FIGURE 13 in Carnivorous sponges from the Australian Bathyal and Abyssal zones collected during the RV Investigator 2017 Expedition

FIGURE 13. Cladorhiza investigator sp. nov. Holotype QM G337458. A. External view of the filaments showing the tightly packed anisochelae in the ectosome. B. The ectosome of the filaments exposed revealing the mycalostyles in the endosome. C. The external surface of the stem showing the ectosomal plates formed by the mycalostyles and the almost alternate juxtaposition of the filaments. D. Internal T.S. of the stem showing the mycalostyles buttressing the filaments after they have emerged from the confused core. In addition it shows the longitudinal tracks of mycalostyles. E. Cross section of the stem, showing the nine radial filaments intersecting in the core of the stem, and the thin wedges of anisochelae and sigmas between these arms. F. Branching roots of the sponge, showing an almost absent ectosome, but the tight bundles of mycalostyles and three thin subtylostyles in the upper branch.