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Mycale (Mycale) jasoniae Lehnert, Stone and Heimler, 2006 (continued)
Class Demospongiae, Family Latrunculiidae, Latrunculia velera Lehnert, Stone and Heimler, 2006.
(A) Spicule overview (styles and anisodiscorhabds); (B) acanthose end of style; (C) a rare polytylote tylostyle; (D) an
anisodiscorhabd; (E) an anisodiscorhabd (apex view); (F) apex of anisodiscorhabd (side view); (G) early developmental
stage of anisodiscorhabd on pointed end of style (acanthose pointed ends, as shown here, are rare); (H) developmental
stage of anisdiscorhabd between two fully developed ones; (I) smoother variation of an anisodiscorhabd;
and (J) anisodiscorhabds. (Figures A–I reproduced with permission from Zootaxa, Magnolia Press.)
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