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Specimens from Station 288 show occasional anastomosis. In specimens from different 
stations there are slight differences in the proportions in which the various types of spicules 
occur; and the warty spindles of type (3) are more substantial in some specimens than in others. 
The specimen from Station 315 arises from the branched base of a thick Gorgonid axis, 
bearing several kinds of Polyzoa, small Balanids, hydroids and sponges, in a crowded tangle. 
In a single stem from Station 274, along with some young colonies, the general appearance 
is like T. arborea , e. g. in the narrow deep grooves, but the short interlocking spicules are 
more substantial and much more densely covered with compound warts than in any other specimen 
we have seen, though they are approached by specimens from Station 163. The stout very 
warty spicules are like the most warty forms in T. smithii , with which, however, the specimens 
do not otherwise agree. 
Fragments from the Amsterdam Museum, (Brandewijns Bay, 1888) deposited by Prof. 
M. Weber, are referable to T. arborea. Thus they show narrow well-defined grooves (in parts 
of the colonies); the branching is on all sides; the spiculation is typical. 
A colony from an unknown station is interesting in being so thickly covered with sponge 
that its real nature is thoroughly masked. A piece of this has been drawn. Anastomosis of 
branches occurs, and this is apart from binding together with sponge. The spicules are like 
those of a typical T. arborea. When the sponge is scraped away deep narrow longitudinal 
grooves are seen. At the base of one of the stems there are two or three beautiful small 
Ophiuroids, marked by delicate blue lines. 
Previously recorded from Arafura Sea, Zanzibar, Amboina, Sydney. 
2. Telesto imiltiflora Laackmann. 
For description see: H. LAACKMANN, Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Telesto, Zool. Jahrb., 1908, 
Supplement II, p. 91, 1 fig. 
Stat. 315. Sailus Besar, Paternoster-islands. Up to 36 M. Coral and Lithothamnion. 1 Ex. 
Several undivided stems with very numerous lateral polyps, a distinctive feature. The longest 
stem is 12.8 cm., with a diameter of 2 mm. The polyps project all round to a height of about 
2.4 mm.; and there are about eight to a centimetre. The longitudinal striping is recognisable, 
but not very definitely; the whole surface is masked by a sponge. The spicules are colourless, 
somewhat delicate, with little branching, but bound together, in varying degrees of compactness, 
by irregular prominences wTich vary from simple cones to blunt rugged processes. There are 
two distinct types of spicules, ( a ) delicate elongated rods sometimes forked at the end, with 
simple prominences, and ( b ) shorter, broader, much rougher, forms. 
Previously recorded from Bass Strait, Sharks Bay. 
3. Telesto prolifer a (W. Koch). 
For description see: LAACKMANN, Zool. Jahrb. 1908, p. 86, 1 fig. 
Stat. 77. 3°27'S., II7°36 / E. 59 M. Fine, grey coral sand. 4 Ex. 
Stat. 117. i°o'.5 N., 122 0 56'E. 80 M. Sand and coral. 1 Ex. 
Stat. 164. i°42 / .5 S., I30°47 / .5E. 32 M. Sand, small stones and shells. 2 Ex. 
Stat. 260. 5°36 / .5S., 132° 55'.2 E. 90 M. Sand, coral and shells. 1 Ex. 
