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Show 1867.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON SPONGES. 525 Morris, Ann. N. H. iv. p. 239 ; Bianconi, Nuov. Ann. Sci. Nat. Bologna, vi. p. 455, 1841. Vioa, H . Michelin, Revue Zoolog. 1841, p. 56 (not 1833); O. Schmidt; Duchass. & Michel. Sp. Caraib. p. 112. Spongia terebrans, Duvernoy, Compt. Rend. A. S. Paris, ii. 1841, pp. 683 & 1021 ; Lereboullet, Instit. ix. 1841, p. 131. Hymeniacidon, sp., Bowerb. B. Sp. Oxyspongieeperforantes, Duchass. & Michelot. Sp. Mer Caraibe, p. 112. Not Vioa of Nardo, Isis, 1833, p. 523, who cites Alcyonium asbes-tinum, Linn., as the type, which is a zoanthoid coral. 1. CLIONA. Spicules uniform, pin-shaped, smooth. CLIONA CELATA, Hancock, Ann. & Mag. N. II. 1867, xix. p. 237, t. 7. f. 7. B.M. Hymeniacidon celata, Bowerb. B. S. Hab. Europe. See also- Cliona yoryonoides, Hancock, I. c. p. 237. C. globulifera, Hancock, I. c. p. 240, t. 8. f. 3. Vioa viridis, O. Schmidt, p. 77, t. 7. f. 14. B.M. 2. PlONE. Spicules of three forms : - 1 . Pin-shaped, smooth. 2. Fusiform, spinulose. 3. Cylindrical, sinuous, smooth, slightly or strongly spinulose. PTONE NORTHUMBRICA. Cliona northumbrica, Hancock, I. c. p. 237, t. 7. f. 1. Hab. Scotland and Northumberland. See also- Cliona vastifica, Hancock, I. c. p. 237, t. 7. f. 2. C. corallinoides, Hancock, I. c. p. 238, t. 7- f. 3. C. gracilis, Hancock, I. c. f. 4. C. howsei, Hancock, f. 5. C. mazatlanensis, Hancock, p. 240, t. 8. f. 1. 3. MYLE. Spicules of three kinds:-1. Pin-shaped, smooth, head globular, terminal. 2. Fusiform, thick, smooth, sometimes angularly bent, with a swollen belt at the angle. 3. Oblong, fusiform, small, spinulose. MYLE CARPENTERI. Cliona carpenteri, Hancock, l.c. t. 8. f. 4. Hab. Mazatlan. |