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vidual zooids arise. The anthosteles are short, 
stout tubes with eight narrow, longitudinal 
grooves separated by broad, rounded ribs 
(Fig. 5 g); the largest is about 4 mm. high 
and 1.5 mm. in diameter, and none shows 
evidence of lateral budding. An introversible 
neck zone permits the anthocodiae to be fully 
retracted within the anthosteles. The outer 
surface is covered by a thin, horny cuticle, 
and the coelenteric cavity evidently has the 
horny subepithelial layer characteristic of the 
telestids, since the eight septal ribs of horny 
matter are present. The stolons and walls of 
the anthosteles are filled with oval, warty, 
fiat plates (Fig. 5 d ) and a few practically 
smooth scales with either entire or notched 
edges (Fig. 5 e). The thin, introversible neck 
zone contains broad, flat, warty rods, slender, 
round rods, and a few crosses (Fig. 5 c) ; these 
are arranged chiefly in eight interseptal tracts 
and are most numerous near the calycular 
margin, decreasing in numbers toward the 
tentacles. The tentacles (Fig. 5 /) are about 
1 mm. long and are densely packed with flat 
rods (Fig. 5 h) set crosswise but not extending 
into the pinnules. None of the zooids is long 
enough to show any intrusion of the coelen- 
teric cavity by spiculiferous mesogloea. 
type: U.S.N.M. No. 22594. Alenuihaha 
Channel between Hawaii and Maui Islands: 
Kauhola Light bearing S.44°30'E., 16.1 miles 
distant, in 491-500 fathoms, foraminifera, 
sand, and rock, bottom temperature 40.2°F.; 
July 18, 1902 (''Albatross” station 4065). 
REMARKS: The telestid affinities of Clavii- 
laria corrugata are clearly indicated by its 
spicules and the presence of the characteristic 
horny layers. Its small, unbranched zooids, 
the form of its sclerites, and the arrangement 
of spicules in the tentacles strongly suggest 
Madsen’s genus Telestula; unfortunately, none 
of the zooids is well enough developed to 
show the mesogloeal intrusion characteristic 
of that genus. It is possible that Clavularia 
corrugata will prove to be immature Telestula 
spiculicola robusta, in which case the older name 
will take precedence. 
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