TABLE 3 in Hidden treasures of Camamu Bay, Bahia, Brazil: New records and two new species of Raspailiidae (Porifera, Demospongiae)

TABLE 3. Comparisons of shape and dimensions of the spicules with an overview of geographic and depth distribution of Thrinacophora Ridley, 1885. Measured spicules of each category (micrometers, μm) expressed as follows: minimum-mean-maximum length/width.
SpeciesDistribution / Depth (m)StrongylesOxeas/anisoxeasStyles IStyles IIStyles IIITrichodragmaThrinacophora melae sp. nov.Bahia, Brazil / 2 – 3310–461.7–850 x 7.5–9.8–15Absent875–1177.5–1400 x 7.5–11.3–17.5250–776–1350 x 2.5–4.3–1092.5–153.4–177.5 x 5–7.8–10Raphides 250–344.3–450 x 1–1.6–3Thrinacophora cervicornis Ridley & Dendy, 1886Philippines Arafura Sea and Northwest Shelf Western Atlantic, Pacific / 8 – 83Absent212–279.3–325 x 9–14.8–19288–473.1–608 x 0.5–2.8–5.551–66.3–96 x 6–8.3–10Absent5–66.3–96 x 6–8.3–10Thrinacophora dubia Brøndsted, 1924Auckland and Campbell Islands, Pacific / shallow-waterAbsentAbsentStyles,varying through subtylostyles to tylostyles 90–2000 x 14Absent100–160 x 4–5Raphides 400 x 3–1Thrinacophora funiformis Ridley & Dendy, 1886Guyana Shelf, NE Brazil / 33Absent324–406–482 x 13–19.7–23538–992–1398 x 16–25.1–32Cladostyles 267–370–439 x 3.5–5.2–7AbsentRaphides in trichodragma 105–118–129 x 7–8.4–10Thrinacophora incrustans Kieschnick, 1896Ternate, IndonesiaAbsentAbsentStylesAmphioxes, CladostrongylesAbsentTrichodragmaThrinacophora murrayi Arnesen, 1920Cape Bojador (St.37), Saara Ocidental, Western Sahara, Morocco / 39Absent296–407.6 x 18.5Styles choanosome two size 273x18.5 592x18.5AbsentAbsent40x10Thrinacophora rhaphidophora (Hentschel, 1912)Ilhas Aru, norte de Penambulai, Arafura Sea / 8AbsentAmphioxes (styles and amphistrongyles) 2224–320 x 11–13Styles and Amphistrongyles 1600–1920 x 20 μStyles Amphistrongyles 448–600 x 5 μAbsentRaphides about 100 μThrinacophora spinosa Wilson, 1902Off Punta Melones (stn 6072), Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico / 74AbsentOxeas big 250x8 small 200x6Styles big 1100x10–12 small 800x8Styles very slender 800–1100x5 smaller forms 400x3–5AbsentAbout 120 μ