CYCLOSTOMATOUS BRYOZOA CANU AND BASSLER 



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Genotype. — Cliartecytis compressa, new species, Neocomian. 



In the family Cytisidae zoarial forms with compressed fronds have 

 not yet been noted. This form is the result of very regular pe- 

 ripheral gemmation; moreover, the extremit}^ of the branches have 

 the aspect of Heteropora. 



CHARTECYTIS COMPRESSA, new species 



Plate 7, figs. 8-12 



Description. — The zoarium is free, branching, with compressed 

 fronds. The orifices are elongated slitlike areas, lozenge-shaped, 

 irregular, arranged in quincunx, without peristome. The ovicell is 

 orbicular or elliptical, elongate or transverse, smooth, very salient, 

 limited, and placed on- the dorsal of the inferior tubes. 



