Carnivorous sponges from the Australian Bathyal and Abyssal zones collected during the RV Investigator 2017 Expedition Author Ekins, Merrick Author Erpenbeck, Dirk Author Hooper, John N. A. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-05-12 4774 1 1 159 journal article 22182 10.11646/zootaxa.4774.1.1 269cf599-428d-464d-8f21-994d69110c5c 1175-5326 3825140 B0C4A2F8-F2AB-4147-BB12-63720EEF2516

TABLE 10. Comparative morphological and distributional data for all known species of Chondrocladia.

Species	Source	Morphology	Total height x width (mm)	Skeleton	Spicules of main axis (LxW μm)	Spicules of lateral filaments or body (LxW μm)	Spicules of basal attachment (LxW μm)	Chelae (L μm)	Sigmancistras (L μm)	Sigmas (L μm) and other microscleres	Locality/ depth range
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Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) freycinetensus sp. nov.	present work	Erect peduncu- late ‘crinorhiza’ form with bal- loon-shaped subglobular body, long and very thin stem, with basal rhi- zoid root-like processes	140 x 13	Axis of thick bundles of mycalostyles arising from roots and stem, then radiating outwards through the hispid body, and terminating in spherical swellings.	Mycalostyles 567-(1774)-2560 x 10-(29)-65	undifferentiated	undifferentiated Tridentate unguiferate isochelae 1, 51-(62)-71 isochelae 2, 22-(30)-38		absent	sigmas 1, 50-(68)-86 x 2-(3)-4 sigmas 2, 15-(21)-25 x 1-(1.5)-2	Off Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania, bathyal
Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) callistemonex sp. nov.	present work	Erect stipitate unbranched stem with numerous horizontal filaments at right angles forming 4- 7 distinct columns encircling the stem, short naked stem and rhizoid basal rootless.	80–120 x 2–5	Axis with tightly bound bundles of styles forming the stem, roots and filaments.	Styles 1, 1030–2970 x 19.2–53.4 Styles 2, 372–1490 x 7.0–20.0	undifferentiated	undifferentiated Tridentate unguiferate isochelae 49.8–65.8 x 2.4–6.5		35.9–63.1 x 1.2–3.0	absent	Off Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, abyssal