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This species was first described as Chondrosia collectrix by Lendenfeld, 

 1888, page 74, from Australia. It occurs also in Hawaii. Because there was 

 already a pre-existing species, Chondrosia collectrix of Schmidt, de Lauben- 

 fels, 1936, page 184, set up for this the species name chucalla. 



CLASS CALCISPONGEA Schmidt 

 ORDER ASCONOSA de Laubenfels (or ASCONIDA*) 



FAMILY LEUCETTIDAE de Laubenfels 



GENUS LEUCETTA Haeckel 



Leucetta primigenia Haeckel 



Text Figure No. 179 



This species is here represented by the following: 

 U.S.N.M. No. 23066, My No. M. 446, collected August 3, 1949, by diver in 

 southwest Ponape (Kiti) from a reef in the lagoon. The depth was 3 

 meters, and the substrate was dead coral. 



This is an irregular mass, 1 to 2 cm thick and 3 by 7 cm in lateral 

 dimensions. 



Text Figure No. 179. Spicules (triacts) of Leucetta primigenia, X 182. Only a single 

 ray is shown (at the top of the drawing) of one of the largest triaxons. 



* See footnote on page 4. 



