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ZOOLOGY. 



sponges north of New. York is CJialinula oculata (Bower- 

 bank), which grows in long slender branches on the piles of 

 wharves and bridges. Allied to it is Axinella (Fig. 32, A. 

 polypoides). 



Allied to Tethea, which is sessile, is a deep-sea form grow- 

 ing on a long stalk, 'i.e.; Stylocordyla boreale (Fig. 33). At 

 the depth of 100 fathoms in the Gulf of Maine occurs a 



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Fig. 34. Pheronema Anna, half natural size, with stellate and anchor-like spicules, 

 much enlarged. After Leidy. 



similar species (S. longissimum Sars). Fig. 34 represents 

 a fine silicious sponge (Pheronema Anna Leidy) from the 

 West Indies. The most beautiful of all silicious sponges is 

 the Venus' flower-basket (Euplectellum aspergillum), which 

 lives anchored in the mud at the depth of about 10 fathoms, 

 near the Philippine Islands. 



