. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria. Natural history. 154 G. PULITZER-FINALI Only fragments have been kept. The specimens were all large, vase-shaped, up to 50 cm in diameter; at Boca de Yuma some were noted measuring almost 1 m. The colour was brown externally, tan internally; a violet tinge was always present. The spicules are oxeas with short and obtuse points. Sizes in [: : 340-410 x : 340-420 x 9-16 : 350-420 x : 280-420 x 9-16 : 345-430 x 7-16 : 310-370 x 7-14 Xestospongia subtriangularis (Duchassaing) (Fig. 71)
. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria. Natural history. 154 G. PULITZER-FINALI Only fragments have been kept. The specimens were all large, vase-shaped, up to 50 cm in diameter; at Boca de Yuma some were noted measuring almost 1 m. The colour was brown externally, tan internally; a violet tinge was always present. The spicules are oxeas with short and obtuse points. Sizes in [: : 340-410 x : 340-420 x 9-16 : 350-420 x : 280-420 x 9-16 : 345-430 x 7-16 : 310-370 x 7-14 Xestospongia subtriangularis (Duchassaing) (Fig. 71) Spongia subtriangularis Duchassaing, 1850: 26 Occurrence : La Parguera (Puerto Rico), depth 5-17 m, 6 May 1964. , Boca Chica (Dominican Republic) depth 30-40 m, 15 April 1964. Duncans (Jamaica), drop-off, depth 35 m, 30 March 1964. Kingston (Jamaica), cays, depth 10-25 m, 22 March 1964. Boca Chica (Dominican Republic), depth 4-5 m, 18 April 1964. Port Royal (Jamaica), wharf pilings, depth 1-6 m, 23 March 1964. , : massive, oscules 5 mm wide on elevations, tough, inelastic, interior sticky, friable. Colour in life light violet to light orange-cream. The ectosomal skeleton is made by plurispicular tracts 50-100 ]xn\. 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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