 9, fig. 8-10; pl. 10, fig. 2-4. MAss.- Nahant. A southern sptcies not known north of Cape Cod. R. !.-Newport (young). R. I.- Newport, July 15 to September. !' Probably the same as the European A. dinema (Peron and WILLIIDAE. ·Lesueur) Browne. 29. PROBOSCIDACTYLA ORNATA (McCrady) Browne. 26. AMPfilNEMA RUGOSA (Mayer) Bigelow. Willsia ornata McCrady, Proc. Elliott soc. nat. hist., 1857, vol. 1, Stomotoca rugosa Mayer, Bull. Mus. comp. zool., 1900, vol. 37, p. 149, pl. 9, fig. 9-11. [CHARLESTON HARBOR, SoUTH CAROLINA,] p. 4, pl. 2, fig. 5. "NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, AND •••• Willia ornata A. Agassiz, Mem. Mus. comp. zool., 1865, vol. 1, CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA." Puhl. Carnegie inst., 1910,. no .. no. 2, p. 171, fig, 274a-279. · 109, vol. 1, p. 112, pl. 10, figs. 5, 6; pl. 11, figs. 1, 2. Proboscidactyla ornata Mayer, Puhl. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. 109, Florida to southern New England. vol. 1, p. 189, pl. 20, fig. 1-10. R. I.-Newport, summer. A southern species not recorded north of Cape Cod. MAss.-Naushon, Woods Hole, Buzzards Bay. PANDEIDAE. R. I.-Newport. 27. LEUCKARTIARA OCTONA (Flemming) Hartlaub. LEPTOMEDUSAE. Geryonia octona Flemming, Edinburgh philos. journ., 1823, vol. 8, p. 299. THAUMANTIIDAE. Leuckartiara octona Hartlaub, Nordisches plankton, 1914, pt. 17, 30. MELICERTUM CAMPANULA (Fabricius) A. Agassiz. no. 12, p. 285, fig. 238-253. Widely distributed on both sides of the North Atlantic. Medusa campanula Fabricius, Fauna Groenlandica, 1780, p. 366. [WEST GREENLAND.] . ME.-Eastport region; Grand Manan. Melicertum campanula A. Agassiz, Mem. Mus. comp. zool., 1865, R. I.- Newport.
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11 MEDUS.ill CRASPEDOTAE. 13 I! FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 12 II I, 1850, new ser., vol. 4, p. 308, pl. 7. A. Agassiz, Mem. Mus. comp. ii vol. 1, no. 2, p. 130, fig. 202-214. Mayer, Puhl. Carnegie inst., zoiil., 1865, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 136, figs. 215a, 216a-219. I 1910, no. 109, vol. 2, p. 207, pl. 23, figs. 4, 5; pl. 24, fig. 5. Abundant north of Cape Cod, occasional in spring off soutl1ern Boreal; New England coast north of Cape Cod. New England. 1\1:E.- Eastport, Grand Manan, PenobscQ.t Bay, summer. ME.-Grand Manan, Eastport, summer; off Casco Bay, July. N. H.-Portsmouth, July. MA.ss.-Boston Harbor, Nahant, April to July, Cape Cod, MAss.- Massachusetts Bay, SaJem, Nahant, Cohasset (May and Vineyard Sound, Woods Hole. June), Cape Cod. Gulf of Maine; German Bank; Platt's Bank.
31. STOMOBRACHID!'-1 TENTACULATUM L. Agassiz. 35. PTYCHOGENA LACTEA. A. Agassiz. L. Agassiz, Contr. nat. hist. U.S., 1862, V(?L 4, p. 361. "MASSA A. Agassiz, Mem. Mus. comp. zool., 1865, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 137, CHUSETTS BAY, NA.HA.NT." A. Agassiz, Mem. Mus. comp. zool., fig. 220-224. "MAssACHUSETTS BAY, NA.HA.NT." 1865, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 98, fig. 140-142. A boreal species not known south of Cape Cod. MA.ss.- Nahant. Not recorded since 1865. MAss.- Nahant. 32. 0RCHISTOMA. TENTACULATA Mayer. MITROCOMIDAE. Mayer, Bull. Mus. comp. zool., 1900, vol. 37, p. 8, pl. 5, fig. 19. '- "NEWPORT, RHoDE IsLAND." 36. fuLOPSIS OCELLATA A. Agassiz.
R. L- Newport. A. Agassiz, Proc. Boston soc. nat. hist., 1863, vol. 9, p. 220. "NAHANT." Mem. Mus. comp. zool., 1865, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 99, 3~. LAOJ?ICEA. CA.LCA.RATA A. Agassiz. fig. 143-150. A. Agassiz, in L. Agassiz, Contr; nat. hist. U. S., 1862, vol. 4, Not recorded south of Cape Cod. p. 350, footnote. "NAUSHON, BuzzA.RD's BAY," ME.- Grand Manan. Lafoea calcarata A. Agassiz, Mem. Mus. comp. zool., 1865, vol. 1, MA.ss.- Massachusetts Bay, Nahant. - no. 2, p. 122, fig. 184-194. Gulf of Maine; off Casco Bay. Atlantic coast of the United States, south of Cape Cod. \ MAss.-Naushon, Vineyard Sound, Woods Hole, suIDIDer. 37. T1AROPSIS DIA.DEMA.TA L. Agassiz. Probably the same as the European L. cruciata. L. Agassiz, Mem. Amer. acad. arts and sci., 1850, new ser., vol. 4, p. 298, pl. 6, fig. 1-18; pl. 8, fig. 11. "ALONG THE WHARVES OF 34. STAUROPHORA MERTENSII Brandt. BOSTON HARBOUR." L. Agassiz, Contr. nat. hist. U. S., 1862, vol. 4, Brandt, Mem. Acad. sci. St. Petersbourg, 1838, ser. 6, sci. math. p. 308, pl. 31, fig. 9-15. phys. et nat., vol. 4, pt. 2, sci. nat., p. 400, pls. 24, 25. "NoRD Boreal, common on the northern New England coast March to FOLKSUNDE." May; occasional south of Cape Cod. Staurophora laciniata L. Agassiz, Mem. Amer. acad. arts and sci.,
;;l' r MEDUSAE CRASPEDOTAE. 15 14 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 41. 0BELIA LONGISSIMA (Pallas) Hincks. ME.- Eastport region, Casco Bay. Cohasset, Cape J\.1Ass.- Massachusetts Bay, Nahant, Boston, \ Sertularia longissima Pallas, Elenchus zoophytorum, 1766, p. 119. Cod, Woods Hole. "OCEANUS EUROPAEUS ..... IN MARI BELGIUM." ' Obelia longissima Hincks, British hydroid zoophytes, 1868, p. 154, :\ 38. MITROCOMA CRUCIATA (A. Agassiz) Mayer. pl. 27. Common on both sides of the North Atlantic. Halopsis cruciata A. Agassiz, Mem. Mus. comp. zoiil., 1865, vol.1, no. 2, p. 102, figs. 151, 152. "MASSACHUSETTS BAY, NAHANT.". ME.- Casco Bay. MAss.- Woods Hole, and 40 miles southeast of No Man's MAss.- Massachusetts Bay. Land. Gulf of Maine, northeast part. i Probably the same as the European M. annae Haeckel. 42. 0BELIA GELATINOSA (Pallas) Hincks. I ,, l Sertularia gelatinosa Pallas, Elenchus zo~phytorum; 1766, p. H6. EUCOPIDAE . II_ I "]\,,fARE BELGIUM ALLUEJ.'
pl. 29. 4-1. 0BELIA DICHOTOl\IA (Linne) Hincks. Rocky tide-pools on both sides of the North Atlantic. MAss.-Nahant, off Thimble Island, 4 to 5 fathoms, Woods Scrtularia dichotoma Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 812. "Ix 0CEANO." Hole.
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Obelia dichotoma Mayer, Publ. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. 109, fig. 1-3; pl. 12, figs. 1, 2. [CHARLESTON HARBOR, SouTH CARO vol. 2, p. 246, pl. 30, fig. 1-4. ' LINA.] Mayer, Puhl. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. 109, vol. 2, p. 282, Common on both sides of the North Atlantic. pl. 37, fig. 5; pl. 38, fig. 1-1". Atlantic coast of the United States between southern New Eng ~ ME.-'Eastport region, Casco Bay. land and the Tortugas. Not recorded north of Cape Cod. ,;~I MA.ss.- Massachusetts Bay, Nahant, Marthas Vineyard, Woods Hole region. 1\-'.IAss.- Naushon, Woods Hole, Buzzards Bay, Vineyard Sound. r:: R. I.-Newport. R. I.-Newport. ! I 45. CLYTIA VOLUBILIS (Ellis and Solander) Lamouroux; 48. PHIALIU1\I DUODECIMALIS (A. Agassiz) Haeckel. i Sertularia volubilis Ellis and Solander, Nat. hist. zoophytes, 1786, Eucheilota duodecimalis A. Agassiz, in L. Agassiz, Contr. nat. hist. I p. 51, pl. 4, figs. e, f, E, F. "COAST OF SussEX." U. S., 1862, vol. 4, p. 353, footnote. "NAUSHON."- A. Agassiz,· ·Clytia bicophora A. Agassiz, Mem. Mus. comp. :!I06l., 1865, vol: 1, Mem. Mus. comp. zoo!., 1865, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 75, figs. 106, 107, I no. 2, p. 78, fig. 108~111. - lOia. Mayer, Publ. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. 109, vol. 2, p. 283, I Clytia volubilis Mayer, Publ. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. 109,., vol. 2, pl. 36, fig. 6; pl. 37, figs. 1, 2. p. 262, pl. 32, fig. 1-7. A southern species not known north of Cape Cod. Widely distributed on the northern coasts of Europe and the United States. ' MASS.- Naushon, Woods Hole. R. !.-Newport. ME.- Eastport region. MA.ss.-Massachusetts _Bay, Vineyard Sound, Woods Buzzards Bay. 49. PHIALIDIUM LANGUIDUM (A. Agassiz) Haeckel. R. I.-Newport. Oceania languida A. Agassiz, in L. Agassiz, Contr. nat. hist. U.S., 1862, vol. 4, p. 353, footnote. "NAHANT AND NAUSHO~." A. 46. CLYTIA F01;'LEATA (McCrady) Mayer. Agassiz, Mem. ·Mus. comp. zool., 1865, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 70, fig.-94--- . Epenthesis folleata McCrady, Proc. Elliott soc. nat. hist., 1857, · 102. vol. 1, p. 191. "CHARLESTON HARBOR, [SOUTH CAROLINA]." l'hialidium languidumMayer, Puhl. Carnegie inst., 1910, no.109, Clytia folleata Mayer, Publ. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. 109, vol. 2, vol. 2, p. 269, pl. 33, fig. 4---8; pL 34, fig. 5. p. 264, pl. 31, figs. 9, 10; pl. 33, fig. 1-3. '} Abundant in summer on the New England coast, and in the Gulf Coast of the United States from southern New England to the of ~Iaine near land; occasional as far south as South Carolina. West Indies. Not known north ~f Cape Cod. MAss.-_Vineyard Sound,-Woods Hole, summer. R. I.-Newport, summer. ::'IL... ss.- Massachusetts Bay, Nahant, Gloucester, Cohasset, \'ineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay, Woods Hole. 47. EucHEILOTA VENTRICULA.RIS McCrady. R. !.-Newport. McCrady, Proc. Elliott soc. nat. hist., 1857, vol. 1, p. 187, pl. 11, 18 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. MEDUSAE CRASPEDOTAE. 19
50. PHIALIDIUM SIN,GULARIS (Mayer). Puhl. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. 109, vol. 2, p. 331, pl. 43, fig. 1-5; pl. ! 44, fig. 5; p. 329, fig. 189. I. Oceania singularis Mayer, Bull. Mus. comp. zool., 1900, vol. 37, New England coast, June to October. i p. 7, pl. 4, figs. 12, 13. "NEWPORT HARBOR, RHODE ISLAND:" i l\iE.- Eastport region. r R. I.- Newport. MAss.- Buzzards Bay, vVoods Hole, Naushon. R. !.-Newport. 51. TIM.A FORMOSA L. Agassiz. L. Agassiz, Contr. nat. hist. U. S., 1862, vol. 4, p. 362, footnote. 54. AEQUOREA TENUIS (A. Agassiz) Bigelow. ·"MASSACHUSETTS BAY." A. Agassiz, Mero. Mus. comp. zool., 1865, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 113, fig. 164-172. Mayer, Puhl. Carnegie Rhegmatodes tenuis A. Agassiz1 in L. Agassiz, Contr. nat. hist. inst., 1910, no. 109, vol. 2, p. 315, pl. 41, fig. 1-3. U.S., 1862, vol. 4, p.. 361, footnote. "NAUSHON, BUZZARD'S BAY." General ,on the southern New England coast in early spring; A. Agassiz, ~em. Mus. comp. zool., 1865, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 95, fig. recorded in Massachusetts Bay, March to May, and September. 136-138. Southern New England in summer and early autumn; not known MAss.- Nahant, Gloucester (winter), Cape Cod, north of Cape Cod. Sound, Woods Hole, Buzzards Bay. R. I.- Newport. l\fAss.-Woods Hole, Naushon, Buzzards Bay. ;, R. I.-Newport. I 52 .. 'Eui'IMA MIRA McCrady. 55. AEQUOREA GROENLANDICA Peron and Lesueur. McCrady, Proc. Elliott soc. nat. hist., 1857, vol. 1, p. 190, pl. 11, figs. 8, 9. [CHARLESTON HARBOR, SoUTH CAROLINA.] :Mayer, Medusa aequorea Fabricius, Fauna Groenlandica, 1780, p. 364. Publ. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. 109, vol. 2, p. 295, pl~ 39, fig. 1; pl, [WEST GREENLAND.] 40, figs. 3, 3'; p. 297, fig. 160. Aequorea groenlandiqa Peron. and Lesueur, Ann. Mus. d'hist. Coast of the United States between the West Indies and southern nat. Paris, 1809, vol. 14, p. 339. "LA MER DU GROENLAND." New England; not known north Qf Cape Cod. Zygodactyla groenlandica A. Agassiz, Mero. Mus. comp. zool., 1865, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 103, fig. 153-155 (non fig. 156). Mayet, MAss.- ·woods Hole region, Vineyard Sound, late summer. Puhl. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. 109, vol. 2, p. 335, pl. 44, fig. 1-4. R: I.-Newport. :, A northern species, known as far south as Newport, R. I., and represented by a distinct variety to North Carolina. AEQUOREIDAE. l\fa.- Eastport region. 53. AEQUOREA AEQUOREA var. ALBIDA A. Agassiz. :\lAss.- Massachusetts Bay, Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay, summer and autumn. Aequorea allJ.ida A. Agassiz, in L. Agassiz, Contr. nat. hist. U.S., R. I.- Newport. 1862, vol. 4, p. 359, footnote. "NAUSHON." A. Agassiz, Mem. Mus. comp. zool., 1865, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 110, fig. 160-162. Mayer, 20 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. MEDUSAE CRASPEDOTAE. 21
TRACHOMEDUSAE. 1-5. [MESSINA.] Vanhoffen, Wiss. ergebn. deutschen tiefsee-exp., PETASIDAE. "Valdivia," 1902, vol. 3, p. 59, pl. 10, figs. 16, 28; pl. 11, fig. 32. Tropical waters of all oceans. 56. GoNIONEMUS MURBACHII Mayer. Mayer, Sci. bull. Brooklyn inst. arts and sci., 1901, vol. l, p. 5. MASS.- Vineyard Sound, Gulf Stream south of Nantucket. "Woons HoLL, MAssACHUSETTs." Mayer, Puhl. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. 109, vol. 2, p. 343, pl. 45, fig.1-4; pl. 46, fig. 1-3. GERYONIIDAE.
MAss.-Woods Hole, Vineyard Haven, Muskeget. 60. LIRIOPE SCUTIGERA McCrady. CoNN.- Noank. McCrady, Proc. Elliott soc. nat. hist., 1857, vol. 1, p. 208. TRACHYNEMIDAE. [CHARLESTON HARBOR, SouTH CAROLINA.] Mayer, Pub!. Carnegie 57. AGLAURA HEMISTOMA Peron and Lesueur. inst., 1910, no. 109, vol. 2, p. 421, pl. 50, 'fig. 7-10; pl. 51, fig. 1; p. 422, fig. 278. · Peron and Lesueur, Ann. Mus. d'hist. nat. Paris, 1809, •vol. 14, A southern species not recorded north of Cape Cod. p. 351. "COTES DE N1cE." Haeckel, System der medusen, in Denkschr. med,:-nat. ges. Jena, 1879, vol. 1, p. 275, pl. 16, figs. 1 R. I.-Newport. (" A. nausicaa"), 2 (" A. laterna"), 3, 4. Bigelow, Mem. Mus. comp. zool., 1909, vol. 37, p. 119, pl. 2, fig. 6._ 61. LIRIOPE TETRAPHYLLA (Chamisso and Eysenhardt) Gegenbaur. Tropical; all oce~ns. Gulf Stream, 60 miles south of Marthas Vineyard. Geryonia tetraphylla Chamisso and Eysenhardt, Nova acta Acad. Leop.-Carol., 1821, vol. 10, p. 357, pl. 27, fig. 2. "IN OcEANo 58; AGLANTHA DIGITALE (Fabricius) Haeckel. INDICO." Liriope tetraphylla Bigelow, Mem. Mus. comp. zoo!., 1909, vol. Medusa digitale Fabricius, Fauna Groenlandica, 1780, p. 366, 37, p.112, pl. 3, figs. 6, 7; pl. 4, figs. 2, 3. (WEST GREENLAND.] . Tropical and subtropical regions of all oceans. Trachynema digitale A. Agassiz, Mem. Mus. comp. zool., 1865, MASS.-Gulf Stream, south of Marthas Vineyard. vol. 1, no. 2, p. 57, fig. 81-86. Aglantha digitale Mayer, Puhl. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. 109, vol. NARCOMEDUSAE. 2, p. 402, pl. 49, figs. 2, 2'. - North Atlantic north of lat. 40°. ,... SOLMARIDAE. ME.- Eastport region, summer. 62. PEGANTHA CLARA R. P. Bigelow. MAss.-Massachusetts Bay, Chatham, Nantucket, Woods Hole region, chiefly in early spring. R. P. Bigelow, Biol. bull., 1909, vol. 16, p. 80, figs. 1, 2. "NEAR Gulf of Maine. TUE BORDER OF THE GULF STREAM, OFF THE SOUTHERN COAST OF NEW ENGLAND." 59. RHOPALONEMA VELATUM Gegenbaur. l'vlAss.- Borders of Gulf Stream, south of Woods Hole. ;~- Gegenbaur, Zeitschr. wiss. zool., 1856, vol. 8, p. 251, pl. 9, fig. SIPHO~OPHORAE. 23 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND, 22 PHYSOPHORAE. AGALMIDAE. SIPHONOPHORAE. 4. AGAL~1A. ELEGA.NS (M. Sars) Fewkes.
CALYCOPHOREA. Agalmovsis elegan; M. Sars, Fauna littoralis Norvegiae, 1846, SPHAERONECTIDAE, pt. 1, p. 32, pls. 5, 6 partim. "FLOROE." Agalma elegans Fewkes, Bull. Mus. comp. zool., 1881, vol. 8, 1. SPIIA.ERONECTES TRUNCATA (Will) Schneider. p. 163, pls. 9, 10. Ersaea tmncata Will, Horae tergestinae, 1844, p. 82, pl. 2, fig. 28. Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.
lTRIEST,]Monophyes gracilis Claus, Schriften zocil. inhalts, Wien, 1874, ME.- Eastport region(?). I· i R. I.- Newport; Gulf Stream south of Newport. ~i l p. 29, pl. 4, fig. 8-14. -r Gulf of Maine, eastern part. · !1-,:f R. I.-Newport. Only eudoxids have been recorded :from New England. 5. STEPHANOMIA. CARA (A. Agassiz) Metschnikoff. N anomia cara A. Agassiz, Proc. Boston soc. nat. hist., 1863, DIPHYIDAE, vol. 9, p. 181. "NAHANT." A. Agassiz, Mem. Mus. comp. zool., 1865, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 200, fig. 331-350. _Fewkes, Bull. Mus. comp. 2. DIPHYES A.PPENDICULA.TA Eschscholtz. zo61., 1888, vol. 13, p. 213, pl. 1-3. Eschscholtz, System der Acalephen, 1829, p. 138, pl. 12, fig. 7. "Noron..1cHEN sTILLEN MEERE," Bigelow,· Mero. Mus. ,comp. l\IE.- Eastport region. zool., 1911, vol. 38, p. 248, pl. 7, figs. 5, 6; pl. 8, figs. 7, 8; pl. 9, fig. MASS.- Massachusetts Bay; off Cape Ann; off Cape Cod. R. !.-Newport. 6; pl. 10, fig. 6; pl. 11, fig. 1. Gulf of Maine, central part; Georges Bank. Warmer parts of a11 oceans. ,, ' MA.ss.- South of Marth.as Vineyard. PHYSOPHORIDAE. ~- R. I.-Newport, late summer. 6. PHYSOPHORA. HYDROSTATICA Forskal. 3. DJPIIYOPSIS DISPAR (Chamisso and Eysenhardt) Haeckel. Physsophora hydrostatica Forskal, Descriptiones animalium. ; ... Dj,phyes dispar Chamisso. and Eysenhardt, Nova acta Acajl. quae in itinere orientali observavit, post mortem edidit' Carsten Leop.-Carol., 1821, vol. 10, p. 365, pl. 33, fig. 4. "IN MA.RE PACI- Niebuhr, Hauniae, 1775, p. 119; '!cones ... .i776, pl. 33; fig; e.' No locality. Claus, Zeitschr. wiss. zool., 1860, vol. 10, p. 295- FICO A.EQmNOCTIA.US," Diphyopsis compressa Haeckel, Rep, sci. results ....H. M. S. 3.32, pl. 25-27. Challenger, 1888, Zool., vol. 28, Siphonophorae, p. 153, pls. 33, 34. Physophora borealis M. Sars, Fauna littoralis Norv~giae, 1877, A southern species; accidental on the New England coast south pt. a, p. 32, pl. 5; pl. 6, fig. 1-8. - · Oceanic. of Cape Cod. Mass.- Nantucket, and south of Marthas Vineyard; Gulf of Maine, eastern part. waters of the Gulf Stream.
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VELELLIDAE. ANTHOPHYSIDAE. 10. VELELLA VELELLA (Linne) Schneider. 7. ANTHOPHYSA FORMOSA (Fewkes) Haeckel. Medusa velella Linne, Syst. nat., ed.10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 660.· ".IN Athorybia formosa Fewkes, Bull'. Mus. comp. zool., 1882, vol. 9, PELAGO .... IN MARI MEDITERRANEO." p. 271, pl. 5, figs. 3, 4; pl. 6, fig. 7-14. "ToRTUGAS." · Velella mutica A. Agassiz, Mem. Mus. comp. zool., 1883, vol. 8, no. Anthophysaformosa Bedot, Resultats des campagnes sci. Monaco, 2, p. 2, pl. 1-6. 1904 fasc. 27, p. 5, pl. 1, fig. 4-15. · 1 A southern species not recorded north of Cape Cod . MAss.- South of Marthas Vineyard. . MAss.- Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay, Nantucket. R. I.-Newport. PHYSALIIDAE.
8. P:liYSALIA PHYSALIS (Linne) Schneider. 1SCYPHOMEDUSAE...... , Portuguese Man-o'-War. CHARYBDEIDA. CHARYBDEIDAE. Holothuria physalis Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 657. "IN PELA.GO." 1. TAMOYA °iIA.PLONEMA F. Miiller. Physalia arethusa L. Agassiz, Contr. nat. hist. U. S., 1862, vol. 4, F. Miiller, Abh. naturf. ges. Halle, 1859, vol. 5, p. 1, pl. 1; pl. 2, . "\ pp. 335, 367, pl. 35. . fig. 15-17; pl. 3, fig. 30-31. "DAS MEER VON SANTA CATHARINA A southern species often recorded from southern New England. [BRASILIENs] .... BEI DESTERRo." Mayer, Puhl. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. 109, vol. 3, p. 513, pl. 57, fig. 2-2"'. ME.- Eastport region (one record). Coasts of America between Brazil and southern New England. MAss.-Vineyard Sound and adjacent waters; Nantucket, Tuckernuck. CoNN.- Branford Harbor. · R. !.-Newport. PORPITIDAE. STAUROMEDUSAE. LUCERNARIIDAE. 9. PoRPITA UMBELLA (0. F. Miiller) Eschscholtz. 2. HALICLYSTUS AURICULA H. James-Clark. 0. F. Miiller, Beschaft. Berlin ges. naturforsch. freunde, 1776, H. James-Clark, Journ. Boston soc. nat. hist., 1863, vol. 7, p. 559. vol. 2, p. 295, pl. 9, figs. 2, 3. [EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC.] "ANTICOSTI Is.'; Smithson. contr. knowledge, 1878, vol. 23, p. Porpita linnaeana A. Agassiz, Mem. Mus. comp. zool., 188?, 13-92, pl. 1-11. vol. 8, no. 2, p. 12, pl. 7-12. ·' Common from Massachusetts Bay northward to Labrador, not A southern species, not recorded north of Cape Cod. \ known south of Cape Cod. MAss.-Vineyard Sound, Woods Hole, Nantucket. ME.- Eastport region, ]'If ilm f~, Casco Bay. R. !.-Newport. 1hss.-Massachusetts Bay, Nahant, Cohasset. j'i I
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3. HALICLYSTUS SALPI}.'X H. James-Clark. CORO NATA. H. James-Clark, Journ. Boston soc. nat. hist., 1863, vol. 7, p. 5G3. PERIPHYLLIDAE. "l\fr. DESERT Is., MAINE." Mayer, Publ. Carnegie inst., 1910, ,. 7. PERIPHYLLA HYACINTHINA Steenstrup. l no. 109, vol. 3, p. 535, pl. 56, fig. 1-4. I } Steenstrup, Acta et cat. Mus. Hafniensis, 1837. "GREENLAND." ~ ME.-Ui p H. Vanhoff en, Wiss. ergebn. deutschen tiefsee-exp., "Valdivia," 1902, MASS.- Ram. Id., Manchester. vol. 3, p. 23, pl. 2, fig. 9. Mayer, Publ. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. i/l 4. LUCERNARIA QUADRICORNIS 0. F. Muller. 109, vol. 3, pp. 545, 546, figs. 342, 343. Intermediate depths of all oceans. 0. F. Muller, Prodrom. zool. Danicae, 1776, p. 227. [CHRIS I TIAN1A, NoRWAY.] M. Sars, Fauna littoralis Norvegiae, 1846, pt. MAss.- Georges Bank. 1, p. 20, pl. 3, fig. 1-7.. H. James-Clark, Journ. Boston soc. nat. hist., 1863, vol. 7, p. 552. ,, DISCOPHORA. I Northern Europe,' Greenland to northern New England; not PELAGIIDAE. ~ recorded south of Cape Cod. ME.- Eastport region, Owl's Head, Casco Bay. 8. PELAGIA CYANELLA Peron and Lesueur. MA.ss.- Massachusetts Bay. Peron and Lesueur, Ann. Mus. d'hist. nat. Paris, 1809, vol. 14, 5. lliLIMOCYATHUS PLATYPUS H. James-Clark. p. 349. "OCEAN ATLANTIQUE SEPTENTRIONAL." L. Agassiz, Contr. nat. hist. U. S., 1860, vol. 3, pls. 12, 13, 13a; ibid., 1862, H. James-Clark, Journ. Boston soc. nat. hist., 1863, vol. 7, p. 537. vol. 4, pp. 128, 164. "CHELSEA BEACH, J\'.l:Ass." .· A southern species, occasionally taken in the Gulf Stream south One record only. of Marthas Vineyard; not recorded north of Cape Cod. J\1:Ass'.- Massachusetts Bay. MASS.- Off Marthas Vineyard. 6. HALIMocYATHUS LAGENA (0. F; Muller) Haeckel. 9. DACTYLOMETRA QUINQUECIRRHA (Desor) L. Agassiz. Holothuria lagenam referens_O. F. Muller, Prodrom. zool. Danicae, 1776, p. 232. "GR[OENLAND,] UNNERAISUK." Pelagia quinquecirrha Desor, Proc. Boston soc. nat. ·hist., 1848, Lucernaria auricula Milne-Edwards, Regne animal, zoophytes, vol. 3, p. 76. "NANTUCKET BAY." l 1849, pl. 63, 9 figs . Dactylometra quinquecirrha Mayer, Puhl. Carnegie inst., 1910, no." .;_~ Manania aurscula H. James-Clark, Journ. Boston soc. nat. hist., 109, vol. 3, p. 585, pl. 62-MA. ~ -~ 1863, vol. 7, p. 542. . Tropics to southern New England; not recorded north of Cape k'. Atlantic coasts of Europe, Greenland,and northern New England. Cod. . . ME.- Eastport. l\fass.-Buzzards Bay, Woods Hole, Nantucket. MAss.- Massachusetts Bay. R. I.- Newport. :i; l,' ·_,_,{· ! . 1,,~ I t I I SCYPHOMEDUSAE. 29 28 FAUNA OF l\TEW ENGLAND. pl. 6-9; pl. 10, :figs. 18, 22, 31, 32, 36; pl. 10a, figs. 4b, 13, 15a, 16- CYANEIDAE. 41; pl. 11-llb; pl. llc, fig. 1-13; ibid., 1862, vol. 4, pp. 10, 160. , Cosmopolitan. I . 10. CYANEA CAPILLATA (Linne) Eschscholtz. New England coast, Maine to Rhode Island, spring and summer. Medusa capillata Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 660. ME.- Eastport region, 1\111"" W It, Blue Hill Bay, Penobscot "0CEANO SEPTEN'l'RIONALI." Bay, Casco Bay, Kittery. t Cyanea capillata Mayer, Puhl. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. 109, vol. 3, N. H.- Portsmouth Harbor, Isles of Shoals. p. 596, pl. 65, figs. 3, 4. MAss.- Gloucester, Nahant, Boston Harbor, Cohasset, Marthas
( . Cyanea arctica L. Agassiz, Contr. nat. hist. U. S., 1860, vol. 3, Vineyard, Woods Hole region. pl. 3-5a; pl. 10, :fig. 1-17, 19-21, 23-30, 33-35, 37, 38; pl. 10a, R. I.-Newport. :fig. 1-4a, 5-12a, 14, 15; ibid., 1862, vol. 4, pp. 87, 162. / ME.- Eastport region, Penobscot Bay, Casco Bay, August and· RHIZOSTOMIDAE. September. N. H.- Isles of Shoals. 13. RHoPILEMA VERRILLI (Fewkes) Mayer. MAss.- Nahant, Boston, Cohasset, Cape Cod, Woods Hole Nectopilema verrilli Fewkes, Amer. journ. sci., 1887, ser. 3, vol. region. 33, p. 120, pl. 4.. "NEw fuvEN HARBOR." R. I.-Newport, spring and early summer. Rhopilema verrillii Mayer, Puhl. Carnegie inst., 1910, no. 109, vol. 3, p. 707, pl. 74, :figs. 1, l'; p. 708, :fig. 424. AURELIIDAE. Coast of the United States between North Carolina and southern · New England.· 11. Pru.cELLOPHORA ORNATA (Verrill) Haecket CoNN.- New Haven, Thimble Id.; Branford...Harbor. Callinema ornata Verrill, Amer. journ. sci., 1869, ser. 2, vol. 48, p. 117. "EASTPORT HAmloR." Fewkes, Bull. Mus. comp. zool., 1888, vol. 13, p. 235, pl. 6. ME.- Eastport. Probably the same as the European P. Bicula Haeckel, and the _, North Pacific P. amhiguum Brandt.
12. AURELIA AURITA (Linne) Lamarck.
Medusa aurita Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 660. "IN MAru BALTmco, OcEANo." Aureliaflamdula L. Agassiz, Contr. nat. hist. U.S., 1860, vol. 3, !!'!f1 !Jl!:; }ffl"c._~ ::c• JjfLll)llttl:!!!L~icL 4· .!! • .•., ! =,-, c • • • • I! ' CTENOPHORAE. 31 30 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. Cestus vcneris Chun, Fauna und flora cl. Golfes von Neapel, CTENOPHORAE. 18SO, Monogr. 1, p. 301, pl. 11, fig. 1-3; pl. 12. A southern species not recorded north of Cape Cod. CYDIPPIDA. MERTENSIIDAE. l\'lAss.- Georges Bank. R. I.-:- Newport. 1. MERT.ENSI."'- ovuM (Fabricius) Moerch. LOBATA. Beroe ovum Fabricius, Fauna Groenlandica, 1780, p. 362. [WEST BOLINOPSIDAE. GREENLAND.] J.1erten~a owm A. Agassiz, Mem. Mus. comp. zool., 1865, vol. 1, · 4. BoLINOPSIS INFUNDIBULUM (0. F. Munir) Mayer. no.2,p.26,fig.29-37. Beroe infundibulum 0. F. J\'Iiiller, Prodrom. zool. Danicae, 1776, A common Arctic species. p. 232. "GR[OENLA:t:m,] lKPIARSURSAK," In winter the young is recorded from New Jersey; but the adult Bolinopsis infundibulum Mayer, Puhl. Carnegie inst., 1912, no. is not known south of Marthas Vineyard. 162, p. 21, pl. 4, fig. 12-15. Arctic Ocean and North Atlantic, south to Germany, and New ME.- Eastport. MAss.-Massachusetts Bay, Woods•Hole (?). England; possibly to the Mediterranean. ME.- Eastport region, Penobscot Bay, Casco Bay. PLEUROBRACHIIDAE. 1'.1Ass.-Nahant, Cohasset, Woods Hole. 2. PLI?UROBRACIDA PILEUS (Fabricius) Vanhofft1n, Gulf of Maine in general. Beroe pileus Fabricius, Fauna Groenlandica, 1780, p. 361. [WEST 5. MNEMIOPSIS LEIDY! A. Agassiz. GREENLAND,] A. Agassiz, Merri. Mus. comp. zool., 1865, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 20, Pleurobrachia rho 33 32 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. DOUBTFUL LIST. MAss.-Woods Hole. Doubtful List. Probably the same as the following species. MEDUSAE CRASPEDOTAE. 7. BERO' CUCUMIS Fabricius. CAMPANELLA PACHYDERMA A. Agassiz. Fabricius, Fauna Groenlandica, 1780, p. 361. [WEST GREEN· A. Agassiz, Mero. Mus. comp. zool., 1865, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 52, '° LAND.] Mayer, Puhl. Carnegie inst., 1912, no. 162, p. 52, pl. 15, fig. 70-75. "FOUND AT NAHANT," fig. 67; pl. 17, fig. 76. This species is probably founded on a young stage of one of the North Atlantic; probably cosmopolitan. Aeginidae. SoLMARIS TETRANEMA Hargitt. '-- ME._:,Eastport, Penobscot Bay, Casco Bay. "NEAR THE GULF MAss.-Vineyard Sound; Crab Ledge, off Chatham. Hargitt, Biol. bull., 1902, vol. 4, p. 18, fig. 5. Gulf of Maine in general. STREAM." Probabl:f the young of Solmissus. i / CUNINA DISCOIDES Fewkes. Fewkes, Bull. Mus. comp. zool., 1881, vol. 8, p. 161, pl. 2, fig. s·; pl. 4, figs. 1, 2., "NARRAGANSETT BAY." Probably the young of Solmissus._ SCYPHOMEDUSAE. ~ :l CHARYBDEA VERRUCOSA Hargitt. i Charibdea verrucosa Hargitt, Amer. nat., 1902, vol. 36, p. 559, fig. 4. "WOODS HOLE." Ji- Charybdea verrucosa_ Hargitt, Bull. U. S; bureau of fisheries, 1905, ~ .. vol. 24, p. 65, pl. 5, fig. 5. · Too young for determination. CTENOPHORAE. LESUEURIA HYBOPTERA A. Agassiz. ,/ \ A. Agassiz, Mero. Mus. comp. zool., 1865, vol. 1, no. 2, p. 23, fig. 25-28. "MASSACHUSETTS BAY, AND NEWPORT, R. I." -,, ::\hss.-Massachusetts Bay, Woods Hole(?). lL I.- Newport. Probably regenerated Bolinopsis infundibulum. CHECK LIST AND INDEX. / In this check list the + indicates a specimen in the Society's Museum; the - that a trustworthy record exists. Medusae Craspedotae. Gulf of Page.I Me. IN. H.IMaas.l R. I. IConn.l Maine, etc. Aequorea aequorea var. albida 18 groenlandica 19 tenuis 19 Aglantha digitale 20 Aglaura hemistoma 20 Amphinema apicata 10 rugosa 10 Bougainvillia carolinensis 9 0 gibbsi 9 superciliaris • 8 Campanella pac~derma · 33 Catablema. vesicaria . 11 Clytia folleata. 16 volubilis 16 Corynitis agassizii 5 Cunina discoides • 33 Ectopleura ochracea 6 Eucheilota ventricuJaris 16 Eutima mira . : . . . 18 Gonionemus murbachii 20 Halbpsis ocellata . 13 Hybocodon penditla . 5 prolifer 6 Hydrichthys mirus 4 Laodicea calcarata 12 V·uckartiara octona 10 I Liriope scutigera . . • 21 tetraphylla 21 l.,ymnorea borealis 7 · Melicertum campanuJa 11 .Mitrocoma cruciata 14 Nemopsis bachei 9 Obelia commissuralis ' 15 dichotoma 15 gelatinosa 15 (35) ,) '- 36 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. CHECK LIST 37 \ Gulf of \ i: ~ Page. Me. N. H. Ma.ss_l R. I. Conn. Maine,etc. Scyphomedusae. Obelia geni