Americoliva bollingi
A medium-sized to large species with a patchy, discontinuous, distribution in the Temperate Northern Atlantic realm (Warm Temperate Northwest Atlantic province) and Tropical Atlantic realm (Tropical Northwestern Atlantic province). Originally described from off Miami, Florida, USA, this species was found at several other localities, each population here considered to be a subspecies.
| Subspecies | Distribution |
|---|---|
| A. bollingi bollingi (Clench, 1934) |
Tropical Atlantic realm. Tropical Northwest Atlantic province. Bahamian ecoregion and Floridian ecoregion (Off SE Florida, USA, and Bahamas). Figure coming |
| A. bollingi choctaw Petuch & Meyers, 2014 |
Temperate Northern Atlantic realm. Warm Temperate Northwest Atlantic province (NW Florida, USA).
RV 1139. USA, Florida, Gulf County, Port St. Joe, at low tide in sand. Scale bar is 1 cm. |
| A. bollingi goajira (Petuch & Sargent, 1986) |
Tropical Atlantic realm. Tropical Northwest Atlantic province. Southern Caribbean ecoregion (Goajira Peninsula, Colombia). Figure coming |
| A. bollingi jenseni (Petuch & Sargent, 1986) |
Tropical Atlantic realm. Tropical Northwest Atlantic province. Bermudan ecoregion (Bermuda).
RV 5057. Bermuda, Hawkins Island, on coral sand in 5 m depth. Scale bar is 1 cm. |
| A. bollingi contoyensis (Petuch, 1988) |
Tropical Atlantic realm. Tropical Northwest Atlantic province.. Western Caribbean ecoregion (Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico).
RV 1416. Mexico, Yucatan, off Cabo Catoche, day dive, depth 18 m, carbonate sand mong rubble, by lobster fishermen, 2017. Scale bar is 1 cm. |
The species is also recognised from the Pleistocene of Florida.