TABLE 7 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 7. Comparative spicule dimensions of Aaptos incrustans Payne, Samaai & Gibbons sp. nov. specimens, Aaptos alphiensis Samaai & Gibbons, 2005 and Aaptos nuda (Kirkpatrick, 1903) occurring in South Africa. Micrometric values are in µm, n = 20 where applicable.
SpecimenStronglyoxeaStyle IStyle IIStyle IIIAaptos incrustans Holotype sp. nov. TS 2502988 (678–1285) × 16 (8–20)925 (674–1282) × 27 (24–32) µm444 (348–576) × 13 (8–20)197 (128–291) × 5 (3–7)Paratype TS 2503981 (682–1253) × 21 (16–28)939 (600–1282) × 25 (17–35)417 (340–496) × 11 (8–16)202 (117–291) × 6 (3–9)Aaptos alphiensis Samaai & Gibbons, 20051255 (1138–1320) × 37 (37)929 (728–1092) × 21 (21)727 (637–910) × 2 (2) and Tylostyles 169 (137–200) × 1 (1)Aaptos nuda (Kirkpatrick, 1903)1700 × 45