Figure 5 in On the genus Racekiela in Mexico: molecular and morphological description of Racekiela cresciscrystae n. sp.

Figure 5. SEM micrographs of gemmule from holotype CNPGG‒2331 Racekiela cresciscrystae sp. nov. (a) Spherical gemmule with shattered foramen, and top view of rotules. (b) Detail of gemmule surface, with birotules (marked by arrows) and pseudobirotules. (c) Cross section of gemmule filled in with thesocytes and tri-layered theca. (d) Detail of tri-layered theca and foramen in a cross section gemmule (shattered at the upper side). (e) Detail of theca with irregular chambers (upper side of frame), thesocytes and pseudobirotulates going outside the surface (lower right side). (f) Detail of foramen taken from the shatter theca.