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The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma.

Published Under the Authority of the Secretary of
State for India in Council.

Edited by A. E. Shipley, M.A., Sc.D., HON. D.Sc., F.R.S.


FRESHWATER SPONGES, HYDROIDS & POLYZOA.

by

N. ANNANDALE, D.SC.,

Superintendent and Trustee (_Ex Officio_) of the Indian Museum,
Fellow of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and of the Calcutta University.







London:
Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street.

Calcutta:
Thacker, Spink, & Co.

Bombay:
Thacker & Co., Limited.

Berlin:
R. Friedlaender & Sohn, 11 Carlstrasse.

August, 1911.

Printed at Today & Tomorrow's Printers & Publishers, Faridabad




CONTENTS.

                                                                   Page

  EDITOR'S PREFACE                                                    v

  SYSTEMATIC INDEX                                                  vii

  GENERAL INTRODUCTION                                                1
    Biological Peculiarities                                          2
    Geographical Distribution                                         5
    Geographical List                                                 7
    Special