Figure 3 in Freshwater sponges of the West Indies: Discovery of Spongillidae (Haplosclerida, Spongillina) from Cuba with biogeographic notes and a checklist for the Caribbean area

Main Authors: Manconi, R., Pronzato, R.
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Terbitan: , 2005
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5220358
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  • Figure 3. Ephydatia facunda from Cuba (DTRGFW600, DTRGFW602). SEM photomicrographs of resistant bodies and spicular complement. (A) Gemmule lateral view with foramen on the right (arrow); (B) cross-section of the gemmular theca; (C) top view of a gemmule with foramen in the centre (arrow); (D) gemmular theca at the foraminal level (cross-section); (E) trilayered gemmular theca with compact spongin in the outer and inner layer, and chambered spongin in the pneumatic layer (cross-section); (F) foramen (arrow) surrounded by distal rotules of gemmuloscleres; (G, H) outer layer with emerging distal rotules of gemmuloscleres [(G) top view; (H) crosssection]; (I) megascleres acanthoxeas; (J) gemmuloscleres birotules; (K) spiny rotules bearing indented margins.
  • Published as part of Manconi, R. & Pronzato, R., 2005, Freshwater sponges of the West Indies: Discovery of Spongillidae (Haplosclerida, Spongillina) from Cuba with biogeographic notes and a checklist for the Caribbean area, pp. 3235-3253 in Journal of Natural History 39 (36) on page 3244, DOI: 10.1080/00222930500307327, http://zenodo.org/record/5220352