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Spicules of Corbitella discasterosa, holotype

A: dermal hexactin; B: atrial pentactin; C-E: choanosomal diactins; F: choanosomal stauractin; G: choanosomal tauactin; H: floricome; I: graphiocome; J: discaster; K: rosette of the discaster; L-N: discs of the discasters; O: oxyhexactine.

Tabachnick, K.R.; Lévi, C. 2004. Lyssacinosa du Pacifique sud-ouest (Porifera: Hexactinellida). in: Marshall, B.; Richer de Forges, B. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 23. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 191: 11-71.

Photographer: Tabachnick & Lévi. Publisher: Dagaeff, Anne-Cecile.