Gorgonids from Curaçao Island

This report contains an account of a collection of Gorgonids made by Dr. C. J. VAN DER HORST at the island of Curaçao and also of a few specimens collected in the same locality by Ir. G. J. H. MOLENGRAAFF. The Majority of the specimens are taken from Caracas bay at a depth of not more than five metres. The specimens were consigned for report, to the Natural History Department of Aberdeen University through the kindness of Dr. C. J. VAN DER HORST and Dr. L. F. DE BEAUFORT, Director of the Zoological Museum, Amsterdam. Their identification has been checked by Professor J. ARTHUR THOMSON.