8 ALLAN HANCOCK ATLANTIC EXPEDITION REPORT 



Family Nolellidae Harmer 1915 

 Genus NOLELLA Gosse 1855 

 Nolella gigantea (Busk), 1856 

 Osburn 1914:219 (Cylindroemium) \ 1940:337. 



On the eastern coast of the Americas it is distributed from the Chesa- 

 peake Bay (Osburn 1944:17) to Santos Bay, Brazil (Marcus 1937: 

 131). Abundant about Porto Rico and in the Gulf of Mexico. 



Distribution. — Stations A18-39, 8 miles SW of San Nicolaas Bay, 

 Aruba Island at 23 to 24 fms and A44-39, 4 miles N of Tortuga Island 

 at 21 to 22 fms. 



Cheilostomata Busk 1852 



Anasca Levinsen 1909 



Division 1, Inovicellata JuIIien 1888 



Family Aeteidae Smitt 1867 

 Genus AETEA Lamouroux 1812 

 Aetea anguina (L.), 1758 

 Duerden 1896:270. Osburn 1940:345. 



The "snake coralline," as Ellis called it, is practically cosmopolitan. 

 Duerden noted its presence in the region of Jamaica and Osburn found 

 it inside and outside of Guanica Harbor, Porto Rico. 



Distribution. — Station A28-39, Cubagua Island, Venezuela at 2 fms. 



Aetea truncata (Landsborough), 1852 

 Osburn 1914: 186; 1940:346. 



A very widely distributed species, recorded from the West Indies 

 region by Osburn at Tortugas Islands, Florida and Porto Rico. 



Distribution. — Station A18-39, 8 miles SW of San Nicolaas Bay, 

 Aruba Island, 23 to 24 fms, one colony on an alga. 



