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Figure 32. — a, b, Lissoclinum fragile (Van Name): a, common cloacal aperture found on 

 colony from Palau Islands; b, abdomen from same colony, from attachment side, showing 

 two immature testicular follicles, c, d, Lissoclinum molle (Herdman): c, small colony 

 from Palau Islands; (f, spicules, X 1800. e,f, Lissoclinum puhinum (Tokioka) : if, 6 mm. 

 colony from the Gilbert Islands, B-5, common cloacal aperture open at tip of siphon; 

 f, spicules from the Palau Islands colonies, stas. 261 and 25-865, X 940. 



39. Lissoclinum patella (Cottschaldt) 



Didemnoides patella Gottschaldt, 1898, p. 651. 

 'iDidemnoides sulcatum Gottschaldt, 1898, p. 651. 

 Didemnum (Didemnutn) patella Tokioka, 1950, p. 115, fig. 1. 



MATERIAL EXAMINED 



Philippine Islands : Punta Natangol, Basilan Island ; W. R. Taylor, sta. 31. 

 Two colonies (USXM 11604).— Balukbuhik Island; W. R. Taylor, sta. 40. Two 

 fragments (USNM 11637). — Basilan Island, Tundum Pasil, near the lighthouse at 

 Isabela Channel, 1 fath. ; W. R. Taylor, January 1941. Two colonies (USNM 

 11683). 



Palau Islands : Ngaremediu, east side of Unikthapel Island ; GVF sta. 111. 

 Two colonies (USNM 11419). 



DESCRimoN, — Two colonies from the Palau Islands and five from 

 the Philippine Islands were examined. The largest is 45 mm. X 25 



