TABLE 4 in Eleven new heteroscleromorph Demospongiae (Porifera), and a new record of the tetractinellid Ancorina corticata, from Walters Shoal, a shallow seamount on the Madagascar Ridge in the South West Indian Ocean (SWIO)

TABLE 4. Comparative spicule dimensions of Agelas kellyae Payne, Samaai & Gibbons sp. nov. specimens and the species of Agelas occurring in the region of interest (South Africa, WIO, Indo-Pacific). Micrometric values are in µm, n = 20 where applicable.
SpecimenVerticillate Acanthostyle IVerticillate Acanthostyle II/oxeaAgelas kellyae sp. nov.Holotype TS 2313191 (152–245) × 8 (6–11), 15–22 whorls119 (90–148) × 5 (3–6), 12–17 whorlsParatype TS 2309190 (153–259) × 6 (4–8), 13–23 whorls117 (84–140) × 6 (4–7), 11–16 whorlsParatype TS 2441229 (163–302) × 8 (6–10), 14–20 whorls132 (117–146) × 5 (4–6), 11–16 whorlsParatype TS 2317192 (159–259) × 7 (6–9), 12–22 whorls121 (90–141) × 5 (4–6), 11–16 whorlsAgelas bispiculata Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976320–400 × 14–17, 20 whorls55–120 × 6–10, 11–15 whorlsAgelas ceylonica Dendy, 1905240 × 20, 19 whorls (size variable)Not provided by Dendy (1905)Agelas marmarica Levi, 1958230 × 10, 20 whorls65–85, 15–18 whorlsAgelas mauritiana (Carter, 1883) (from Manconi et al. 2016)132, 15–18 whorlsNot providedAgelas mauritiana (Carter, 1883) (from Lévi (1961))150–160 × 8–12, 16–20 whorlsNot providedAgelas oxeata Samaai, Pillay & Janson, 2019157 (164–222) × 13 (13), 15–20 whorls205 (177–231) × 9 (9), 22–27 whorls (Verticillated acanthoxeas)Agelas sansibarica Perino & Pronzato, 2016181 (90–250) × 13 (8–20), 11–27 whorls195 (130–295) × 12 (8–15), 9–26 whorls (Verticillated acanthoxeas/strongyles)