FIG. 2. — Thymosiopsis conglomerans n in Morphological, chemical and biochemical characterization of a new species of sponge without skeleton (Porifera, Demospongiae) from the Mediterranean Sea

FIG. 2. — Thymosiopsis conglomerans n. sp.; A, semi-thin section through the ectosome; B, semi-thin section through the choanosome; C, TEM view of a choanocyte chamber; D, enlargement of a part of semi-thin section B; E, choanocyte; F, spherulous cell. Abbreviations: a, foreign body (calcareous alga); ap, aphodus; b, bacteria; c, canal; cc, choanocyte chamber; g, granular cell; n, nucleus; s, spherulous cell; v, vacuolar cell; vc, vacuolar cells near the pinacocyte layer of the canal. Scale bars: A, D, 16 µm; B, 58 µm; C, 3.2 µm; E, F, 1 µm.