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Table 15 in Phylogeny and revision of Leucaltis and Leucettusa (Porifera: Calcarea), with new classification proposals and description of a new type of aquiferous system

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Table 15. Spicule measurements of RoƜella Ʋera

Specimen/ReferenceSpiculeActineLength (µm)Width (µm)N
MinMeanSDMaxMinMeanSDMax
BMNH 1884.4.22.60 (H)Cortical triactine270.0296.730.6330.020.023.35.830.03
Cortical tetractinea---------
Pygmy triactine-50.0---5.0--1
Pygmy tetractinebasal50.063.810.282.57.510.01.712.510
apical70.078.38.887.57.510.02.512.53
After Poléjaeff (1883; H)Cortical triactine---450.0-37.5--?
Cortical tetractinebasal---800.0-80.0--?
apical600.0--2000.060.0--200.0?
Pygmy triactine---------
Pygmy tetractinebasal50.0--100.05.0--10.0?
apical50.0--100.05.0--10.0?
After Borojević & Grua (1965)Cortical triactine150.0--350.010.0--20.0?
Cortical tetractinebasal300.0--500.0-50.0--?
apical---2000.0----?
Pygmy triactine55.0--100.0-10.0--?
Pygmy tetractinebasal55.0--100.0-10.0--?
apical---------

aActines were broken in the preparations and could not be measured. H, holotype.

Notes

Published as part of Lopes, Matheus Vieira & Klautau, Michelle, 2023, Phylogeny and revision of Leucaltis and Leucettusa (Porifera: Calcarea), with new classification proposals and description of a new type of aquiferous system, pp. 740 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 198 on page 740, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad008, http://zenodo.org/record/7894159

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References

  • Polejaeff N. 1883. Report on the Calcarea dredged by the HMS Challenger during the years 1873 - 1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage Challenger (Zoology) 8: 1 - 76.
  • Borojevic R, Grua P. 1965. Eponges calcaires de Kerguelen. Systematique et ecologie. ArchiVes de Zoologie Experimentale et Generale 105: 1 - 29.