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TABLE 3 
SPECIMENS 
LARGER OXEAS 
(a) 
SMALLER OXEAS 
(//) 
DETAILS OF SHAPE 
Pellina carbonaria Palau 
(de L., 1954) usnm 23113 
254-287 X 11.6-14.6 
212-237 X 3. 3-5.0 
strongyles, styles, and oxeas 
often stair-stepped, some 
mucronate. Usually curved, 
rarely straight. 
Sta. 92. Palau 
237-290 X 7.0-14.8 
207-246 X 3. 0-6.0 
oxeas, styles, strongyles, stepped 
or mucronate, curved or rarely 
straight; fine spicules always 
oxeote. 
Sta. 133. Palau 
225-260 X 9.0-10.5 
207-225 X 3. 5-6.6 
oxeas which can be almost mu- 
cronate; stepped or strongylote, 
always curved, can be centrally 
angulate. 
Jamaica 
220-237 X 8.0-10 
212-220 X 2. 5-4.5 
oxeas stair-stepped, mucronate 
often strongylote, smaller 
spicules often typical oxeas, 
always curved. 
Topsent, 1930 (redescription 
of Lamarck’s type) 
220-2 15g| 8.0-14 
oxeas, curved, only very slightly 
fusiform. 
De Laubenfels, 1936 
Tortugas 
164 X 4.5 (rarely 
172X5) 
strongyles, stair-stepped. 
Arndt, 1927 
Curacao 
190-242 X 7-10 
190-242 X 7-10 
oxeas. 
Fig. 20a. Siphonodictyon mucosa n. sp. Left, Sta. 
92 A; right, Sta. 92. Holotype. USNM 23697. 
mucus and no dermal skeleton can be located at 
the inner boundary of the gel layer. 
DIMENSIONS (Table 4). 
COLOR: In life, black; in alcohol, dark brown 
(Y-R-Y 3/2) to pale brown (Y-R-Y 7/4) on 
the oscular tubes; the basal mass is pale brown 
I (rY-R 5/4). 
FIG. 20 h. Siphonodictyon mucosa n. sp. Oxeas. 
