NO. 5 OSBURN : BRYOZOA 7 



Harmer described the species from the East Indies, Macassar, Celebes 

 and Tana Djampeah in the Flores Sea. Marcus discovered it in the Bay 

 of Santos, Brazil, and Osburn found it off the mouth of Guanica Harbor, 

 Porto Rico. 



Distribution. — Station A14-39, 2 miles SW of Cape la Vela, Colom- 

 bia at 22 fms, large thriving colonies. 



Family Vesiculariidae Johnston 1838 



Genus AMATHIA Lamouroux 1812 



Amathia distans Busk, 1886 



Busk 1886: 33. Osburn 1940: 339. 



Busk described the species from off Bahia, Brazil and it has since 

 been found w^idely distributed. Osburn listed it from Porto Rico. 



Distribution. — Stations A14-39, A18-39, numerous colonies, and 

 At505. These stations place the locations at Cape la Vela, Colombia, 

 and San Nicolaas Bay, Aruba Island at 22 to 24 fms. 



Amathia vidovici (Heller), 1867 

 Verrill 1873:404 (Vesicularia dichotomaj. Osburn 1940:340. 



Described by Heller (1867:128) from the Adriatic Sea and re- 

 described by Verrill from southern New^ England. It is know^n from 

 British East Africa (Waters 1914:848) and is an abundant species all 

 along the eastern coast of North America from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 

 southward to the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. 



Distribution. — Stations A12-39, A14-39, and A18-39, abundant. 

 These stations place the locations at Cape la Vela, Colombia, and San 

 Nicolaas Bay, Aruba Island from surface to 24 fms. 



Genus BOWERBANKIA Farre 1837 

 Bowerbankia gracilis Leidy, 1855 

 Osburn 1914:218 (B. gracilis and the var. caudata [Hincks] ) ; 1927: 

 123 (B. gracilis var. caudata) ; 1940 : 341. 



Distributed all along the eastern coast of North America from Green- 

 land to the Caribbean Sea; also on the coast of Europe. Osburn has 

 listed it from the Tortugas Islands, Florida, Curasao Island and Porto 

 Rico. 



Distribution. — Station A18-39, 8 miles S\V of San Nicolaas Bay, 

 Aruba Island at 24 fms, not very common. 



