FIGURE 6. A in New species of Latrunculia from the Agulhas shelf, South Africa, with designation of a type species for subgenus Biannulata (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida, Latrunculiidae)

FIGURE 6. A comparison of anisodiscorhabds and other microscleres of species presently considered valid within subgenera Latrunculia (L.) du Bocage, 1869 (A–N), L. (Biannulata) Samaai et al., 2006 (O–AA), and L. (B.) incertae sedis (AB–AD): A. L. (L.) triverticillata Alvarez et al., 2002; B. L. (L.) fiordensis Alvarez et al., 2002; C. L. (L.) oxydiscorhabda Alvarez et al., 2002; D. L. (L.) cratera du Bocage, 1869; E. L. (L.) bocagei Ridley & Dendy, 1886; F. aciculodiscorhabd of L. (L.) apicalis Ridley & Dendy, 1886; G. aciculodiscorhabd of L. (L.) biformis Kirkpatrick, 1908; H. L. (L.) basilis Kirkpatrick, 1908; I. L. (L.) brevis Ridley & Dendy, 1886; J. L. (L.) palmata Lévi, 1964; K. L. (L.) multirotalis Topsent, 1905; L. L. (L.) ikematsui Tanita, 1968; M. L. (L.) novaecaledoniae Samaai et al., 2006; N. L. (L.) crenulata Lévi, 1993; O. L. (B.) kaakaariki Alvarez et al., 2002; P. L. (B.) duckworthi Alvarez et al., 2002; Q. L. (B.) procumbens Alvarez et al., 2002; R. L. (B.) wellingtonensis Alvarez et al., 2002; S. L. (B.) kaikoura Alvarez et al., 2002; T. L. (B.) millerae Alvarez et al., 2002; U. L. (B.) spinispiraefera Brøndsted, 1924; V. L. (B.) purpurea Carter, 1881; W. L. (B.) lunaviridis Samaai & Kelly, 2003; X. L. (B.) microacanthoxea Samaai & Kelly, 2003; Y. L. (B.) gotzi sp. nov.; Z. L. (B.) kerwathi sp. nov.; AA. L. (B.) algoaensis sp. nov.; AB. L. austini Samaai et al., 2006; AC. L. citharistae Vacelet, 1969; AD. L. oparinae Samaai & Krasokhin, 2002. Reproduced or redrawn from du Bocage (1869), Ridley & Dendy (1886), Topsent (1905), Brøndsted (1924), Lévi (1964, 1993), Alvarez et al. (2002), Samaai & Krasokhin (2002), Samaai & Kelly (2003), Samaai et al. (2006), (not to scale)