Microeciella floridana (Canu & Bassler, 1928a) comb. nov.

(Fig. 41; Table 40)

Peristomoecia floridana Canu & Bassler, 1928a: 158, pl. 31, figs 6–9. Proboscina floridana: Osburn 1940: 329 .

Material examined. VMNH no. 70663, 70664.

Description. Colony small, encrusting (Fig. 41 A, B), with narrow growing margin. Zooids developing quincuncially in flat fan-like lobes, zooid peristomes free, erect to tilted at angle toward growing edge, without narrowed terminal diaphragm (Fig. 41 D, E). Pseudopores relatively large, moderately dense, depressed (Fig. 41 F). Gonozooid small, oval, with slightly more densely spaced pseudopores and short ooeciostome, tilted back toward colony origin (Fig. 41 C).

Remarks. Specimens from the Oculina samples are similar to the Eastern Atlantic material described and illustrated by Hayward & Ryland (1985) and De Blauwe (2009) as Eurystrotos compacta (Norman, 1866) . In their revision of three encrusting genera of Oncousoeciidae, Taylor & Zaton (2008) synonymized E. compacta with Microeciella suborbicularis (Hincks, 1880) . The gonozooids of the colonies in the Oculina samples were ovoid and most closely resemble the material that Canu and Bassler named Peristomoecia floridana, hence their species name has been used here.

Distribution. Floridan Atlantic shelf to Straits of Florida.