. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria. Natural history. MEDITERRANEAN DEMOSPONGIAE 517 Axinella minuta Levi Axinella minuta Levi, 1957: 205 Occurrence. Off Calvi, depth 123-125 m, detrital, dredge, 18 July 1969. Description. (Fig. 38) The specimen is slightly, irregularly branching, 15 mm high, 11 mm wide, branches mm thick, hispid. It has been entirely used for preparations. Spicules. 1) Styles 1300-1700 x [im, almost straight, sometimes bearing a sub-basal swelling, not abundant. 2) Styles 150- 490 X (i-m, generally curved near the base
. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria. Natural history. MEDITERRANEAN DEMOSPONGIAE 517 Axinella minuta Levi Axinella minuta Levi, 1957: 205 Occurrence. Off Calvi, depth 123-125 m, detrital, dredge, 18 July 1969. Description. (Fig. 38) The specimen is slightly, irregularly branching, 15 mm high, 11 mm wide, branches mm thick, hispid. It has been entirely used for preparations. Spicules. 1) Styles 1300-1700 x [im, almost straight, sometimes bearing a sub-basal swelling, not abundant. 2) Styles 150- 490 X (i-m, generally curved near the base, abundant. Intermediates with the former category are very rare. 3) Oxeas very variable, 180- 600 X ^m, curved or bent (sometimes asymmetrically), some- times Fig. 38 - Spicules of Axinella mivuta. Axinella sp. A Occurrence. Off Calvi, depth 121-149 m, detrital, dredge, 14 July 1969. Description. (Fig. 39) The specimen is erect on narrow base of attachment, a slightly claviform cylinder strongly hispid, 15 mm high, mm in maximum diameter. It has been entirely used for pre- parations. Spicules. 1) Styles 1100-1700 x 11-19 [xm, slightly curved, a- bundant. 2) Oxeas 600-1150 x 9-17 [jim, curved, often asymmetrically, also flexuous, abundant. 3) Styles 100-280 x ^m, curved near the base, very abundant. Intermediate sizes with category 1) are rare. 4) Oxeas 120-230 x [im, curved or bent, very 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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