24 BULLETIN 104, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



of Mexico; and D2677, in 478 fnthoms oif Cape Foar. Rhumbler 

 records it from off the Hebrides. 



In the Albatross material I liave examined it has occiu-red at D2150, 

 the station recorded by Flint and at 10 stations along the coast from 

 the Georges Banks to the Virginia Capes, depths ranging from 428 to 

 1,608 fathoms and bottom temperatures from 34.4° to 40° F. 



Marsipella elongatn — material examined. 



Cat. 

 No. 



9716 

 9717 

 9718 

 9719 

 9720 

 9721 

 9722 

 93fi5 

 9366 

 9367 

 9368 

 6258 



Coll. of— 



U.S.N.M. 

 U.S.N.M. 

 U.S.N.M. 

 U.S.N.M. 

 U.S.N.M. 

 U.S.N.M. 

 U.S.N.M. 

 U.S.N.M. 

 U.S.N.M. 

 U.S.N.M. 

 U.S.N.M. 

 U.S.N.M. 



No. of 

 speci- 

 mens. 



Station. 



Localitv. 



D2018.... 

 D20a....i 

 D2072....i 



I ; D2150.... 



1 i D2204....' 



1 ; D2205 



2 ! D2212....' 

 1 i D2222....' 



3 1 D2531.... 

 6 I D2.550....I 

 1 ' D2562....! 



10 PorciiDine: 

 47. ' I 



37 12 32 N. 

 39 22 50 N.: 

 41 53 00 N. 

 13 31 45 N. 

 39 30 30 N. 

 39 35 00 N.; 

 39 59 20 N.; 



39 03 15 N. 



40 42 00 N.: 

 39 44 30 N. 

 39 15 30 N. 



74 20 04 W. 

 68 25 00 W. 



65 35 00 \yf. 

 81 21 low. 

 71 44 30 W. 

 71 18 45 W. 

 70 30 45 W. 

 70 50 45 W. 



66 33 00 W. 



70 30 45 W. 



71 25 00 M^ 



Depth! 



in 

 fath- 

 oms. 



Bot- 

 tom 

 tem- 

 pera- 

 ture. 



Cliaracter of a K,.v./io«...i 

 bottom. ! Abundant. 



788 ! 

 1,608 



858 1 



382 ' 



728 

 1,073 



428 I 

 1,537 I 



852 I 

 1,081 

 1,434 I 



540 . 



i 



'F. 

 39 

 38 

 39 



45. 75 

 39.1 

 38.1 

 40 

 36.9 

 34.4 

 38.5 

 37.3 



bii. m 



glob, oz 



gy.m 



wh. crs. s 



br. m 



gy. oz 



gn. m 



gy. oz 



gy. ni 



br. m 



gy. oz 



Rare. 

 Rare. 

 Rare. 

 Rare. 

 Rare. 

 Rare. 

 Rare. 

 Rare. 

 Rare. 

 Rare. 

 Rare. 



MARSIPELLA CYUNDRICA H. B. Brady. 



Plate 8, figs. 4-6; plate 9, fig8. 8, 9. 



Mnrsipella cylindrica H. B. Brady, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, vol. 11, 1882, p. 

 714; Rep. Voy. Challenger, Zoology, vol. 9, 1884, p. 285, pi. 24, figs. 20-22.— 

 Rhumbler, Arch. Prot., vol. 3, 1903, p. 265, fig. 109 (in text). — Goddard and 

 Jensen, Proc. Linn. Soc. X. S. Wales, vol. 32, 1908, p. 301. — Heron-Allen and 

 Earlan'd, Journ. Quekett Micr. Club, ser. 2, vol. 10, 1909, pi. 35, fig. 11. — 

 CusHMAX, Bull. 71, U. S. Nat. Mus., pt. 1, 1910, p. 30, figs. 15, IG (in text).- 

 Heron-Allen and Earland, Journ. Roy. Micr. Soc, 1912, p. 388, pi. 5, figs 

 ^^■^ 8, 9; pi. 0, figs. 8, 9.— Pearcey, Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh, vol. 49, 1914, 

 p. 999. — (Jhapman, Zool. Results Endeavour, vol. 3. pt. 1. 1915, p. 13, pi. 1, 

 fig. 4. 



Description. — ^Test subcylindrical or sUghtly fusiform, the exterior 

 or apertural end more or less club sliaped; wall composed of elongate 

 sponge spicules, cemented together in various ways either side by side 

 or more often somewhat irregularly or even interlacing, apertural 

 end with a mass of loosely felted spicules from which a few larger 

 spicules radiate, two or throe finn^s tlie disuiK^tor- of the tubular 

 portion. 



Diameter of tubular ])ortion, up to 0.^5 mm.; length, up to 

 12-15 mm. 



Distribution. — There are but few records for this species but they 

 are Yerj widely scattered in all the great ocean basins. It is recorded 

 from Faroe Channel by Brady and oil Buenos Aires in the Challenger 

 dredgings and Heron- Allen and Earland record it from the North Sea. 

 The only material I have had is from the Caribbean Sea. two stations 

 and two others off our eastern Atlantic coast. 



