CELLEPORELLA PYGM^A. 415 



CELLEPORELLA PYQMX.A, Norman. 



CM i.rrnRii.LA rvr.ii.SA, Norman, Shetland Polyzoa, Rep. Brit. Amoc. 1868, 

 90& 



Zoaecia very small, short-ovate, dccuml)ent below, sub- 

 erect above, irregularly placed; surface smooth; orifice 

 circular ; peristome much raised, tubular, unattached 

 all round. Ooecia rounded, depressed in front, imper- 

 forate. 



Colonies forming small round patches, seldom more than 

 ^ inch in diameter. 



HABITAT. On stones from very deep water. 



LOCALITY. Shetland, 80170 fathoms, not uncommon 

 (A. M. N.). 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. Bergen (A. M. N.). 



A minute and inconspicuous form, with few salient 

 characters. The lower portion of the cell is short and 

 subrotund ; above it is produced into a rather tall cylin- 

 drical neck, which is suberect. The primary aperture is 

 almost perfectly circular. The cells are distinct and 

 somewhat ventricose below; and the surface is smooth and 

 pearly white. The tubular peristome rises in front of the 

 ovicell. 



Pig. 20. 



"I Crllepara. 



