NO. 5 OSBURN : BRYOZOA 17 



Division 3, Coilostega Levinsen 1909 



Family Opesiulidae Julien 1888 



Genus VELUMELLA Canu and Bassler 1917 



Velumella americana Canu and Bassler, 1928 



Smitt 1873:6 (Vincularia abyssicola in part, pi. 1, fig. 60, not 6\). 



Osburn 1914: 195 (Smittipora abyssicola); 1927: 125; 1940: 371. Canu 



and Bassler 1928:54. 



Widely distributed in the West Indian region. Smitt recorded it 

 from Florida; Osburn from the Tortugas Islands, Florida, from 

 Curagao Island and from Porto Rico; Canu and Bassler from the Gulf 

 of Mexico and north of Cuba. 



Distribution.— Stations A 14-39, A42-39, A43-39, and At528. These 

 stations place the locations at Cape la Vela, Colombia; Margarita and 

 Tortuga Islands and the Gulf of Venezuela at 21 to 22 fms. 



Genus FLORIDINA Jullien 1881 

 Floridina antiqua (Smitt), 1873 

 Smitt 1873: 12 (Mollia antiqua). Canu and Bassler 1928:60. Osburn 

 1940:372. 



The species has been known only from the area around the southern 

 tip of Florida, except for the one record by Hastings (1930: 175) of its 

 occurrence at Gorgona, Colombia, on the Pacific coast. The present 

 record extends the range in Atlantic waters from Florida to the northern 

 coast of South America, 



Distribution.— '^tmons A32-39, At503, At512, At526, and At529. 

 These stations place the locations at Cape la Vela, Colombia; Coche, 

 Cubagua, and Tortuga Islands, and the Gulf of Venezuela at 2 to 41 fms. 



Genus MICROPORA Gray 1848 

 Micropora coriacea (Esper), 1791 

 Smitt 1873: 13. Canu and Bassler 1928:62. Osburn 1940: 373. 



Very widely distributed. In the West Indian region it was recorded 

 from Florida by Smitt; by Canu and Bassler from the Florida Straits 

 and the Gulf of Mexico, and by Osburn from the Gulf of Mexico, 

 Distribution. — Station At503, and At505, Aruba Island at 5 fms. 



