. Zoology : for students and general readers . Zoology. 48 ZOOLOGY. sponges north of New York is Clialinula oculata (Bower- bank), which grows in long slender branches on the piles of wharves and bridges. Allied to it is Axinella (Fig. 33, A. polypoides). A representative in northern waters of the genuine sili- cious or glass sponges is the Hyalonema (Fig. 33, H. horeale). At the depth of 100 fathoms in the Gulf of Maine occurs a. Fig. i^.—Pheronema Anna', half iiatunil size, with stellate and anchor-like spicules, much enlarged.—After Leidy. similar species {H. longissinmin Sars). Fig. 34 rep
. Zoology : for students and general readers . Zoology. 48 ZOOLOGY. sponges north of New York is Clialinula oculata (Bower- bank), which grows in long slender branches on the piles of wharves and bridges. Allied to it is Axinella (Fig. 33, A. polypoides). A representative in northern waters of the genuine sili- cious or glass sponges is the Hyalonema (Fig. 33, H. horeale). At the depth of 100 fathoms in the Gulf of Maine occurs a. Fig. i^.—Pheronema Anna', half iiatunil size, with stellate and anchor-like spicules, much enlarged.—After Leidy. similar species {H. longissinmin Sars). Fig. 34 represents a fine silicious sponge [Pheronema Annm Leidy) from the West Indies. The most beautiful of all silicious sponges is the Venus' flower-basket {Euplectellum aspergilhim), which lives anchored in the mud at the depth of about 10 fathoms, near the Philippine 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 Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring), 1839-1905. New York : Henry Holt
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