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THE SPONGES OF THE WEST-CENTRAL PACIFIC 



east of Polle. We then went through the mangrove swamp which joins Polle 

 to Tol Island and came out in Lemotol Bay, which is north of Polle, west of 

 Tol, and south of Pata Islands. I found this bay to be exceptionally rich in 

 marine life of all kinds and studied it rather carefully in view of the limited 

 time available. 



Just south of Truk is a small uninhabited atoll which is called by the 

 Japanese Kimi shima or Kinjima but has a native name of Kuop. It has only 

 three islets, and but one of them, called Givry, is large enough to have trees. 

 This was densely forested with coconut palms and breadfruit trees. In the 



Table 3. Analysis of Truk Sponges 



(Key: +, abundant; — , rare) 



Genus and species 



1 Hippiospongia communis, 



subspecies ammata 



2 Heteronema eubamma 



3 Thorectopsamma mela — 



4 Thorectopsamma xana 



5 Haliclona monilata 



6 Haliclona coerulescens 



7 Reniclona decidua 



8 Cribrochalina olemda 



9 Xestospongia sapra 



10 Neopetrosia pandora _. 



11 Adocia turquoisia 



12 Kallypilidion poseidon 



13 Myrmekioderma granulata 



14 Hiattrochota hiatti 



15 Hiattrochota mystile 



16 Tedandoryx lissa 



17 Thalysias cervicornis 



18 Clathria fasciculata 



19 Clathria abietina 



20 Microciona placenta 



21 Iotrochostyla iota 



22 Desmacella lampra 



23 Axocielita linda 



24 Biemna fortis 



25 Homaxinella phrix 



26 Nailondria maza — 



27 Densa mollis 



28 Prianos osiris 



29 Spirastrella decumbens 



30 Anthosigmella vagabunda . 



31 Aaptos chromis 



32 Stylotella agminata — 



33 Cliona lobata 



34 Stellettinopsis isis 



35 Jaspis stellifera 



36 Cinachyra australiensis 



Elsewhere 



Other subspecies 

 are circumequa- 

 torial 



Australia, East 

 Indies 



West Indies 

 Indian Ocean 



Yap 



East Indies 



East Indies 

 Philippines 

 East Indies 

 Australia 



Indian Ocean 



East Indies 

 Indian Ocean, Phil- 

 ippines 



Australia 



Australia 

 Australia, East 

 Indies 



