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The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
Family Spongelidæ. — Spongelia fragilis, var. Irregularis, Lendenfeld
Family Spongelidæ.
Spongelia fragilis, var. Irregularis, Lendenfeld.
Spongelia fragilis, var. irregularis, Lendenfeld, Mon. Horny Sponges, 1889, p. 662, pl. xxxvii., fig. 10.
This species is represented by several examples in a much broken condition.
Colour in spirit, yellowish-gray.
Occupying crevices in dead and honeycombed blocks of coral, on the lagoon reefs.
I owe the accompanying illustrations to my colleague, Mr. Edgar R. Waite, from whose careful drawings they have been reproduced.
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