ART. 4 SPONGES OF CALIFORISTIA de Lu^UBENFELS 21 



Family COSCINOPORIDAE Zittel 

 Genus CHONELASMA Schulze 



CHONELASMA CALYX Schulze 



Chonelasma calyx F. E. Schulze, 1887, p. 326. 



Holotype. — Location unknown. 

 Type locality. — Japan. 



Other records. — The Albatross dredged this species from nine 

 stations, as reported by F. E. Schulze (1899, p. 78), as follows: 



Station 3326, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, depth 1,053 meters. 

 Stations 2877 and 2875, near Washington State, depths 108 and 73 meters. 

 Stations 2862 and 2864, near Vancouver, Canada, depths 435 and 88 meters. 

 Station 3051, near Oregon, depth 108 meters. 



Station 3202, Monterey Bay, Calif., depth 699 meters, mud bottom. 

 Station 2952, near Santa Barbara, Calif., depth 104 meters, rocky bottom. 

 Station 2980, west of Santa Rosa Island, Calif., depth 1,103 meters, mud 

 bottom. 



The specimen that Schulze figures is U.S.N.M. No. 8585. 



CHONELASMA TENERUM Schulze 



Chonelasma tenerum F. E. Schulze, 1899, p. 81. 



Cotypes.—V. S.'S.M. Nos. 7540 and 7541. 



Type locality. — Albatross Station 2916, depth 170 meters, stony 

 bottom (1 specimen), and Albatross Station 2919, depth 1,800 meters, 

 mud bottom (5 specimens). Both stations are in the vicinity of the 

 ■Cortez Bank, Calif., which, strictly speaking, lies in Mexican waters. 

 Four paratypes (U.S.N.M. No. 7542) were taken at Albatross 

 Station 2923, depth 1,503 meters, mud bottom, off San Diego, Calif. 



Family APHROCALLISTIDAE Schulze 

 Genus APHROCALLISTES J. E. Gray 



APHROCALLISTES VASTUS Schulze 



Aphrocallistes vastus F. E. Schulze, 1887, p. 317. 

 Aphrocallistes whiteavesianus Lambe, 1892, p. 74. 



Holotype. — Location unknown. 



Type locality. — Japan. 



Other records. — Lambe's specimen was from Canadian waters. 

 According to Schulze, the Albatross dredged this from 13 stations, as 

 follows : 



Stations 3310, 3330, 3331, and 3337, in Alaskan waters, depths 505, 642, 640, 



and 512 meters, respectively. 

 Stations 2860, 2862, 2864, and 2877, off the coast of Canada, depths 1,602, 



435, 88, and 108 meters, respectively. 

 Stations 2882 and 3054, off the coast of Oregon, depths 124 and 97 meters, 



respectively. 

 Station 3008, off the coast of Mexico, depth 560 meters. 



