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). The external morphology resembles the common cloacal zooid formation on the ascidian
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<emphasis id="B97367109C58B23CFEEA697FFE019853" box="[326,463,1288,1314]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="388">Botrylloides</emphasis>
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. The sponge is white and translucent on deck and after preservation.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB8BB029C58B23CFF6B695BFB9198C2" blockId="6.[151,1437,928,2034]" pageId="6" pageNumber="388">
<emphasis id="B97367109C58B23CFF6B695BFEE09837" bold="true" box="[199,302,1324,1350]" pageId="6" pageNumber="388">Skeleton</emphasis>
: The ectosomal skeleton is composed of tangential styles, arranged in a multispicular reticulated pattern around the circular ostia. The small diancistras (II) and some of the large diancistras (I) occur on the underside of the ectosomal layer. The choanosomal skeleton consists of bundles of ascending styles supporting the ectosomal layer (
<figureCitation id="133CA7879C58B23CFF3369EFFF3798C2" box="[159,249,1432,1459]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="11.[151,250,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[245,1343,181,1886]" captionTargetId="figure-27@11.[245,1343,181,1886]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 4. Hamacantha (Vomerula) melliflura sp. nov. A. Holotype QM G316529 on deck. B. Ectosome, showing the ostia and the meandering solid tissue between the ostia, underneath which is the aquiferous channels. C. One of the aquiferous channels, formed by the arches of styles with rosettes of diancistras. D. Rosettes of diancistras around the bundles of styles. E. Large diancistras (I). F. Smaller diancistras (II). G. Toxa. H. Style. I. Magnified ends of the style as depicted in H." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8166958" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8166958/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="388">Fig. 4C</figureCitation>
). The large diancistras form rosettes around the supporting bundles (
<figureCitation id="133CA7879C58B23CFC5469EFFB9D98C2" box="[1016,1107,1432,1459]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="11.[151,250,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[245,1343,181,1886]" captionTargetId="figure-27@11.[245,1343,181,1886]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 4. Hamacantha (Vomerula) melliflura sp. nov. A. Holotype QM G316529 on deck. B. Ectosome, showing the ostia and the meandering solid tissue between the ostia, underneath which is the aquiferous channels. C. One of the aquiferous channels, formed by the arches of styles with rosettes of diancistras. D. Rosettes of diancistras around the bundles of styles. E. Large diancistras (I). F. Smaller diancistras (II). G. Toxa. H. Style. I. Magnified ends of the style as depicted in H." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8166958" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8166958/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="388">Fig. 4D</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB8BB029C58B23CFF6B69CBFDEE9B86" blockId="6.[151,1437,928,2034]" pageId="6" pageNumber="388">
<emphasis id="B97367109C58B23CFF6B69CBFEE798A7" bold="true" box="[199,297,1468,1494]" pageId="6" pageNumber="388">Spicules</emphasis>
: The megascleres are styles, which are abundant, fusiform, straight, sharply pointed, and thickest in the centre. The blunt end is much narrower than the middle and has a rounded style end. They measure 301(428) 489 x 7.4(12.2)17.4 μm, n=30 (
<figureCitation id="133CA7879C58B23CFDA26A73FD4F9B6E" box="[526,641,1540,1567]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="11.[151,250,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[245,1343,181,1886]" captionTargetId="figure-27@11.[245,1343,181,1886]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 4. Hamacantha (Vomerula) melliflura sp. nov. A. Holotype QM G316529 on deck. B. Ectosome, showing the ostia and the meandering solid tissue between the ostia, underneath which is the aquiferous channels. C. One of the aquiferous channels, formed by the arches of styles with rosettes of diancistras. D. Rosettes of diancistras around the bundles of styles. E. Large diancistras (I). F. Smaller diancistras (II). G. Toxa. H. Style. I. Magnified ends of the style as depicted in H." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8166958" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8166958/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="388">Fig. 4 H, I</figureCitation>
). The large diancistras (I) are common, with a subtle shaft twisted at the most 45
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, the thin sharp fimbriae running most of the length of the inner surface except for the middle quarter and around the notch (
<figureCitation id="133CA7879C58B23CFEC86A3BFE729B16" box="[356,444,1612,1639]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="11.[151,250,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[245,1343,181,1886]" captionTargetId="figure-27@11.[245,1343,181,1886]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 4. Hamacantha (Vomerula) melliflura sp. nov. A. Holotype QM G316529 on deck. B. Ectosome, showing the ostia and the meandering solid tissue between the ostia, underneath which is the aquiferous channels. C. One of the aquiferous channels, formed by the arches of styles with rosettes of diancistras. D. Rosettes of diancistras around the bundles of styles. E. Large diancistras (I). F. Smaller diancistras (II). G. Toxa. H. Style. I. Magnified ends of the style as depicted in H." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8166958" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8166958/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="388">Fig. 4E</figureCitation>
). They measure 109(127)141 x 5.9(8.2)12.3 μm, n=39. The smaller thin diancistras (II) are less common, with the shaft twisted 90
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and bent in the centre (
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). They have an almost incomplete ala, but with the fimbriae being extensive along the shaft. They measure 33.8(46.2)64.6 x 1.2(2.1)5.8 μm, n=35. The rare toxas are larger than the diancistras, and similar in length to the styles and measure 266(298)350 x 3.0(4.5)5.7 μm, n=5 (
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C31DE8899C58B23CFF6B6B76FCD79A83" pageId="6" pageNumber="388" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BB8BB029C58B23CFF6B6B76FCD79A83" blockId="6.[151,1437,928,2034]" pageId="6" pageNumber="388">
<emphasis id="B97367109C58B23CFF6B6B76FEFA9A6A" bold="true" box="[199,308,1793,1819]" pageId="6" pageNumber="388">Remarks</emphasis>
: This new species is unique amongst the
<emphasis id="B97367109C58B23CFCBB6B76FC779A6B" box="[791,953,1792,1818]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="388">
H. (
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)
</emphasis>
species in having two sizes of diancistras along with the extra-large toxas, almost as long as the styles. The only other species in this subgenus with multiple diancistras and toxas are two species from the Atlantic, i.e.
<taxonomicName id="4C07C0819C58B23CFC9F6B3EFB089A12" authority="Lundbeck, 1902" authorityName="Lundbeck" authorityYear="1902" box="[819,1222,1864,1891]" class="Demospongiae" family="Hamacanthidae" genus="Hamacantha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Merliida" pageId="6" pageNumber="388" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="bowerbanki" subGenus="Vomerula">
<emphasis id="B97367109C58B23CFC9F6B3EFBC69A13" box="[819,1032,1864,1891]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="388">H. (V.) bowerbanki</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF96C6F39C58B23CFBBC6B3FFB089A12" author="Lundbeck, W." box="[1040,1222,1864,1891]" pageId="6" pageNumber="388" pagination="1 - 108" refId="ref10065" refString="Lundbeck, W. (1902) Porifera. (Part I.) Homorrhaphidae and Heterorrhaphidae. In: The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 6 (1). Bianco, Luno, Copenhagen, pp. 1 - 108, pls. I - XIX, 1 map." type="book chapter" year="1902">Lundbeck, 1902</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B97367109C58B23CFB516B3EFA529A13" box="[1277,1436,1864,1891]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="388">H. (V.) falcula</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF96C6F39C58B23CFF336B1BFEA39AF6" author="Bowerbank, J. S." box="[159,365,1900,1927]" pageId="6" pageNumber="388" refId="ref8569" refString="Bowerbank, J. S. (1874) A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Vol. 3. Ray Society, London, xvii + 367 pp., XCII pls. [https: // biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 1871265]" type="book" year="1874">Bowerbank, 1874</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, both of which have
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of diancistras.
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<emphasis id="B97367109C58B23CFC3C6B1BFB599AF7" box="[912,1175,1900,1927]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="388">Hamacantha (V.) tenda</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF96C6F39C58B23CFB0B6B1BFA9F9AF6" author="Schmidt, O." box="[1191,1361,1900,1927]" pageId="6" pageNumber="388" pagination="33 - 90" refId="ref10744" refString="Schmidt, O. (1880) Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Heft II. Abtheilung II. Hexactinelliden. Abtheilung III. Tetractinelliden. Monactinelliden und Anhang. Nachtrage zu Abtheilung I (Lithistiden). In: Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ' Blake'. Gustav Fischer, Jena, pp. 33 - 90, pls. V - X." type="book chapter" year="1880">Schmidt, 1880</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, from the Caribbean, has only a single class of diancistra and toxa.
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<emphasis id="B97367109C58B23CFCCE6BE7FB5B9ADB" box="[866,1173,1936,1963]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="388">Hamacantha (V.) mellifura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B97367109C58B23CFB336BE6FB329ADA" bold="true" box="[1183,1276,1937,1963]" pageId="6" pageNumber="388">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A240DA6B9C58B23CFB336BE6FB329ADA" box="[1183,1276,1937,1963]" pageId="6" pageNumber="388" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
can be easily distinguished in the field by its distinctive external flowing appearance, and under the microscope by the rosette formation of the diancistras in the choanosomal skeleton.
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