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2. U. GLABRA 0. Schmidt. Type species of the genus. 



Ute glabra 0. Schmidt [1864]. 



Ute capillosa J. E. Gray [1867], fide Haeckel [1872]. 



Sycandra glah7'a Haeckel [1872]. 



3. U. RiGiDA Haeckel. 



Sycandra glabra var. rigida Haeckel [1872]. 



4. U. SYCONOiDES Garter. 



Aphroceras syconoides Carter [1885-1886]. 



Section B, With microxea. 



5. U. SPENCERi Dendy. 



Ute spenceri Dendy [1892 B]. 



6.. U. spicuLOSA Bendy. 



Ute spiculosa Dendy [1892 Bj. 



Genus 28. Synute Dendy [1892 A]. 



Diagnosis. Sponge consisting of many Ute-like individuals com- 

 pletely fused together, and invested with a common cortex 

 containing colossal longitudinal oxea. 



For illustrations of this genus see Dendy [1893 A]. 



This genus represents the highest known type of integration 

 met with amongst syconoid sponges. 



The only known species is : — 



1. S. PULCHELLA Dendy. 



Synute pidchella Dendy [1892 A]. 

 Synute puhhella Row '[1913 MS.]. 



Genus 29. Sycodorus Haeckel [1872] (emend.). 



iT-^eWa Dendy [1892 B]. 



Diagnosis. Canal system syconoid. Tubar skeleton articulate. 

 Gastral cortex with a layer of large longitudinally arranged 

 oxea, but no oxea in the dermal cortex. 



For illustrations of this genvTS see Haeckel [1872]. 



Dendy proposed the genus Utella in 1892 for the reception of 

 Haeckel's Sycandra hystrix, and suggested that 0. Schmidt's 

 Ute utricidus might also be included in it. As we feel that the 

 laws of priority necessitate our using Haeckel's subgeneric names, 

 where possible, in preference to later ones, we propose to substitute 

 Sycodorus for Utella, the species which precede S. hystrix in the 

 subgenus in Haeckel's monograph having been assigned to earlier 

 genera. For Ute titriculus Ave have retained the generic name 

 Sycandra. 



