. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria. Natural history. 544 G. PULITZER-FINALI Description. (Fig. 58) consists of various frag- ments appearing to belong to a single massive sponge which might have had a diameter of about 10 cm. The colour (in spirit) is black. The consistency is inelastic, friable; the sponge contains a large quantitv of sand and debris. Details of the surface are not recognizable. The skeletal structure is halichondroid. Specimen , dr\-, consists of small fragments, greyish brown. Spicules. Oxeas cur^-ed, measuring 70-550 x 2-15 ;, n
. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria. Natural history. 544 G. PULITZER-FINALI Description. (Fig. 58) consists of various frag- ments appearing to belong to a single massive sponge which might have had a diameter of about 10 cm. The colour (in spirit) is black. The consistency is inelastic, friable; the sponge contains a large quantitv of sand and debris. Details of the surface are not recognizable. The skeletal structure is halichondroid. Specimen , dr\-, consists of small fragments, greyish brown. Spicules. Oxeas cur^-ed, measuring 70-550 x 2-15 ;, not se- parable in categories. The curvature of the larger ones may be uneven, and some modifications to st\'les and occasional centrotylot\'sm are present. Teratological alterations are frequent; they affect the middle- sized spicules, not the smallest Fig. 58 - Spongosurites sp. Larger oxeas and malformations. .\ : , H: NIS. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria (Genoa, Italy). Genova : Stab. tipo-litografico P. Pellas Fu L.
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