FIGURE 5 in New Leucettidae de Laubenfels, 1936 (Porifera, Calcarea) from Western Australia

FIGURE 5. Pericharax vallii sp. nov. (WAM Z45632, holotype). (A) Preserved specimen. (B) Cross-section of specimen WAM Z40489=UFRJPOR 7741 showing the cortex (ctx) and atrium (at) with canals surrounded by a palisade of apical actines. (C) Tangential section of the cortical skeleton. (D) Cross-section showing cortex (ctx), subcortical lacunae (sl) and canals (ch). (E) Detail of a hispid canal (ch). (F) Tangential section of the atrial skeleton showing exhalant canals (ex). White arrowheads point to apical actines. (G) Tripod. (H) Triactine. (I) Tetractines: tetractine I (left), tetractine II (right).