VERMIOLOGYi 



PLATE CLXVI. 



SPONGIA TRUNCATA 

 CUT-MOUTHED SPONGE 



Zoophytes. 



generic character. 



Animal fixed, flexile, torpid, of various forms ; composed either 

 of reticulate fibres, or masses of small spines interwoven together, and 

 cloathed with gelatinous flesh, which is full of small mouths on its 

 surface, and by which it absorbs and rejects water. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 

 ANI> 

 SYNONYMS. 



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Aggregate, thick, rigid, tubular, the branches nearly of equal 

 height ; the tips truncate, opening terminal, and somewhat tri- 

 angular. 



Spongia Truncata : aggregata, crassa, rigida, tubulosa ; ramis 

 subfastigiatis truncatis, foramine terminali sub- 



triangularibus. 



Spongia : Seba, T. 3. L 97. f. 2.? 



