10 ALLAN HANCOCK ATLANTIC EXPEDITION REPORT 



Family Synthecidae 



Genus SYNTHEGIUM 



Synthecium (?) nanum Fraser 



Synthecium nanum Fraser, Proc. New England Zool. Club, 1943, vol. 



XXII, p. 80, 91. 

 Synthecium ( ?) nanum Fraser, Atlantic Hyd., 1944, p. 235. 



Distribution. — 2 miles southwest of Cape la Vela, 21-22 fathoms. 



The only previous record of this species was from the Dry Tortugas. 



Family Sertularidae 

 Genus SERTULARELLA 

 Sertularella conica AUman 



Sertularella conica Allman, Gulf Stream Hyd., 1877, p. 21. 



Fraser, Atlantic Hyd., 1944, p. 258. 



Distribution. — 8 miles southwest of San Nicolaas Bay, Aruba Island, 

 23-24 fathoms. 



This record extends the range from Dry Tortugas southward; in 

 doing so, it helps to connect up the range in the western Atlantic and the 

 Eastern Pacific. 



Genus SERTULARIA 

 Sertularia cornicina (McCrady) 



Dynamena cornicina McCrady, Gymno. Charleston Har., 1858, p. 102. 

 Sertularia cornicina Fraser, Atlantic Hyd., 1944, p. 279. 



Distribution. — 8 miles southwest of San Nicolaas Bay, Aioiba Island, 

 23-24 fathoms. 



Sertularia dalmasi (Versluys) 



Desmoscyphus dalmasi Versluys, Mem. Soc. Zool. France, 1899, p. 38. 

 Sertularia dalmasi Fraser, Atlantic Hyd., 1944, p. 280. 



Distribution. — Tortuga Island, 2-5 fathoms. 



The range is extended southward from the Dry Tortugas. 



Sertularia exigua Allman 



Sertularia exigua Allman, Gulf Stream Hyd., 1877, p. 21. 

 Fraser, Atlantic Hyd., 1944, p. 280. 



Distribution. — 2 miles off Bahia Honda, 9 fathoms; off Tortuga 

 Island, 2-5 fathoms. 



The range is extended southward from Florida. 



