INDIAN DEEP-SEA SPONGES. 



Fig. 95. — Saccocalyx pedun- 

 culata, from the Bay of Bengal, 

 1803 fathoms ; reduced. The stalk 

 by which the sponge is implanted 

 in the soft ooze has been accident- 

 ally broken. 



Fig. 96. — Hyaloneina masoni^ 

 from the Bay of Bengal, 1748 

 fathom.s ; reduced. Only the 

 upper part of the glass-rope, by 

 which the sponge is anchored to 

 the ooze, is represented, and it is 

 overgrown with barnacles {Scalpel- 

 lum sqiiamuliferttni). 



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