TABLE 3 in New carnivorous sponges from the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia collected by ROV from the RV FALKOR

TABLE 3. Comparative morphological and distributional data for all stalked disc–shaped species of Abyssocladia.
SpeciesReferenceMorphologyTotal height xSkeletonwidth (mm)Abyssocladia falkor nov.This workPedunculate, short erect stem and a vertically50 x 10Dense longitudinal bundles of mycalostyles and styles in the axissporientated disc shaped body with filamentsof peduncle, body with radial skeleton, bundles of mycalostylesradiating out in a single plane from the discextending into filaments, roots strongyle bundlesmarginAbyssocladia jeanvaceletiThis workPedunculate, short erect stem and a vertically40 x 30Dense longitudinal bundles of mycalostyles in the axis of pedun-sp. nov.orientated disc shaped body with filamentscle, body with radial skeleton, bundles of mycalostyles extend-radiating out in a single plane from the discing into filaments, roots strongyle bundlesmarginAbyssocladia annaeEkins, ErpenbeckPedunculate, erect stem supporting a slightly3 x 2Peduncle axis longitudinally arranged subtylostyles, body withEkins, Erpenbeck && Hooper, 2020:cupped-shaped obovate (leaf-like, flabel-radiating subtylostyles projecting only in one quadrantHooper, 202023–25, Fig. 4late, fan-shaped) apical body, lacking lateralfilamentsAbyssocladia carchariasKelly & Vacelet,Pedunculate, long thin, flattened circular7 x 3.4Dense longitudinal bundles of mycalostyles in the axis of pedun-Kelly & Vacelet, 20112011: 58–60, Figs.body, with short blunt radiating filamentscle, body with radial skeleton, bundles of mycalostyles extend-2–3ing into filamentsAbyssocladia dominalbaVacelet, 2006:Long thin pedunculate with an ovoid or28–31Peduncle axis with longitudinally arranged long fusiform styles,Vacelet, 2006575–577, Fig. 14subspherical body, body with dense spicularsupported by radiating bundles of fusiform styles and smallerbundles laterally radiatingstyles with tips directed outwardsAbyssocladia fryeraeHestetun, Rapp &Pedunculate, short stem, disc-shaped droplet-25 x 12Stem with tightly packed subtylostyles entering center ofHestetun, Rapp & Pom-Pomponi, 2019:4,like body, radiating long filaments in a singledisc-shaped body with radial skeleton, filaments and disc alsoponi, 2019Fig. 2plane from disc margincomposed of subtylostylesAbyssocladia huitzilo-Vacelet, 2006:Erect pedunculated, enlarged base, long thin41 x 0.3– 0.6Axis of peduncle tightly packed with longitudinal bundles ofpochtli Vacelet, 2006569–573, Figs.peduncle, flattened semicircular disc-likelong substrongyles, body with radiating bundles and irregularly9–11body, with numerous free radiating spiculedispersed large substrongyles, filaments with smaller bundles offascicles protrudingsubstrongylesAbyssocladia inflataVacelet, 2006:Thin pedunculate, flattened discform body,8.5 x 3.5Axis with longitudinally arranged styles extremely reduced liv-Vacelet, 2006573–575,hispid surface, with short filamentsing tissue, body with skeleton of radiating styles protruding fromFigs. 12–13surfacewidth (mm)Abyssocladia kellyaeHestetun, Rapp &Long stalk with disc-shaped body and radial43 x 7Main skeleton with tightly arranged longitudinal mycalostyles,Hestetun, Rapp & Pom-Pomponi, 2019: 5,filaments in a single plane on disc margin,Radiating filaments composed of mycalostyles, subtylostyles andponi, 2019Fig. 3enlarged basal platetylostyles within sponge bodyAbyssocladia lakwolliiVacelet & Kelly,Pedunculate, flattened disc attached to a thinup to 57Peduncle tightly packed longitudinal bundles of large mycalo-Vacelet & Kelly, 20142014: 387–392,peduncle with radiating filaments forming astyles, basal attachment tightly packed shorter mycalostyles 1Figs. 1–3flat to concave umbrellaand substrongyles, mycalostyles 1 of the peduncle fan out in thedisc, diverging into radiating bundles towards the rim, disc withmany small diverging bundles of mycalostyles 2Abyssocladia oxyastersEkins, Erpenbeck,Pedunculate, erect, long thin stem with140–160 xAxis of stem and filaments with longitudinal bundles of myca-Ekins, Erpenbeck, GoudieGoudie & Hooper,plano-convex disc shaped body on apex0.6lostyles 1, basal holdfasts contain smaller thicker curved oxeote& Hooper, 20202020: 247–251,encircled by radiating filaments, and conicalanisostyles 2Figs. 4–6basal disc holdfastAbyssocladia natushimaeIse & Vacelet,Erect pedunculate long stem on circular88 x 1–2.2Base cored by substrongyles, short microstrongyles and micro-Ise & Vacelet, 20102010:889–892,base, mop-like inflated apical body with longscleres, axis of peduncle tightly packed with long mycalostylesFigs. 2–5filaments in one plane, ending with inflatedlongitudinally and spirally arranged, upper part of pedunclebulbous tipscovered by soft tissue packed with microstrongyles and fewmicroscleres, axis of filaments supported by bundles of mycalo-styles and microstrongylesAbyssocladia polycepha-Hestetun, PomponiErect pedunculate central stem with side35Densely packed bundles of mycalostyles in the central stem andlus Hestetun, Pomponi && Rapp, 2016:branches each ending in a disclikebranches, radiating bundles of mycalostyles projecting from theRapp, 2016523–525, Figs. 2–3body bearing filamentous projectionsbody and constituting the skeleton of the filaments, disc-shapedbody also with a network of less well organized subtylostylesAbyssocladia stegosau-Hestetun, Rapp &Stalked, vertical disc-shaped radial body,48 x 1–3core axis of longitudinal, tight tracts of mycalostyles, fleshyrensis Hestetun, Rapp &Pomponi, 2019:filaments radiating in a single plane fromparts of radial body with subtylostyles and tylostyles bases, basePomponi, 201911, Fig. 5disc margin,with styles or substrongyles
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