dc:description"FIGURE 1. Comparison of microsclere morphology in family Latrunculiidae (not to scale): A. Anisodiscorhabd form in subgenus Latrunculia (Latrunculia) du Bocage, 1869 (type species L. (L.) bocagei Ridley & Dendy, 1886), showing the six substructures that characterise the anisodiscorhabds, whether differentiated or undifferentiated: m = manubrium, bw = basal whorl, mw = median whorl, sw = subsidiary whorl, aw = apical whorl, a = apex; B. Anisodiscorhabd form in subgenus Latrunculia (Biannulata) Samaai, Gibbons & Kelly, 2006 (type species L. (B.) kaakaariki Alvarez et al., 2002); C. Anisodiscorhabd form in subgenus Latrunculia (Uniannulata) subgen. nov. (type species L. (U.) oparinae Samaai & Krasokhin, 2002); D. Isospinodiscorhabd in genus Cyclacanthia Samaai, Govender & Kelly, 2004 (type species C. bellae (Samaai, Gibbons, Kelly & Davies-Coleman, 2003); E. Isochiadiscorhabd in genus Tsitsikamma Samaai & Kelly, 2002 (type species T. favus Samaai & Kelly, 2002); F. Anisodiscorhabd and amphiclad sceptre in genus Sceptrella Schmidt, 1870 (type species Sceptrella regalis Schmidt, 1870); G. Short anisodiscorhabd and long anisoconicorhabd in genus Latrunclava gen. nov. (type species L. imago gen. et sp. nov.); H. Anisodiscorhabd in genus Bomba gen. nov. (type species B. endeavourensis gen. et sp. nov.). Fig. 1 A, B, D modified and reproduced from Samaai et al. (2006), Samaai et al. (2004) and Samaai et al. (2003), respectively, with permission from Zootaxa (Magnolia Press). Fig. 1 E, F modified with permission from T. Samaai.";
dc:description"FIGURE 13. Morphology, megascleres and microscleres of Latrunclava imago gen. et sp. nov.: A. Latrunclava imago gen. et sp. nov., preserved holotype RBCM 150 - 00490 - 001, central Aleutian Islands, 175 m, scale = 1 cm; B. Range of anisoconicorhabds, scale = 50 µm; C. Microfossil anisodiscorhabds of Latrunculia oamaruensis Hinde & Holmes, 1892 (from Hinde & Holmes, 1892: 218, Pl. 11, Fig. 34, 35), scale = 50 µm; D. Head of anisostyle, acanthose with retrovert spines, scale = 20 µm; E. Typical anisodiscorhabds with manubrium, scale = 20 µm; F. Anisodiscorhabd lacking a manubrium, scale = 20 µm; G. Protorhabds showing presence of budding manubrium, scale = 20 µm; H. Basal portion of anisodiscorhabd showing manubrium and basal whorl, scale = 20 µm; I. Apical whorl (apex absent), scale = 20 µm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 12. Morphology, megascleres and microscleres of Bomba tricincta (Hentschel, 1929) gen. nov., comb. nov.: A. Illustration of holotype ZMB Por 7851 from Northern Norway, 198 m (from Hentschel (1929, Pl. 12, Fig. 3); B. Large, thick tracts of megascleres, scale = 500 µm; C. Anisostyle, slightly sinuous, scale = 100 µm; D. Smooth proximal tip of anisostyle, scale = 100 µm; E. Smooth distal tip of anisostyle, scale = 100 µm; F. Range of anisodiscorhabds, scale = 50 µm; G. Range of protorhabds from earliest to later stages showing gradual development of the three whorls, scale = 50 µm. All images taken from microscope slide of holotype.";
