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FIGURE 1 in Bridging the gap: first record of sponge genus Strongylodesma in Australian waters

  • 1. Coasts and Oceans National Centre, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Ltd, Private Bag 99940, Newmarket, Auckland 1149, New Zealand. michelle.kelly@niwa.co.nz; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9673-0056
  • 2. 1 Moor St, Sandringham, Victoria 3191, Australia. goudielj@bigpond.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2569-8903 Corresponding author

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FIGURE 1. Strongylodesma australiense sp. nov., holotype NMVF246384: B. Close view showing porefield mounds (lower half) and flush oscule (arrow); C.–G. Range of megascleres showing irregular thickening and slightly sinuous curves in the shorter spicules in F. and G.; H. 'Shepherd's crook' modification; I. Undeveloped 'shepherd's crook' modification; J. Pseudotylote modification; K. Bifurcate proximal end of megasclere; L. Centrotylote modification; M. Hand-section showing thick ectosome of confused to paratangential megascleres, with a thin, clear collagenous layer beneath (arrow), and choanosome with paratangential interstitial megascleres; N. Hand-section showing massive primary tract beneath ectosome.

Notes

Published as part of Kelly, Michelle & Goudie, Lisa, 2020, Bridging the gap: first record of sponge genus Strongylodesma in Australian waters, pp. 397-400 in Zootaxa 4808 (2) on page 398, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4808.2.13, http://zenodo.org/record/3933464

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