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cules are so very rare that it is not impossible they do 

 not belong to the sponge. The anchors are of two kinds; 

 the anc^.S have two large flexuous hooks and a small 

 rudimentary one in the middle. 

 9. Itestnucidon pahnutu (Bwk.) Vosm. 

 Synon. Isodictya palmata. Bwk. '66. — 



Halichondria palmata Johnst. '42. (ace. to Bwk.) — 

 Spougia palmata Ellis and Sol. 1786 ? (ace. 



to Johnst.) — 

 Spongia bacillaris L. (ace. to Johnst.) — 

 Spongia oculata Esp. (ace. to Johnst.) — 

 Manon oculatum Schweig. (ace. to Johnst.) — 

 Tupha palmata Gray. (ace. to Johnst.) — 

 Halispougia palmata. Blainv. (ace. to Johnst.) — 

 Spongia digitata Esp. (ace. to Ehlers). 

 Homoeodictya digitata (Esp.) Ehlers. 

 Litt. Bowerbank. M. Br. Sp. II p. 311 , III pag. 133. — 

 Johnston. Br. Sponges, pag. 92. 

 Fleming. Brit. Anim. p. 523. 

 Johnston. Trans. Newc. Soc. II p. 269. 

 Bellamy. South Devon, p. 268. — 

 Ellis and Solander. Zooph. p. 189. 

 Sibb. Scot. ill. II liv. IV p. 55. 

 Jameson. Wern. Mem. I p. 562. 

 Montagu, ibid. p. 80. 



Lamarck. An. s. Vert. II p. 379; 2e edit p. 569. 

 Lamouroux. Cor. Flex. p. 75. 

 Lamouroux. Corral, p. 181. 

 Parkins. Oryctology. p. 46 and 48. 

 Stark. Elem. II. p. 424. — 

 Linné. Syst. Nat. p. 1299. 

 Muller. Zool. Danica. prod. p. 256. 

 Lamouroux. Cor. Flex. p. 83. 

 Lamouroux. Corall. p. 186. 

 Esper. Pflanzenth. tab. I. fig. 1,2. — 

 Schweiger. Handb. p. 422. — 

 Gray. Brit. PI. 1. p. 355. — 



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