TABLE 8 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 8. Comparative spicule dimensions of Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) ingolei Payne, Samaai & Gibbons sp. nov. specimens and the species of Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) occurring in the region of interest (WIO & South Africa). Micrometric values are in µm, n = 20 where applicable.
Specimen TyloteStyleSigmaChela IChela IILissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) ingolei sp. nov.Holotype 184 (164–197) × 5 (3–6) TS 2364130 (117–140) × 6 (4–7)29 (23–32)24 (22–25)13 (12–14)Paratype 202 (185–214) × 4 (3–6.) TS 2365138 (131–143) × 6 (5–6)28 (23–32)25 (22–26)13 (11–14)Paratype 201 (190–20) × 5 (3 –6) TS 2366135 (128–141) × 5 (4–6)28 (27–30)23 (20–25)13 (12–14)Paratype 196 (189–203) × 4 (3–5) TS 2367135 (125–140) × 5 (4–6)29 (26–32)23 (22–25)12 (11–1)Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) pygmaea (Burton, 1931)150 × 6105 × 421–2721–2712Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) digitata (Ridley & Dendy, 1886240 × 6400 × 1444Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) areolata Lévi, 1963400–440 × 15–18 310–340 × 7–13 (styles present)3527–30Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) stephensoni Burton, 1936180 × 5160 × 84522Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) monticularis Baer, 1906177–185 × 3–5118–129 × 3–514–1812–14Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) ternatensis (Thiele, 1903)180 × 7175 × 535 (a smaller form, half the length of the large sigma was also observed)2012