BRITISH SPONGES. 
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7. Grantia nivea. 
Spongia nivea. Grant in Edin. Phil. Journ. xiv. 339 ; and in Edin. 
New Phil. Journ. i. 168, and ii. 139. pi. 1. figs. 14-16; copied 
in Blainv. Actinol. pi. 94. 
Grantia nivea, Flem. Brit. Anim. 525 ; Johnst. Brit. Sp. p. 182. 
pi. 21. fig. 8, p. 252. 
Calcispongia nivea, Blainv. Actinol. 531. 
a b. Presented by G. Johnston, M.D. 
c. Var. cristata, Br. Sp. t. 20. f. 6. Mr. M^Calla. Pre- 
sented by G. Johnston, M.D. 
d. Spicula of a, in Canada balsam. Prepared by J. S. 
Bowerbank, Esq. 
8. Grantia coriacea. 
Spongia coriacea, Montagu in Wern. Mem. ii. 116 ; Gray^ Brit. 
PI. i. 361 ; Flem. Brit. Anim. 526. 
Grantia multicavata. Bean MSS. 
Grantia coriacea, Johnst. Brit. Sp. p. 183. t. 21. fig. 9, p. 252. 
a, h. Br. Sp. t. 21. f. 9. Berwick Bay. Presented by G. 
Johnston, M.D. 
c. In spirits. Presented by G. Johnston, M.D. 
d. Spicula of a, in Canada balsam. Prepared by J. S. 
Bowerbank, Esq. 
APPENDIX. 
Foreign Specimens accidentally introduced into the Fauna. 
Spongia prolifera, Solander and Ellis, t. ; Templeton, Mag. 
Nat. Hist. ix. 472 ; Johnst. Br. Sp. 170. 
Inhab. Belfast, from a ship. 
INDEX. 
Achilleum, 18 
aculeata, Hal., 10 
acgagropila, H al. , 1 1 , 1 2 
albescens, Hal., 9 
Alcyonium, 1, 2 
Amorphozoa, 1 
ananas, Sp., 21, 22 
Anthelia, 3 
areolata, Hal., 19 
anrantium, Alcy., 2 
aurea, Sp., 15 
bacillaris, Sp., 4 
Badiaga, 16 
botryoides, Sp., 22 
bulbosum, Alcy., 14 
cserulea, Sp., 8 
Calcispongia, 20 
calyciformis, Sp., 7 
canalium, Sp., 17 
cancellata, Sp., 6 
carnosa, Hal., 14 
