dc:description"Figure 8. Scyphidium australiense Tabachnick, Janussen & Menschenina, 2008, NIWA 126237, distribution, skeleton and morphology A distribution in New Zealand waters, holotype as open circle, new specimen as filled circle B new specimen in situ (scale bar is approximate) C deck image (two sides, image by PJS) D osculum, deck image (by PJS) E preserved conulose outer surface of the lower body with prostal diactins F preserved wall section of the mid-body without conules G preserved dermal surface with intact pentactin lattice H preserved atrial surface with hexactins displaced from the atrial lattice. Image B captured by ROV Team GEOMAR, ROV Kiel 6000 onboard RV Sonne (voyage SO 254), courtesy of Project PoribacNewZ, GEOMAR, and ICBM.";
dc:description"Figure 9. Scyphidium australiense Tabachnick, Janussen & Menschenina, 2008, NIWA 126237, spicules A prostal diactin, whole and enlarged ends, one broken distal end and two intact proximal ends B choanosomal diactins, whole long and short versions at different scales plus enlarged tips and central swellings C dermalium: pentactin, whole and enlarged tips D atrialia, hexactin, whole and enlarged tip, pentactin, whole with enlarged tips, and paratetractin, whole; scales are the same as those for dermalium E spheres as small group of whole ones and one enlarged F Caulophacus discohexaster 1, whole and enlarged terminal ray end G Caulophacus discohexaster 2, whole and enlarged part of one ray tuft H oxyhexaster, whole and enlarged terminal ray end. Scales are the same for all whole microscleres and their enlarged parts.";
