<documentid="54324EDD478D8274079059E7BCBB084D"ID-CLB-Dataset="22182"ID-DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.4774.1.1"ID-GBIF-Dataset="269cf599-428d-464d-8f21-994d69110c5c"ID-ISSN="1175-5326"ID-Zenodo-Dep="3825140"ID-ZooBank="B0C4A2F8-F2AB-4147-BB12-63720EEF2516"IM.bibliography_approvedBy="felipe"IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe"IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe"IM.tables_requiresApprovalFor="existingObjects,plazi"IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="admin"checkinTime="1589391149229"checkinUser="plazi"docAuthor="Ekins, Merrick, Erpenbeck, Dirk & Hooper, John N. A."docDate="2020"docId="03D287B691DB3B80FF7EFECAFBABF996"docLanguage="en"docName="zootaxa.4774.1.1.imf"docOrigin="Zootaxa 4774 (1)"docStyle="DocumentStyle:D239614CE4198176A422035174489AB1.4:Zootaxa.2009-2012.monograph"docStyleId="D239614CE4198176A422035174489AB1"docStyleName="Zootaxa.2009-2012.monograph"docStyleVersion="4"docTitle="Euchelipluma claudochela Ekins & Erpenbeck & Hooper 2020, sp. nov."docType="treatment"docUuid="0DD6EF16-32D2-4ED9-9B01-DC48F5B96964"docUuidSource="ZooBank"docVersion="8"lastPageNumber="153"masterDocId="FFEBFFCE914E3B18FFE9FFBBFFF8FF9D"masterDocTitle="Carnivorous sponges from the Australian Bathyal and Abyssal zones collected during the RV Investigator 2017 Expedition"masterLastPageNumber="159"masterPageNumber="1"pageNumber="150"updateTime="1720375898568"updateUser="admin">
<mods:titleid="A0F592E8E636DC6C2FFB73C062280B76">Carnivorous sponges from the Australian Bathyal and Abyssal zones collected during the RV Investigator 2017 Expedition</mods:title>
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<figureCitationid="13402A2591DB3B8DFF7EFE2EFEFDFE32"box="[151,261,405,431]"captionStart="FIGURE 32"captionStartId="149.[151,250,1865,1890]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,705,1840]"captionTargetId="figure@149.[151,1436,705,1840]"captionTargetPageId="149"captionText="FIGURE 32. Euchelipluma claudochela sp. nov. A. fixed Holotype QM G337511. B. Placochelae. C.Abyssochelae. D. Sigma. E. Small oxeote style. F. Large mycalostyle. G. Stem showing axis and remaining filaments H. Tracts of small oxeote styles densely packed forming a sheath around the larger axial mycalostyles. I. Filament attachment to the stem."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3825208"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3825208/files/figure.png"pageId="149"pageNumber="150">Figure 32</figureCitation>
,
<tableCitationid="C6F9031B91DB3B8DFEF8FE2EFE8AFE32"box="[273,370,405,431]"captionStart="TABLE 17"captionStartId="150.[151,239,501,527]"captionTargetBox="[162,2028,578,1653]"captionTargetPageId="150"captionText="TABLE 17. Comparative morphological and distributional data for all known species of Euchelipluma."httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF04662891D83B8EFF7EFE4EFB10FD92"pageId="149"pageNumber="150"tableUuid="DF04662891D83B8EFF7EFE4EFB10FD92">Table 17</tableCitation>
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A. fixed Holotype QM G337511. B. Placochelae. C. Abyssochelae. D. Sigma. E. Small oxeote style. F. Large mycalostyle. G. Stem showing axis and remaining filaments H. Tracts of small oxeote styles densely packed forming a sheath around the larger axial mycalostyles. I. Filament attachment to the stem.
<thid="769A5D9E91D8C4E7FC28FDF9FBA8FD2D"box="[961,1104,578,688]"gridcol="5"gridrow="0"pageId="150"pageNumber="151">Spicules of main axis (LxW μm)</th>
<thid="769A5D9E91D8C4E7FB81FDF9FB02FD2D"box="[1128,1274,578,688]"gridcol="6"gridrow="0"pageId="150"pageNumber="151">Spicules of lateral filaments or body (LxW μm)</th>
<thid="769A5D9E91D8C4E7FAFCFDF9FA54FD2D"box="[1301,1452,578,688]"gridcol="7"gridrow="0"pageId="150"pageNumber="151">Spicules of basal attachment (LxW μm)</th>
<taxonomicNameid="4C7B4D2391D83B8EFF4BFD56FEE9FC9E"authorityName="Ekins & Erpenbeck & Hooper"authorityYear="2020"box="[162,273,749,771]"class="Demospongiae"family="Cladorhizidae"genus="Euchelipluma"kingdom="Animalia"order="Poecilosclerida"pageId="150"pageNumber="151"phylum="Porifera"rank="species"species="claudochela">
<tdid="769A5D9E91D8C4E7FE31FD74FD66FC4D"box="[472,670,719,976]"gridcol="2"gridrow="1"pageId="150"pageNumber="151">Erect stipitate, sawfish-shaped with thin stem, with short bilateral filaments, basal attachments unknown</td>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D8C4E7FD53FD74FCF8FC4D"box="[698,768,719,976]"gridcol="3"gridrow="1"pageId="150"pageNumber="151">14 x <1</td>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D8C4E7FCFFFD74FC50FC4D"box="[790,936,719,976]"gridcol="4"gridrow="1"pageId="150"pageNumber="151">Axis of stem and filaments are longitudinal bundles of larger mycalostyles, with an outer sheath of smaller styles</td>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D8C4E7FC28FD74FBA8FC4D"box="[961,1104,719,976]"gridcol="5"gridrow="1"pageId="150"pageNumber="151">mycalostyles 404-(904)-1060 x 9-(20)-27 styles 78-(189)-456 x 4-(10)-23</td>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D8C4E7FA2CFD74F9C8FC4D"box="[1477,1584,719,976]"gridcol="8"gridrow="1"pageId="150"pageNumber="151">placochelae 31-(61)-75 x 9-(14)-18</td>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D8C4E7F9A1FD74F938FC4D"box="[1608,1728,719,976]"gridcol="9"gridrow="1"pageId="150"pageNumber="151">abyssochelae 12-(17)-23 x 6-(10)-13</td>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D8C4E7F89CFD74F814FC4D"box="[1909,2028,719,976]"gridcol="11"gridrow="1"pageId="150"pageNumber="151">Central coast of New South Wales, Australia, abyssal</td>
<bibRefCitationid="EFEA4B5191D83B8EFF41FBEDFF28FB14"author="Topsent, E."pageId="150"pageNumber="151"pagination="1 - 376"refId="ref76812"refString="Topsent, E. (1928 a) Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Mediterranee provenant des croisieres du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. Resultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco, 74, 1 - 376, pls. I-XI."type="journal article"year="1928">Topsent, 1928</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="EFEA4B5191D83B8EFED1FBA0FE9FFBD3"author="Topsent, E."pageId="150"pageNumber="151"pagination="1 - 376"refId="ref76812"refString="Topsent, E. (1928 a) Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Mediterranee provenant des croisieres du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. Resultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco, 74, 1 - 376, pls. I-XI."type="journal article"year="1928">Topsent, 1928</bibRefCitation>
f: 1, Figs 1–4;
<bibRefCitationid="EFEA4B5191D83B8EFE8FFBEEFE90FB14"author="Topsent, E."pageId="150"pageNumber="151"pagination="1 - 376"refId="ref76812"refString="Topsent, E. (1928 a) Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Mediterranee provenant des croisieres du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. Resultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco, 74, 1 - 376, pls. I-XI."type="journal article"year="1928">Topsent 1928</bibRefCitation>
d: 308, Figs 4–Jan
</td>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D8C4E7FE31FBA0FD66FAA4"box="[472,670,1051,1337]"gridcol="2"gridrow="2"pageId="150"pageNumber="151">Erect arborescent, short stem and expanded irregular basal plate giving rise to dichotomous primary branching which then gives off numerous secondary branches growing in all directions</td>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D8C4E7FD53FBA0FCF8FAA4"box="[698,768,1051,1337]"gridcol="3"gridrow="2"pageId="150"pageNumber="151">49 x 1</td>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D8C4E7FCFFFBA0FC50FAA4"box="[790,936,1051,1337]"gridcol="4"gridrow="2"pageId="150"pageNumber="151">Axis cored by styles, with desmas on the surface, terminal buds of branches with strongyles, more complex desmas on the basal holdfast</td>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D8C4E7FC28FBA0FBA8FAA4"box="[961,1104,1051,1337]"gridcol="5"gridrow="2"pageId="150"pageNumber="151">styles 413–455 x 15–17 polytylote strongyles 85–140 x 5–12 (sub-)tylostyles 180 x 2–5 monocrepidial desmas 490–560 x 20</td>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D8C4E7FAFCFBA0FA54FAA4"box="[1301,1452,1051,1337]"gridcol="7"gridrow="2"pageId="150"pageNumber="151">desmas with more complex zygoses</td>
<bibRefCitationid="EFEA4B5191D83B8EFF04FA77FF37F980"author="Laubenfels, M. W. de"pageId="150"pageNumber="151"pagination="1 - 225"refId="ref74967"refString="Laubenfels, M. W. de (1936) A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. In: Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 467. Tortugas Laboratory Paper, 30, pp. 1 - 225, pls. 1 - 22."type="journal article"year="1936">de Laubenfels, 1936</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="EFEA4B5191D83B8EFED1FA14FE6CFA7F"author="Laubenfels, M. W. de"pageId="150"pageNumber="151"pagination="1 - 225"refId="ref74967"refString="Laubenfels, M. W. de (1936) A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. In: Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 467. Tortugas Laboratory Paper, 30, pp. 1 - 225, pls. 1 - 22."type="journal article"year="1936">de Laubenfels, 1936: 115</bibRefCitation>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D8C4E7FE31FA14FD66F9E8"box="[472,670,1455,1653]"gridcol="2"gridrow="3"pageId="150"pageNumber="151">Erect short stem supporting a hemispherical body with flat apex bearing many filamentous processes, basal attachment unknown</td>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D8C4E7FD53FA14FCF8F9E8"box="[698,768,1455,1653]"gridcol="3"gridrow="3"pageId="150"pageNumber="151">13 x 9</td>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D8C4E7FCFFFA14FC50F9E8"box="[790,936,1455,1653]"gridcol="4"gridrow="3"pageId="150"pageNumber="151">Main body packed with many subtylostyles with points directed upwards</td>
<tableNoteid="769D372E91D83B8EF93EF93DF815F901"box="[1751,2029,1670,1692]"pageId="150"pageNumber="151"targetBox="[162,2028,578,1653]"targetPageId="150">.....Continued on the next page</tableNote>
<thid="769A5D9E91D9C4E7FC20FD23FBB0FC9B"box="[969,1096,664,774]"gridcol="5"gridrow="0"pageId="151"pageNumber="152">Spicules of main axis (LxW μm)</th>
<thid="769A5D9E91D9C4E7FB8AFD23FB0DFC9B"box="[1123,1269,664,774]"gridcol="6"gridrow="0"pageId="151"pageNumber="152">Spicules of lateral filaments or body (LxW μm)</th>
<thid="769A5D9E91D9C4E7FAFAFD23FA52FC9B"box="[1299,1450,664,774]"gridcol="7"gridrow="0"pageId="151"pageNumber="152">Spicules of basal attachment (LxW μm)</th>
<taxonomicNameid="4C7B4D2391D93B8FFF4BFC88FF09FCD4"authorityName="Lehnert, Stone & Heimler"authorityYear="2006"box="[162,241,819,841]"class="Demospongiae"family="Cladorhizidae"genus="Euchelipluma"kingdom="Animalia"order="Poecilosclerida"pageId="151"pageNumber="152"phylum="Porifera"rank="species"species="elongata">
<bibRefCitationid="EFEA4B5191D93B8FFF4BFCEAFF37FC3C"author="Lehnert, H. & Stone, R. & Heimler, W."pageId="151"pageNumber="152"pagination="1 - 35"refId="ref75183"refString="Lehnert, H., Stone, R. & Heimler, W. (2006) New species of deep-sea demosponges (Porifera) from the Aleutian Islands (Alaska, USA). Zootaxa, 1250, 1 - 35."type="journal article"year="2006">Lehnert, Stone & Heimler, 2006</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="EFEA4B5191D93B8FFED6FCADFE68FC19"author="Lehnert, H. & Stone, R. & Heimler, W."pageId="151"pageNumber="152"pagination="1 - 35"refId="ref75183"refString="Lehnert, H., Stone, R. & Heimler, W. (2006) New species of deep-sea demosponges (Porifera) from the Aleutian Islands (Alaska, USA). Zootaxa, 1250, 1 - 35."type="journal article"year="2006">Lehnert, Stone & Heimler, 2006: 17</bibRefCitation>
, Figs 10–11
</td>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D9C4E7FE21FCADFD9AFBF2"box="[456,610,790,1135]"gridcol="2"gridrow="1"pageId="151"pageNumber="152">Erect stipitate, whip-like with short cylindrical stem and long flattened body with 2 rows of short filaments on the narrow sides of the body, with rhizoid basal attachment</td>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D9C4E7FD93FCADFD47FBF2"box="[634,703,790,1135]"gridcol="3"gridrow="1"pageId="151"pageNumber="152">320 x 2</td>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D9C4E7FD36FCADFC4AFBF2"box="[735,946,790,1135]"gridcol="4"gridrow="1"pageId="151"pageNumber="152">Axis of stem with densely packed parallel tracts of styles, occasional tylostyles perpendicular to the styles, body cored by parallel tracts of styles and smaller tylostyles, with single tylostyles inserted perpendicular to the tracts</td>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D9C4E7FC20FCADFBB0FBF2"box="[969,1096,790,1135]"gridcol="5"gridrow="1"pageId="151"pageNumber="152">styles- mycalostyles 1310–1510 x 40–55 tylostylespolytylostyles 620– 660 x 9–13</td>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D9C4E7F895FCADF81FFBF2"box="[1916,2023,790,1135]"gridcol="11"gridrow="1"pageId="151"pageNumber="152">S of Amlia I., Aleution Is, Alaska, bathyal</td>
<bibRefCitationid="EFEA4B5191D93B8FFF4BFB66FEDAFB6E"author="Topsent"box="[162,290,1245,1267]"firstAuthor="Topsent"pageId="151"pageNumber="152"pagination="1 - 23"refId="ref76742"refString="Topsent, E. (1909) Etude sur quelques Cladorhiza et sur Euchelipluma pristina n. g. et n. sp. Bulletin de l'Institut oceanographique, Monaco, 151, 1 - 23, pls. I-II."type="journal article"year="1909">Topsent, 1909</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="EFEA4B5191D93B8FFED6FB19FE68FB48"author="Topsent, E."pageId="151"pageNumber="152"pagination="1 - 23"refId="ref76742"refString="Topsent, E. (1909) Etude sur quelques Cladorhiza et sur Euchelipluma pristina n. g. et n. sp. Bulletin de l'Institut oceanographique, Monaco, 151, 1 - 23, pls. I-II."type="journal article"year="1909">Topsent, 1909: 19</bibRefCitation>
, Pl. I, Fig. 4, Pl. II, Fig. 6;
<bibRefCitationid="EFEA4B5191D93B8FFEBFFAACFE64FAD6"author="Topsent, E."pageId="151"pageNumber="152"pagination="1 - 376"refId="ref76812"refString="Topsent, E. (1928 a) Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Mediterranee provenant des croisieres du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. Resultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco, 74, 1 - 376, pls. I-XI."type="journal article"year="1928">Topsent 1928: 216</bibRefCitation>
, Pl. 3, Fig. 17, Pl. 7, Fig. 10;
<bibRefCitationid="EFEA4B5191D93B8FFED6FA11FE65FA40"author="Burton, M."box="[319,413,1450,1501]"pageId="151"pageNumber="152"pagination="111 - 147"refId="ref72114"refString="Burton, M. (1956) The Sponges of West Africa. Atlantide Report. Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945 - 1946, Copenhagen, 4, 111 - 147."type="journal article"year="1956">Burton 1956: 142</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitationid="EFEA4B5191D93B8FFED6FA5EFE64F9A8"author="Hajdu, E. & Lerner, C."pageId="151"pageNumber="152"pagination="651 - 655"refId="ref73474"refString="Hajdu, E. & Lerner, C. (2002) Family Guitarridae Dendy, 1924. In: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (Eds.), Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York, pp. 651 - 655. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 1 - 4615 - 0747 - 5 _ 70"type="book chapter"year="2002">Hajdu & Lerner 2002: 653</bibRefCitation>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D9C4E7FE21FB19FD9AF9CE"box="[456,610,1186,1619]"gridcol="2"gridrow="2"pageId="151"pageNumber="152">Erect stipitate, with short naked constricted stem, slightly widened and flattened body bearing short spines paired or in 3 rows, slightly widened basal attachment</td>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D9C4E7FD36FB19FC4AF9CE"box="[735,946,1186,1619]"gridcol="4"gridrow="2"pageId="151"pageNumber="152">Axis of main stem cored by subtylostyles 1 condensed near base, divided into parallel fibres upwards, with tufts of subtylostyles 2 inserted into fibres symmetrically, ascending spicular- fibres spread in the body cored by subtylostyles 3, with strongyles in the base</td>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D9C4E7FC20FB19FBB0F9CE"box="[969,1096,1186,1619]"gridcol="5"gridrow="2"pageId="151"pageNumber="152">subtylostyles 1, 1000 x 30</td>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D9C4E7FB8AFB19FB0DF9CE"box="[1123,1269,1186,1619]"gridcol="6"gridrow="2"pageId="151"pageNumber="152">subtylostyles 2, 400–600 x 11 subtylostyles 3, 600 x 20</td>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D9C4E7FAFAFB19FA52F9CE"box="[1299,1450,1186,1619]"gridcol="7"gridrow="2"pageId="151"pageNumber="152">strongyles 240–370 x 10–14</td>
<tdid="769A5D9E91D9C4E7FA2AFB19F9D6F9CE"box="[1475,1582,1186,1619]"gridcol="8"gridrow="2"pageId="151"pageNumber="152">placochelae 60–73 x 15</td>
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<figureCitationid="13402A2591D63B80FCE3FE92FC6FFEDE"box="[778,919,297,323]"captionStart="FIGURE 32"captionStartId="149.[151,250,1865,1890]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,705,1840]"captionTargetId="figure@149.[151,1436,705,1840]"captionTargetPageId="149"captionText="FIGURE 32. Euchelipluma claudochela sp. nov. A. fixed Holotype QM G337511. B. Placochelae. C.Abyssochelae. D. Sigma. E. Small oxeote style. F. Large mycalostyle. G. Stem showing axis and remaining filaments H. Tracts of small oxeote styles densely packed forming a sheath around the larger axial mycalostyles. I. Filament attachment to the stem."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3825208"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3825208/files/figure.png"pageId="152"pageNumber="153">Figure 32 A</figureCitation>
). Unfortunately the base of the specimen was not collected, and as such no basal rootlets could be examined for the potential presence of basal desmas in this species.
: The ectosomal skeleton is thin and membranous, containing abyssochelae, the less common placochelae and the sigmancistras (
<figureCitationid="13402A2591D63B80FDB2FE66FD23FE6A"box="[603,731,477,503]"captionStart="FIGURE 32"captionStartId="149.[151,250,1865,1890]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,705,1840]"captionTargetId="figure@149.[151,1436,705,1840]"captionTargetPageId="149"captionText="FIGURE 32. Euchelipluma claudochela sp. nov. A. fixed Holotype QM G337511. B. Placochelae. C.Abyssochelae. D. Sigma. E. Small oxeote style. F. Large mycalostyle. G. Stem showing axis and remaining filaments H. Tracts of small oxeote styles densely packed forming a sheath around the larger axial mycalostyles. I. Filament attachment to the stem."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3825208"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3825208/files/figure.png"pageId="152"pageNumber="153">Figure 32 I</figureCitation>
: The axis of the stem and filaments consist of bundles of larger mycalostyles longitudinally arranged (
<figureCitationid="13402A2591D63B80FEEEFD9EFE8DFDA2"box="[263,373,549,575]"captionStart="FIGURE 32"captionStartId="149.[151,250,1865,1890]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,705,1840]"captionTargetId="figure@149.[151,1436,705,1840]"captionTargetPageId="149"captionText="FIGURE 32. Euchelipluma claudochela sp. nov. A. fixed Holotype QM G337511. B. Placochelae. C.Abyssochelae. D. Sigma. E. Small oxeote style. F. Large mycalostyle. G. Stem showing axis and remaining filaments H. Tracts of small oxeote styles densely packed forming a sheath around the larger axial mycalostyles. I. Filament attachment to the stem."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3825208"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3825208/files/figure.png"pageId="152"pageNumber="153">Figure 32</figureCitation>
G–I). The smaller oxetote styles are packed together around the mycalostyles forming a sheath (
<figureCitationid="13402A2591D63B80FF76FDF2FED4FDFE"box="[159,300,585,611]"captionStart="FIGURE 32"captionStartId="149.[151,250,1865,1890]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,705,1840]"captionTargetId="figure@149.[151,1436,705,1840]"captionTargetPageId="149"captionText="FIGURE 32. Euchelipluma claudochela sp. nov. A. fixed Holotype QM G337511. B. Placochelae. C.Abyssochelae. D. Sigma. E. Small oxeote style. F. Large mycalostyle. G. Stem showing axis and remaining filaments H. Tracts of small oxeote styles densely packed forming a sheath around the larger axial mycalostyles. I. Filament attachment to the stem."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3825208"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3825208/files/figure.png"pageId="152"pageNumber="153">Figure 32 H</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="13402A2591D63B80FC0DFD2AFB89FD36"box="[996,1137,657,683]"captionStart="FIGURE 32"captionStartId="149.[151,250,1865,1890]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,705,1840]"captionTargetId="figure@149.[151,1436,705,1840]"captionTargetPageId="149"captionText="FIGURE 32. Euchelipluma claudochela sp. nov. A. fixed Holotype QM G337511. B. Placochelae. C.Abyssochelae. D. Sigma. E. Small oxeote style. F. Large mycalostyle. G. Stem showing axis and remaining filaments H. Tracts of small oxeote styles densely packed forming a sheath around the larger axial mycalostyles. I. Filament attachment to the stem."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3825208"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3825208/files/figure.png"pageId="152"pageNumber="153">Figure 32 E</figureCitation>
). Small oxeote styles with long tapering points and abruptly tapering bases, thickest at the centre of the spicule (78-(189)-456 x 4.3-(10.1)-
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Large placochelae with frontal alae nearly completely detached and lateral alae completely fused to the fimbria (31.5-(61.3)-74.7 x 9.2-(13.6)-18.0 µm, n=62) (
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). Small slightly contort sigmancistras (5.3-(6.4)-8.7 x 1-(1)-
<figureCitationid="13402A2591D63B80FAC7FCD2FF57FC3A"captionStart="FIGURE 32"captionStartId="149.[151,250,1865,1890]"captionTargetBox="[151,1436,705,1840]"captionTargetId="figure@149.[151,1436,705,1840]"captionTargetPageId="149"captionText="FIGURE 32. Euchelipluma claudochela sp. nov. A. fixed Holotype QM G337511. B. Placochelae. C.Abyssochelae. D. Sigma. E. Small oxeote style. F. Large mycalostyle. G. Stem showing axis and remaining filaments H. Tracts of small oxeote styles densely packed forming a sheath around the larger axial mycalostyles. I. Filament attachment to the stem."figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3825208"httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3825208/files/figure.png"pageId="152"pageNumber="153">Figure 32 D</figureCitation>
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, for which it also shares the possession of fusiform (mycalo-)styles and a single category of sigmancistras. The new species, however, lacks the tylostyles and has uniquely shaped abyssochelae, whereas
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<bibRefCitationid="EFEA4B5191D63B80FF16FB16FE56FB5A"author="Topsent"box="[255,430,1197,1223]"firstAuthor="Topsent"pageId="152"pageNumber="153"pagination="1 - 8"refId="ref76899"refString="Topsent, E. (1928 c) Une Mycaline productrice de desmes Desmatiderma arbuscula, n. g., n. sp. Bulletin de l'Institut Oceanographique, Monaco, 519, 1 - 8"type="journal article"year="1928"yearSuffix="c">Topsent, 1928c</bibRefCitation>
)
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in lacking strongyles, subtylostyles, desmas and the large sigmas, having abyssochelae instead of isochelae in the latter.
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from the Caribbean, is poorly known only from its description, but has a very different morphology and possesses (sub)tylostyles.
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also has three categories of subtylostyles, strongyles in the basal skeleton, two sizes of sigmas and very different isochelae morphology compared to
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<tableCitationid="C6F9031B91D63B80FAF7FADAFA79FAE6"box="[1310,1409,1377,1403]"captionStart="TABLE 17"captionStartId="150.[151,239,501,527]"captionTargetBox="[162,2028,578,1653]"captionTargetPageId="150"captionText="TABLE 17. Comparative morphological and distributional data for all known species of Euchelipluma."httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF04662891D83B8EFF7EFE4EFB10FD92"pageId="152"pageNumber="153"tableUuid="DF04662891D83B8EFF7EFE4EFB10FD92">Table 17</tableCitation>
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based on the common possession of arcuate isochelae, the shape of the sigmancistras, and molecular data (the latter data with varying support), but the latter genus, up until now, lacking placochelae. The discovery of this new species
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