TABLE 6 in New carnivorous sponges from the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia collected by ROV from the RV FALKOR

TABLE 6. Axoniderma wanda sp. nov. compared to other species of Axoniderma containing structures emerging from the body disc. Spicule dimensions measurements smallest–largest (µm).
SpeciesSourceMorphologyTotal height x stem width (mm)SkeletonAxoniderma wanda sp. nov.This studyPedunculate erect, unbranched long thin stem with a disc shaped body with radial filaments and on a long stalk a circular terminal lure60 x 0.5Axis of stem and body cored by longitudinal bundles of mycalostyles of 2 size classes and an extra thin small style located in the lureAxoniderma corona (Lehnert, Watling & Stone, 2005)Lehnert, Watling & Stone, 2005: 1359, Figs. 1–2Pedunculate erect, parasol ‘crinorhizoid’ morphology, long stem, two planes of different appendages, basal disk holdfast225–325 x 1–9Axis of stem and basal appendages with thick bundles of long mycalostyles, crown with tracts of long mycalostyles fanning out in 1 plane, with single thin subtylostyles perpendicular to the axial skeleton, basal plate with mycalostyles and short anisoxeas densely packed in one plane parallel to the substrateAxoniderma kensmithi (Lundsten, Reiswig & Austin, 2017)Lundsten, Reiswig & Austin, 2017: 250–253, Figs. 2–3Crinorhizoid’ form with numerous filaments parasol-shaped, on long stem with densely branching basal rhizoid holdfast, 2–4 spermatocyst-bearing discs on short, slender stalks on apex of body208–325 x 1–2.1Axis of stem cored by mycalostyles 1–3, filaments cored by mycalostyles 1&3, basal rhizoid cored by strongyles and mycalostyles 3Axoniderma longipinna (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)Ridley & Dendy, 1887: 92, P1. XX. Fig. 2; P1. XXI. Figs. 4, 21; Koltun 1970: 185–186, Fig. 13, PL. VI Figs. 3–5Pedunculate erect, ‘crinorhizoid’ parasol morphology, long thin stem with apical suspherical body bearing long radial projections outwards and downwards, basal attachment not recorded27 x 5Axes of stem and lateral processes cored by bundles of long mycalostylesAxoniderma mexicana (Lundsten, Reiswig & Austin, 2017)Lundsten, Reiswig & Austin, 2017: 253, Figs. 4–5Erect parasol-shaped, ‘crinorhizoid’ body with radiating long filaments at base of body, on long stalk, presumed basal holdfast not collected300 x 1–33 size classes of mycalostyles, presumed undifferentiated distribution in sponge
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