“Axinella balfourensis, n. sp.
Erect, stipitate, with spreading, branched root and long, sylindrical stem, surmounted by a large head of dichotomizing finger-like, tapering branches. Height 14 inches. Yellowish grey. Stem firm and compact, branches extremely soft and spongy. Very slightly hispid. Skeleton loose, poorly developed. Spicules smooth, straight or slightly curved acuates, gradually sharp-pointed, size .42 by .0075 millim., of the same shape in both the dermal tufts and the main skeleton, but in the former of about half the size.
Locality. Kerguelen Island, 20-60 fath.”
(Ridley and Dendy, 1886)
