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Occurrence.— D. 4807. Cape Tsiuka, Sea of Japan; 41° 36' 12" N.; 

 140° 36' E. 

 Holotype.— Cut. No. 8127, U.S.N.M. 



VARIETIES FOREIGN TO THE PHILIPPINES 



SMITTINA TRISPINOSA var. SPATHULATA MacGillivray, 1882 



1881. Smittia reticulata var. Hincks, Contributions History Marine Polyzoa, 



Annals and Magazine Natural History, ser. 5, vol. 8, p. 123. 



1882. Smittia reticulata var. spathulata MacGillivray, Descriptions of new or 



little known Polyzoa, Trans. Royal Society Victoria, p. 135 pi. 3, 



fig. 14. 

 1887. Smittia spathulata MacGillivray, Catalogue Marine Polyzoa Victoria, 



Trans. Royal Society Victoria, vol. 23, p. 27. 

 1890. Smittia spathulata Kirkpatrick, Zoological Collections made in Torres 



Strait, Scientific Proc. Royal Dublin Society, new ser., vol. 6, p. 619, 



pi. 17, fig. 1. 

 1909. Smittia spathulata Waters, Bryozoa from the Sudanese Red Sea, Journal 



Linnean Society, Zoology, vol. 31, p. 156 (Bibliography, oral glands). 

 1913. Smittina trispinosa var. spathulata Waters, Marine Fauna of British East 



Africa and Zanzibar, Proceedings Zoological Society London, p. 513. 



Description. — The peristomice is oval with a short pseudorimule. 

 The lyriila is narrow. The avicularia are attached to the proximal 

 portion of the peristome. The areolar pores are large and little 

 numerous. 



Geographic distribution. — Pacific: Victoria; Bass Straits; Murray 

 Island, Torres Straits, 15-20 fathoms. Red Sea. Indian Ocean: 

 Wasin, British East Africa, 10 fathoms; Zanzibar Channel, 10 fathoms. 



SMITTINA TRISPINOSA var. INAEQUALIS Waters, 1879 



1879. Lepralia reticulata var. inaequalis Waters, Bryozoa Bay of Naples, Annal 

 Magazine Natural History, ser. 5, vol. 3, p. 41, pi. 9, fig. 13. 



1887. Smittia reticulata var. spathulata Hincks, Critical Notes on Polyzoa, Annals 

 and Magazine Natural History, ser. 5, vol. 19, p. 304, pi. 9, fig. 3 (fide 

 Waters 1909). 



Description. — The peristomice bears a pseudorimule. The avicu- 

 laria are placed at the side of the apertura. The lyrula is narrow. 

 The zooecia are elongated. The areolar pores are small. 



Geographic distribution. — Mediterranean: Naples; Adriatic. 



Calvet, 1902, identifies this variety with the var. nitida Hincks, 

 1884 and with VerrhTs species under the name of Smittina nitida. 



SMITTINA TRISPINOSA var. PROTECTA Thornely, 1905 



1884. Smittia trispinosa var. spathulata Hincks, Contributions history marine 

 Polyzoa, Annals and Magazine Natural History, vol. 14, p. 133, pi. 9, 

 fig. 4. 



1905. Smittia trispinosa var. protecta Thornely, "On the Polyzoa," in Herd- 

 man, Rep. on Pearly Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar, p. 123. 



1909. Smittia trispinosa var. protecta Waters, Bryozoa Sudanese Red Sea, 

 Journal Linnean Societv Zoology, p. 173, pi. 17, fig. 5, 6. 



