TABLE II in A new species of the genus Biemna Gray, 1867 (Porifera: Biemnidae) from shallow waters of the Northwestern Iberian coasts

TABLE II. Comparison of some ecological data and size of European species of the genus Biemna. Megascleres (µm)Microscleres (µm)SpeciesReferenceHabitusLocalityDepth (m)DistributionColourConsistencyStylesRhabdostylesSigmaRaphidesB. begonae sp. nov.This workCoating encrusting, massive with digitiform processesRía de Arousa Spain29GaliciaRedSouple, compressible568–(667)– 716 x 9.3– (12.9)–17.6119.7–(197.7)– 346.2 x 2,9– (6.6)–10.7I. 97–(121)– 136 x 3.4– (4.4)–5.2 II. 58–(82)– 104 x 2.8– (3.4)–4.2 III. 25–(39)–51 x 1.8–(3.0)– 4.6. IV. 12.21– (15.69)–24.4598.4– (112.9)– 128.6 x 1.5– (1.6)– 1.9B. variantiaBowerbank, 1858Thickly to massively encrustingSt Katherine’s Rocks, Tenby, WalesintertidalArtic–BorealBeigeSoft, friable360–(580)– 700AbsentI. 50–70 II. 10–2063–165B. variantiaSolórzano 1991Coating or semi–massiveLaxe, A Coruña, Spain58Arctic and North AtlanticWittishUnknown360–720 x 6.10AbsentI. 92–103 x 4–5 II. 18–30 x 155–88 x 1–1.5B. dautzenbergiTopsent, 1890Unknownoff Azores1384North AtlanticGreyishFriableTylostyles: I. 800 x 15 II. 400 x 7Absent27AbsentB. partenopeaPulitzer– Finali, 1978EncrustingBay of Naples135MediterraneanUnknownUnknown800– 1100x9.5– 14.5100–250 x 4.814.4–14045–70 x <1B. peracutaTopsent, 1927EncrustingClose to Gran Canaria400North Atlantic, MediterraneanGreyishUnknown980–1300 x 6–18AbsentI. 40–55 x 2 II. 13–14I. 140–225 x 2–5. II. 40–60 x 2B. tenuisigmaPulitzer-Finali, 1978EncrustingGolfo di Napoli, Thyrrhenian Sea135MediterraneanUnknownUnknown700–980x7– 14.5100–210 x 4–99.5–13.583–89x1.2 / 27–37x0.5