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A–G)
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. 
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(cross-reference TS 888 &amp; Saf 03-Sod 05), 
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reef, 
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, collected by 
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, depth 
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locality.
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reef, 
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, east coast of 
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.
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. Vase-shaped sponge, 150 × 180 × 
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in diameter (
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). Surface smooth with oscules, 
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in diameter, scattered randomly on the inner side of the vase. Texture tough, firm and rubbery to the touch, barely compressible. Lip area of vase, thick with vein-like appearance. Surface membrane visible in preserved specimen. Colour in life dirty yellow with dark brown interior; in preservative, exterior grey, interior dark grey to brown.
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(
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B–D). Choanosomal skeleton consists of a dense, irregular reticulation of bundles of tylostyles and styles. Spirasters scattered randomly throughout the choanosome. Subdermal cavities present filled with sand and lined with a confused reticulation of tylostyles. The ectosomal skeleton is composed of a dense, confused paratangential reticulation of tylostyles and a few spirasters. Tylostyles occasionally protrude through the ectosome.
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(
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).Tylostyles, smooth, slightly sinuous with variable proximal head shape, distal end hastate to fusiform: 428 (398–499) × 6 (6) µm, n = 10. Styles, smooth, slightly sinuous with distal end fusiform: 388 (326–432) × 7 (7) µm, n = 10. 
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(
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). Spirasters, C-shaped with spines on the outer curve: 18 (17–19) µm, n = 10.
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FF588C1DFD53675B" bold="true" box="[199,652,1076,1101]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Substratum, depth range and ecology.</emphasis>
The sponge is found on exposed rocky/sandy area at a depth of 
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FF588C7EFE996766" bold="true" box="[199,326,1111,1136]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Etymology</emphasis>
. Named in honour of David 
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, who rescued the author TS’s son from drowning while he was out collecting sponges in Sodwana Bay. Ndabazithe is David’s Zulu name which means ‘respect’.
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This sponge has a skeletal arrangement typical of the genus 
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, and its surface is lined with pore sieves. The spicules are clearly those of the family 
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. The genus 
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is well defined (
<bibRefCitation id="CE744B7B2B65FFE7FF018CCEFEEA6616" author="Rutzler" box="[158,309,1255,1280]" firstAuthor="Rutzler" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" pagination="173 - 185" refId="ref48524" refString="Rutzler, K. (2002) Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. In: Hooper, J. N. A. &amp; Van Soest, R. W. M. (Eds.), Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Fol. 1. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London and Moscow, pp. 173 - 185. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 1 - 4615 - 0747 - 5 _ 19" type="book chapter" year="2002">Rützler 2002</bibRefCitation>
) with currently seven species described from the WIO [(
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FC238CC1FB226616" authority="(Ridley 1884)" baseAuthorityName="Ridley" baseAuthorityYear="1884" box="[956,1277,1255,1280]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="vagabunda">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FC238CC1FB8A6616" box="[956,1109,1255,1280]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. vagabunda</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="CE744B7B2B65FFE7FBFA8CCEFB296616" author="Ridley" box="[1125,1270,1255,1280]" firstAuthor="Ridley" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" pagination="366 - 482" refId="ref48144" refString="Ridley, S. O. (1884) Spongiida. In: Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H. M. S. Alert 1881 - 2. British Museum (Natural History), London. Istituti Biologici della Universita di Genova, 58 - 59, 69 - 75, pp. 366 - 482 + 582 - 635." type="journal article" year="1884">Ridley 1884</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FA958CC1FE9E6632" authority="(Burton 1931)" baseAuthorityName="Burton" baseAuthorityYear="1931" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="excentrica">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FA958CC1FA436616" box="[1290,1436,1256,1280]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. excentrica</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="CE744B7B2B65FFE7FF018D25FEE76632" author="Burton" box="[158,312,1292,1316]" firstAuthor="Burton" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" pagination="337 - 358" refId="ref41703" refString="Burton, M. (1931) On a collection of marine sponges mostly from the Natal coast. Annals of the Natal Museum, 6 (3), 337 - 358." type="journal article" year="1931">Burton 1931</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FECB8D24FD716632" authority="(Lendenfeld 1897)" baseAuthorityName="Lendenfeld" baseAuthorityYear="1897" box="[340,686,1292,1317]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="florida">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FECB8D24FE1B6633" box="[340,452,1292,1317]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. florida</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="CE744B7B2B65FFE7FE448D25FD786632" author="Lendenfeld" box="[475,679,1292,1317]" firstAuthor="Lendenfeld" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" pagination="93 - 133" refId="ref46663" refString="Lendenfeld, R. von. (1897). Spongien von Sansibar. Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 21, 93 - 133, pls. 9 - 10." type="journal article" year="1897">Lendenfeld 1897</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FD5D8D24FBCC6632" authority="(Dendy 1887)" baseAuthorityName="Dendy" baseAuthorityYear="1887" box="[706,1043,1292,1317]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="inconstans">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FD5D8D24FC816632" box="[706,862,1293,1316]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. inconstans</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="CE744B7B2B65FFE7FCEB8D25FBD36632" author="Dendy" box="[884,1036,1292,1317]" firstAuthor="Dendy" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" pagination="153 - 165" refId="ref42958" refString="Dendy, A. (1887) The sponge-fauna of Madras. A report on a collection of sponges obtained in the neighbourhood of Madras by Edgar Thurston, Esq. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 5, 20 (117), 153 - 165, pls. IX-XII." type="journal article" year="1887">Dendy 1887</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FBB88D24FAAC6632" authority="(Dendy 1922)" baseAuthorityName="Dendy" baseAuthorityYear="1922" box="[1063,1395,1292,1317]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="globularis">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FBB88D24FB616633" box="[1063,1214,1292,1317]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. globularis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="CE744B7B2B65FFE7FB4B8D25FAB36632" author="Dendy" box="[1236,1388,1292,1317]" firstAuthor="Dendy" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" pagination="1 - 164" refId="ref43241" refString="Dendy, A. (1922) Report on the Sigmatotetraxonida collected by H. M. S. ' Sealark' in the Indian Ocean. In: Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. Fol. 7. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Series 2, 18 (1), pp. 1 - 164, pls. 1 - 18." type="journal article" year="1922">Dendy 1922</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FA188D24FD87665E" authority="(Vacelet &amp; Vasseur 1971)" baseAuthorityName="Vacelet &amp; Vasseur" baseAuthorityYear="1971" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="poterionides">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FA188D24FEFC665E" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. poterionides</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="CE744B7B2B65FFE7FEAB8D06FD90665E" author="Vacelet &amp; Vasseur" box="[308,591,1327,1352]" firstAuthor="Vacelet" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" pagination="51 - 126" refId="ref52073" refString="Vacelet, J. &amp; Vasseur, P. (1971) Eponges des recifs coralliens de Tulear (Madagascar). Tethys, 1 (Supplement), 51 - 126." type="journal article" year="1971">Vacelet &amp; Vasseur 1971</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FDF98D19FC7D665E" authority="(Keller 1891)" baseAuthorityName="Keller" baseAuthorityYear="1891" box="[614,930,1327,1352]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="mastoidea">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FDF98D19FD27665E" box="[614,760,1327,1352]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. mastoidea</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="CE744B7B2B65FFE7FC958D06FC46665E" author="Keller" box="[778,921,1327,1352]" firstAuthor="Keller" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" pagination="294 - 368" refId="ref45924" refString="Keller, C. (1891) Die Spongienfauna des rothen Meeres. II Halfte. Zeitschrift fur Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 52, 294 - 368." type="journal article" year="1891">Keller 1891</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
], two of which also occur in South African waters: 
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FF6E8D7CFE5A667A" baseAuthorityName="Burton" baseAuthorityYear="1931" box="[241,389,1365,1388]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="excentrica">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FF6E8D7CFE5A667A" box="[241,389,1365,1388]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. excentrica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FE5F8D7CFD84667B" baseAuthorityName="Ridley" baseAuthorityYear="1884" box="[448,603,1364,1389]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="vagabunda">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FE5F8D7CFD84667B" box="[448,603,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. vagabunda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. A third species, 
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FCB58D7CFC77667A" baseAuthorityName="Carter" baseAuthorityYear="1882" box="[810,936,1365,1388]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="capensis">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FCB58D7CFC77667A" box="[810,936,1365,1388]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. capensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, was described by 
<bibRefCitation id="CE744B7B2B65FFE7FB168D7DFAFB667A" author="Carter" box="[1161,1316,1364,1388]" firstAuthor="Carter" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" pagination="101 - 120" refId="ref42136" refString="Carter, H. J. (1882) Contributions to our knowledge of the Spongida. Order II. Ceratina. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 5, 8, 101 - 120, pl. IX." type="journal article" year="1882">Carter (1882)</bibRefCitation>
from Port Elizabeth on the south coast of 
<collectingCountry id="D2F2761A2B65FFE7FE698D5EFD556686" box="[502,650,1399,1424]" name="South Africa" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">South Africa</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AA5A368A2B65FFE7FF588DB5FBC7657E" blockId="18.[151,1437,463,2037]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FF588DB5FD7B66A2" authority="(Burton, 1931)" baseAuthorityName="Burton" baseAuthorityYear="1931" box="[199,676,1436,1461]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="excentrica">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FF588DB5FE2A66A2" box="[199,501,1436,1461]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Spheciospongia excentrica</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="CE744B7B2B65FFE7FD9A8DB5FD4366A2" author="Burton" box="[517,668,1436,1460]" firstAuthor="Burton" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" pagination="337 - 358" refId="ref41703" refString="Burton, M. (1931) On a collection of marine sponges mostly from the Natal coast. Annals of the Natal Museum, 6 (3), 337 - 358." type="journal article" year="1931">Burton, 1931</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
is a non-stipitate cup-shaped sponge possessing centrotylote oxeas and tylotes and no spirasters, whereas 
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FDD98DE9FD0166CE" authority="Samaai &amp; Pillay &amp; Janson, 2019" authorityName="Samaai &amp; Pillay &amp; Janson" authorityYear="2019" box="[582,734,1471,1496]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="ndabazithe" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FDD98DE9FD0166CE" box="[582,734,1471,1496]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. ndabazithe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FD7A8D96FCE066CE" bold="true" box="[741,831,1471,1496]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
is massive, vase-shaped with numerous spirasters but no centrotylote oxeas present. 
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FE738DCDFCC566EA" baseAuthorityName="Burton" baseAuthorityYear="1931" box="[492,794,1508,1533]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="excentrica">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FE738DCDFCC566EA" box="[492,794,1508,1533]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Spheciospongia excentrica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has smaller tylostyles (
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) oppose to those found in 
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FF088E21FEEF6536" authority="Samaai &amp; Pillay &amp; Janson, 2019" authorityName="Samaai &amp; Pillay &amp; Janson" authorityYear="2019" box="[151,304,1543,1568]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="ndabazithe" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FF088E21FEEF6536" box="[151,304,1543,1568]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. ndabazithe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FEA68E2EFE4A6536" bold="true" box="[313,405,1543,1568]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="83A257E32B65FFE7FEA68E2EFE4A6536" box="[313,405,1543,1568]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="CE744B7B2B65FFE7FE018E2EFD796536" author="Pulitzer-Finali's" box="[414,678,1543,1568]" firstAuthor="Pulitzer-Finali's" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" pagination="247 - 350" refId="ref48016" refString="Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1993) A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale G. Doria' 89, RAHIM, M. A. 1979. Porifera. Publications Saudi Biological Society, 3 (46), 247 - 350" type="journal article" year="1993">Pulitzer-Finali’s (1993)</bibRefCitation>
description of 
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FCC98E21FC366536" box="[854,1001,1544,1568]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. excentrica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from 
<collectingCountry id="D2F2761A2B65FFE7FBAD8E2EFB7F6536" box="[1074,1184,1543,1568]" name="Kenya" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Mombasa</collectingCountry>
differs from 
<bibRefCitation id="CE744B7B2B65FFE7FAA38E21FF3E6552" author="Burton's" firstAuthor="Burton's" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" pagination="337 - 358" refId="ref41703" refString="Burton, M. (1931) On a collection of marine sponges mostly from the Natal coast. Annals of the Natal Museum, 6 (3), 337 - 358." type="journal article" year="1931">Burton’s (1931)</bibRefCitation>
<typeStatus id="755E88282B65FFE7FF768E04FEC66553" box="[233,281,1581,1605]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">type</typeStatus>
in being stipitate, have spirasters (although only two recorded) and smaller tylostyles, (
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). Whether Pulitzer-Finali’s species from 
<collectingCountry id="D2F2761A2B65FFE7FDD18E66FD63657E" box="[590,700,1615,1640]" name="Kenya" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Mombasa</collectingCountry>
is 
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FD428E79FCBE657E" box="[733,865,1616,1640]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="exentrica">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FD428E79FCBE657E" box="[733,865,1616,1640]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. exentrica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is questionable.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AA5A368A2B65FFE7FF588E5DFC4865EE" blockId="18.[151,1437,463,2037]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FF588E5DFE13659B" baseAuthorityName="Lendenfeld" baseAuthorityYear="1897" box="[199,460,1652,1677]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="florida">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FF588E5DFE13659B" box="[199,460,1652,1677]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Spheciospongia florida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
described from 
<collectingCountry id="D2F2761A2B65FFE7FD1A8E5DFD36659B" box="[645,745,1652,1677]" name="Tanzania" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Zanzibar</collectingCountry>
and widely distributed within the WIO, is columnar in shape and differs in spiculation and spicule dimensions to 
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FD778EB1FC5F65A6" authority="Samaai &amp; Pillay &amp; Janson, 2019" authorityName="Samaai &amp; Pillay &amp; Janson" authorityYear="2019" box="[744,896,1687,1712]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="ndabazithe" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FD778EB1FC5F65A6" box="[744,896,1687,1712]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. ndabazithe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FC168EBEFC3B65A6" bold="true" box="[905,996,1687,1712]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="83A257E32B65FFE7FC168EBEFC3B65A6" box="[905,996,1687,1712]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and 
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FB838EB1FB6865A6" box="[1052,1207,1687,1712]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. vagabunda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FB578EB1FAEE65A6" baseAuthorityName="Lendenfeld" baseAuthorityYear="1897" box="[1224,1329,1687,1712]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="florida">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FB578EB1FAEE65A6" box="[1224,1329,1687,1712]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. florida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<typeStatus id="755E88282B65FFE7FAA58EBEFA4365A6" box="[1338,1436,1687,1712]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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&amp; spirasters 
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; 
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FDD08E94FD3265C3" box="[591,749,1724,1749]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. vagabunda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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tylostyles 600 
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x 
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</date>
µm &amp; spirasters 
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; 
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FA188E94FECD65EE" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. ndabazithe</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FE868EF6FEAD65EE" bold="true" box="[281,370,1759,1784]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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tylostyles, 
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&amp; spirasters 
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="AA5A368A2B65FFE7FF508F2DFC2D6456" blockId="18.[151,1437,463,2037]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FF508F2DFE37640A" baseAuthorityName="Carter" baseAuthorityYear="1882" box="[207,488,1796,1821]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="capensis">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FF508F2DFE37640A" box="[207,488,1796,1821]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Spheciospongia capensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from 
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FD1F8F2CFCC7640B" authority="Samaai &amp; Pillay &amp; Janson, 2019" authorityName="Samaai &amp; Pillay &amp; Janson" authorityYear="2019" box="[640,792,1796,1821]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="ndabazithe" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FD1F8F2CFCC7640B" box="[640,792,1796,1821]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. ndabazithe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FCBF8F2DFCA4640B" bold="true" box="[800,891,1796,1821]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="83A257E32B65FFE7FCBF8F2DFCA4640B" box="[800,891,1796,1821]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
in being semicircular, flat and having contorted spirasters with four bends as oppose to being c-shaped as in the new species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AA5A368A2B65FFE7FF588F65FE7364E2" blockId="18.[151,1437,463,2037]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FF588F65FE216473" authority="Samaai &amp; Pillay &amp; Janson, 2019" authorityName="Samaai &amp; Pillay &amp; Janson" authorityYear="2019" box="[199,510,1868,1893]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="ndabazithe" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FF588F65FE216473" box="[199,510,1868,1893]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Spheciospongia ndabazithe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FD978F65FDB96473" bold="true" box="[520,614,1868,1893]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="83A257E32B65FFE7FD978F65FDB96473" box="[520,614,1868,1893]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
has long thin c-shaped spirasters with spines only on the outer curve, sinuous tylostyles and styles, and the tylostyles project through the ectosome. The presence of subdermal cavities within the choanosome, a paratangential reticulation of tylostyles and a confused reticulation of tylostyles in the choanosome have not been observed in 
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FDCB8F90FBF564C7" box="[596,1066,1976,2001]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FDCB8F90FD3864C6" baseAuthorityName="Burton" baseAuthorityYear="1931" box="[596,743,1977,2000]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="excentrica">S. excentrica</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FD6C8F90FC8464C7" baseAuthorityName="Lendenfeld" baseAuthorityYear="1897" box="[755,859,1976,2001]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="florida">S. florida</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FC0C8F90FBF964C7" baseAuthorityName="Dendy" baseAuthorityYear="1922" box="[915,1062,1976,2001]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="globularis">S. globularis</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
This may be a diagnostic feature of 
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B65FFE7FF2A8FF4FE9364E3" authority="Samaai &amp; Pillay &amp; Janson, 2019" authorityName="Samaai &amp; Pillay &amp; Janson" authorityYear="2019" box="[181,332,2012,2037]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="ndabazithe" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FF2A8FF4FE9364E3" box="[181,332,2012,2037]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">S. ndabazithe</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B65FFE7FECC8FF5FE7964E3" bold="true" box="[339,422,2012,2037]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">sp. nov</emphasis>
.
</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B64FFE6FF088FE8FECD64C0" bold="true" box="[151,274,1985,2007]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B64FFE6FE878FE8FDF164C1" authority="Samaai &amp; Pillay &amp; Janson, 2019" authorityName="Samaai &amp; Pillay &amp; Janson" authorityYear="2019" box="[280,558,1985,2007]" class="Demospongiae" family="Clionaidae" genus="Spheciospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="ndabazithe" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B64FFE6FE878FE8FDF164C1" box="[280,558,1985,2007]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Spheciospongia ndabazithe</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B64FFE6FDAB8FE8FD5B64C0" bold="true" box="[564,644,1985,2006]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="83A257E32B64FFE6FDAB8FE8FD5B64C0" box="[564,644,1985,2006]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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A. 
<taxonomicName id="6DE54D092B64FFE6FD368FEBFD3764C1" box="[681,744,1986,2007]" class="Demospongiae" family="Irciniidae" genus="Ircinia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Dictyoceratida" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="situ">
<emphasis id="9891EA982B64FFE6FD368FEBFD3764C1" box="[681,744,1986,2007]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">In situ</emphasis>
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; B, C &amp; D. Skeletal architecture (B, x5; C, x10; D, x40); E. Primary tylostyles; F. Auxiliary styles; G. Spirasters.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="E2FF65012B63FFE1FF5888BEFE3F63C3" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" type="key">
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B63FFE1FF5888BEFDDC63A6" bold="true" box="[199,515,151,176]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Key diagnostic characters.</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AA5A368A2B63FFE1FF588894FE3F63C3" blockId="20.[199,811,151,320]" box="[199,480,188,213]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">• Sponge vase-shaped.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E2FF65012B63FFE1FF5888C9FD5E6256" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" type="description">
<paragraph id="AA5A368A2B63FFE1FF5888C9FCF463E1" blockId="20.[199,811,151,320]" box="[199,811,223,248]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">• Oscules found on the on the inner side of the vase.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AA5A368A2B63FFE1FF58892CFD61620A" blockId="20.[199,811,151,320]" box="[199,702,260,285]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">• C-shaped with spines on the outer curve.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AA5A368A2B63FFE1FF588901FD5E6256" blockId="20.[199,811,151,320]" box="[199,641,295,320]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">• Subdermal cavities filled with sand</paragraph>
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