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Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean ...

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384 COLLECTIONS FROM MELANESIA.fibres, was also obta<strong>in</strong>ed. So far as <strong>the</strong> vents can be <strong>made</strong> out,<strong>the</strong>y are numerous, and occur <strong>in</strong> a z<strong>on</strong>e just <strong>in</strong>side <strong>the</strong> marg<strong>in</strong> of <strong>the</strong>cup. The primary fibres are very stout at <strong>the</strong> marg<strong>in</strong> of cup, viz.about '5 to '7 millim. <strong>in</strong> diameter, exclusive of <strong>the</strong>ir sandy coat<strong>in</strong>g.Hah. Port Molle, Uuecnsland, between tide-marks ; Arafura Sea,off north coast of Australia, 32-36 fms. (<strong>the</strong> larger specimen).The external positi<strong>on</strong> of <strong>the</strong> sand <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> fibres recalls Manricea,Carter (x<strong>in</strong>n. & Mag. N. H. (4) xx. p. 174), for which see below(Carterisp<strong>on</strong>r/ia). In this po<strong>in</strong>t, and <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> arrangement, proporti<strong>on</strong>s,and o<strong>the</strong>r characters of <strong>the</strong> skelet<strong>on</strong>-fibres, <strong>the</strong> species str<strong>on</strong>glyresembles Bowerhank's PolyJihro.

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