244 HYALONEMA (HYALONEMA) SP. 
The acanthophores (Plate 80, fig. 13) have one to four more or less fully 
developed rays. The tri- and tetractine forms are 170-370 » in maximum 
diameter, and have rays 138-22 uw thick at the base. The diactine forms are 400- 
900 » long, and 7-10 u thick near the centre. Most of them are centrotyle. 
The central tyle is not infrequently more than three times as stout as the adjacent 
parts of the spicule. The single monactine form observed is 260 u long and 15 u 
thick. 
The stalk-spicules (Plate 80, figs. 11, 12) bear spiral rows of proximally 
directed spines on parts of their surface and terminate in anchors. The shaft 
of the stalk-spicule represented (Plate 80, figs. 11, 12) is 39 » thick just above the 
anchor, which is 145 » long and broad. 
The microhexactines (Plate 80, fig. 4) are 150-170 » in diameter, and have 
equal rays 3.5—4 » thick at the base. The rays are conical, fine-pointed, spined, 
and nearly straight in their proximal part, but rather strongly curved towards 
their ends. 
Of amphidiscs two kinds can be distinguished: — macramphidises and 
micramphidises. 
The macramphidiscs (Plate 80, figs. 1, 2, 5-10) are 380-570 uw long, most 
frequently about 470 and 530 yu. The shaft is straight, 20-25 » thick, and 
thickened in or near the middle, only very slightly, or not at all, to a tyle, which 
however is not clearly defined. This tyle may, when present, bear one or a few 
blunt insignificant spines. The rest of the shaft is generally quite smooth. 
The anchors are 120-228 u long, less than a third to nearly half of the whole 
spicule, and 215-263 » broad. The proportion of their length to their breadth 
is 100 to 115-191, on an average 100 : 147.8. The curvature of the anchor-teeth 
decreases distally, and their end-parts generally diverge. The extreme tip of the 
teeth, in the long anchors, is sometimes (Plate 80, fig. 2) bent inwards. The 
teeth have smooth lateral margins, and are pointed at the end (Plate 80, fig. 10). 
The micramphidiscs (Plate 80, fig. 3) are 26-28 u» long, and have terminal 
anchors 9-10 » long, about a third of the whole spicule, and 8.5-11 yw broad. 
The proportion of anchor-length to anchor-breadth is 100 to 85-115, on an 
average -100 : 102.5. 
Among the species of Amphidiscophora hitherto described, Hyalonema 
martabanense F. EK. Schulze! appears to be the one most closely allied to the 
fragment described above. This fragment differs from H. martabanense by 
1 Ff, BE. Schulze. Uexactinelliden des Indischen Oceanes. III. Abh. Akad. Berlin, 1900, p. 12, t. 2. 
Indian Triaxonia, 1902, p. 21, pl. 18. 
