Subgenus 3. Haliommilla, Haeckel.
Definition.—Pores of the cortical shell irregular, of different size and form; spines covering the entire surface (commonly one spine at each nodal-point).
20. Haliomma capillaceum, Haeckel.
Cortical shell very thin walled, seven to eight times as broad as the medullary shell, both with irregular, polygonal pores, and very thin thread-like bars; outer pores twice to three times as broad as the inner. Radial spines very numerous, straight, bristle-shaped, about as long as the diameter of the medullary shell.
Dimensions.—Diameter of the outer shell 0.2, inner 0.025 to 0.03; outer pores 0.02 to 0.04, inner 0.008 to 0.016, bars 0.001; length of the spines 0.02 to 0.03.
Habitat.—Mediterranean (Messina), Atlantic (Canary Islands), surface.
21. Haliomma erinaceum, Haeckel.
Cortical shell thin walled, seven to eight times as broad as the medullary shell, both with irregular, polygonal pores, two to ten times as broad as the bars, outer pores much larger than the inner. Radial spines very numerous, bristle-shaped, as long as the diameter of the medullary shell, the majority or all being either curved or obliquely depressed, the greater part neither straight nor radial.
Dimensions.—Diameter of the outer shell 0.2, inner 0.025 to 0.03; outer pores 0.005 to 0.03, inner 0.008 to 0.016, bars 0.002 to 0.004; length of the spines 0.03.
Habitat.—Cosmopolitan; Mediterranean, Atlantic, Pacific, surface.
22. Haliomma tenellum, Haeckel.
Cortical shell thin walled, three times as broad as the medullary shell, with irregular, roundish pores, and very thin bars. Pores of the inner shell regular, circular. Radial spines very numerous, bristle-shaped, straight, as long as the radius of the outer shell.
Dimensions.—Diameter of the outer shell 0.15, inner 0.05; outer pores 0.008 to 0.016, inner 0.005; length of the spines 0.07.
Habitat.—Mediterranean (Nice); Atlantic, Stations 349 to 354, surface.
