ON SPONGES FROM THE MERQUI ARCHIPELAGO. 



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Report on the Marine Sponges, chiefly from King Island in the 

 Mergui Archipelago, collected for the Trustees of the Indian 

 Museum, Calcutta, by Dr. John Anderson, E.R.S., Super- 

 intendent of the Museum. By Henry J. Carter, F.R.S. 

 (Communicated by Dr. John Anderson, E.R.S., F.L.S.) 



[Eead 3rd June, 1886.] 

 (Plates V.- VII.) 



Before stating the result of my examination of these Sponges, 

 I introduce this communication by a list of the species, arranged 

 according to my classification*, and indicating the new species 

 and the varieties yielded by the collection, also the number of 

 specimens contained in it &c. 



Order I. CAENOSA. 

 None. 



Order II. CEBATTNA. 

 None. 



Order III. PSAMMONEMATA. 



Name. 



Spongia officinalis 



Polytherses, Duck. $ Mich. 



(Hircinia transformed), 



coarse structure. 



Ditto, fine structure 



Ditto, incrusting bivalve 



Cacospongia, sp 



Dysidea ramoglomerata 



, yar. ramotubulata. 



, Tar. granulata ... 



Author. 



auct. 

 Duch. & 

 Mich, 



Schmidt. 

 Carter. 



Carter. 

 Carter. 



New 

 species. 



New 

 Tariety. 



n. sp. 



n. v. 



How many 

 specimens. 



Number on 

 label. 



9. 



61, 62, 64. 



2. 

 76. 

 31, 39, 70. 

 29, 26, 51, 34, 48, 

 56, & 65. 

 5. 

 49. 



Order IV. EHAPHIDONEMATA. 



Cbalina oculata, Tar. fibrosa. . Carter. 

 spinifera Carter. 





n. t. 



n. sp. ? 





53. 

 67. 



* Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1875, vol. xvi. p. 126 &c. 

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