WORMS. ZOOPHYTA. 97. Spongia. 
658 
O. Fabr. fn. Greenl- p. 448. n. 446, 
Innabit! the Greenland kis, adhering to the larger Ulvas; abo"^ 
8 lines long : white, lilk) , downy on the cutfidc, and rare!/ 
found double. 
Cancellate, Tubular, porous, with cancellatc fibres. 
Inhabits the Orraa : ferruginous, elallic, with a prickly furfac*' 
the tube as thick as a finger, with a few lateral perforations. 
Fubre, Tough, fimple, carious, dull red, roundifh, deprefled, 
elevated tubercles and equal pores. 
Inhabits the Red Sea, fixedrto Itones, 
Ni^ra. Tough, globular, equal, inflated, black without, cinereou* 
within. 
Inhabits the Red Sea, on rocks. 
C'-ff.einalh. Irregularly formed, porous, tough, lofaed, wooly. 
Phikf TranfaB. 55. p, 288. tab, lO.jfg. D, E. 
Poland, and Ellis Corall. p, 183. a. 1. 
Inhabits the Arcbiepelafp, Mediterranean and Indian feas, adherih? 
to rocks by a broad bale, ad is often found inclofing ft^ 
ftones, fhells and panicles of fand : variety of raarine aniif* 
pierce and gnaw it into irregular winding cavities which app®* 
on the outfide by large hqles higher than the reft: its 
varies from a pale to a deep yellow i the internal part, 
cut perpendicular, confifts of fmall tubes compofed of retic'*^. 
late fibre?, and ending on the outfide in an infinite number 
fmall circular holes which are the bibulous mouths of thes**’ 
mal, each of which is furrounded by a few ereft pointed fibf®*' 
This is the common Sponge of the fhops. 
*Qculata. Porous, foft and very much branched, the branches 3 
compreiTed, creft and often uniting together. 
Ellis Carall. p 80: tab. 32. f F. f. 
Phikf. PranfuQ. 53./. 288. tab lO. fig. B. 
Pace, Muf. />. 258. t. 116. Ruyfch Thef. 1. f. J. 
Seha Muf. 3, fab. 97. fg 5 — 7. 
Poneopp. Nat. Norvj. p 267. tab. 12, 
Inhabits the Btitr/hkif, 5— to inches high,: pale yclloW, * 
branches ending oblufely. 
Elurleata, 
Porous, much branched, angular, tough, the pores cylif*^?! 
cal, fubulate, prominent, equal, many-cleft and hifp*'"’ 
Phil f Tran/ ^^.p. iSS.t, II F. MufTeff.p.t\%.t,U’}- 
Seha Muf 3, tab, 1 33. t-sb, 99. fig. 7. ' .^3 
Inhabits Guinea, on rocks; grey, corky, the branches furrouU ^ 
on all fidcs with fraall obtufe lhaggy tufts: fte/tt as thick * 
finger, branches about the thicknels of a quill. 
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