[27] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. • 133 



Spongia equina, Schm. ; subspecies gossypina, D. et M. Sheepswool. 

 Sponge. Distribution — Florida, Bahamas, Cuba, Mexico. 



799. Var. hirsuta. Dead Man's Bay; depth, 24 feet. 



800. Var. hirsuta. Off Pepper Fish Keys ; depth, 18 feet. 



801. Yar. hirsuta. Off Cape Romano ; depth, 20 feet. 



803. Yar. hirsuta. Off Cedar Keys; depth, 17 feet. 



804. Yar. hirsuta. Off Key Yaccas ; depth, 10 feet. 



808. Yar. hirsuta. Metacombe Channel; depth, 8 feet. 

 785. Yar. alba. Florida. 



792. Yar. alba. Florida. 



833. Yar. alba. North of Cedar Keys ; depth, 18 feet. 



806. Yar. porosa. Off ISTiggerhead Key ; depth, 12 feet. (Reef 

 Sheepswool Sponge.) 



811. Yar. porosa. Off Old Rhoade's Key ; depth, 30 feet. 

 832. Yar. porosa. Off Cudjoe's Key; depth, 15 feet. 

 798. Off Rock Island; depth, 24 feet. 



802. Off Grassy Keys; depth, 12 feet. 



805. Off Saint Martin's Reef; depth, 10 feet. 



807. Off Anclote Keys; depth, 18 feet. 



809. Off Bahia Honda Key; depth, 18 feet. 



810. Long Key Channel; depth, 8 feet. 



812. Off Anclote Keys; depth, 12 feet, ("Rolling John.") 



813. Off Saint Marks; depth, 30 feet. 



8L6. Off Ragged Keys; depth, 10 feet. (Reef Sheepswool Sponge.) 



834. Off Marquesas Island ; depth, 10 feet. 

 836. Off Cucljoe's Key; depth, 15 feet, 



917. Torch Key Channel; depth, 8 feet; eight months old; three 

 specimens. 



918. Long Key Banks; depth, 6 feet; five to eight months old ("?); 

 four specimens. ("Rolling Johns.") 



919. Anclote Keys; depth, 18 feet; eight months old. 



920. Bahia Honda Channel; depth, 12 feet; six to twelve months 

 old ; three specimens. 



921. Metacombe Lake; depth, 8 feet; eight to twelve months old; 

 eight specimens. 



922. Soldier Key Bank; depth, 8 feet; fifteen months old (?); three 

 specimens. 



924. .Caizar's Creek; depth, 8 feet; eighteen months old. 



925. Dead Man's Bay; depth, 18 feet; twelve months old. 



926. Marquesas Keys Channel; depth, 18 feet; eight to fifteen 

 months old ; three specimens. 



927. Rock Island; depth, 26 feet; twelve months old. 



928. Key Yaccas Channel; depth, 10 feet; ten to twelve months 

 old ; three specimens. 



929. Saint Martin's Reef; depth, 10 feet; twelve months old. 



