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composed of sponge spicules and fine sand, aperture rounded, single, 

 at one end of the test. 



Two species of Technitella are known from the North Pacific, and 

 they both seem to be very rare. The genus is at once distinguished 

 by the elongate arrangement of the sponge spicules in the direction 

 of the long axis of the test. 



Fig. 53.— Technitella 

 legumen. x 50. 



TECHNITELLA LEGUMEN Norman. 



Technitella legumen Norman, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, vol. 1, 1878, p. 279, 

 pi. 16, figs. 3, 4. — H. B. Brady, Rep. Voy. Challenger, 

 Zoology, vol. 9, 1884, p. 246, pi. 25, figs. 8-12.— Goes, 

 Kongl. Svensk. Vet. Akad. Handl., vol. 25, no. 9, 1894, 

 p. 14, pi. 3, figs. 20-27.— Millett, Journ. Roy. Micr. Soc, 

 1899, p. 251, pi. 4, fig. 4. — Rhumbler, Arch. Protistk., 

 vol. 3, 1903, p. 256, fig. 96 (in text). 



Description. — Test subcylindrical, frequently some- 

 what curved, apertural end rounded or sometimes 

 with a short tubular neck, aboral end rounded or 

 sometimes bluntly pointed; wall composed of sponge 

 spicules and sand grains, aperture rounded; color of 

 test white or grayish white, sometimes with a coating 

 of sand. 



Length up to 2.5 mm. 



Distribution. — Known from station 237 of the Chal- 

 lenger expedition, east of Japan, in 1,875 fathoms. 



TECHNITELLA MELO Norman. 



Technitella melo Norman, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, vol. 1, 1878, p. 280, pi. 16, 

 figs. 5, 6.— H. B. Brady, Rep. Voy. Challenger, Zoology, vol. 9, 1884, p. 246, 

 pi. 25, figs. 7 a, b. — Chapman, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1895, p. 12. — Rhum- 

 bler, Arch. Protistk., vol. 3, 1903, p. 256, figs. 95 a, b (in lext). 



Description. — Test oval, being slightly tapering at the ends, aper- 

 ture small, usually circu- 

 lar, at one end of the 

 test; wall composed al- 

 most entirely of long 

 sponge spicules arranged 

 lengthwise of the test 

 firmly united with a 

 white cement; color 

 white or grayish white. 



Length, 1.4 mm.; di- 

 ameter, 1.0 mm. 



Distribution. — T here 



is but the one North Pacific Challenger record for this species, station 



237, east of Japan, in 1,875 fathoms. 



Fig. 54. 



-Technitella melo. x 50 (after Brady), a, side 



VIEW; b, APERTURAL VIEW. 



