SPECIMENS of this sponge collected at Calf Sound, Isle of Man, were investigated for spicules, and for their arrangement in the body of the sponge. Six types of spicules were found, ranging from ...

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IN Willey's “Zoological Results,” part iv., 1900, J. J. Lister described certain small columnar coral-like organisms from 35–100 fathoms off Lifu and Funafuti as calcareous sponges. He named ...