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The variety was described by Wilson from Palawan Island, North Balabac Strait, Bugsuk Island, Albatross Exped. 5355,
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described various shapes, including small and globular (e.g. Alaskan specimens of
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). There are discrepancies in the spiculation between the varieties, e.g. Sollas does not mention mesotriaene spicules in his type description, found in modest quantities in Wilsons material (called promesotriaenes by Wilson, but likely to be orthomesotriaenes). Other authors describing
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likewise did not mention mesotriaenes, but
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do report them. Sphere-like cortical pycnasters in Japanese specimens of
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appear comparable to the small cortical strongylasters reported for Wilsons variety.
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: Table 2) compared the various
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descriptions but omitted to include the
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The conclusion is that Sollas description is likely incomplete making the distinction with the present variety and identifications of subsequent authors uncertain. I propose to merge for the time being the varieties into a single wide-spread species
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(Alaska,
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