New species of Desmanthus (Porifera, Demospongiae) with a discussion of its ordinal relationships Author Van Soest, Rob W. M. Institute for Systematics and Ecology, University of Amsterdam, P. O. Box 94766, 1090 GT, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) soest @ bio. uva. nl soest@bio.uva.nl Author Hajdu, Eduardo Nacional, Depto. de Invertebrados, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, s / n 20940 - 040, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Centro de Biologia Marinha, Universidade de São Paulo São Sebastião (Brazil) hajdu @ acd. ufrj. br hajdu@acd.ufrj.br text Zoosystema 2000 2000-12-31 22 2 299 312 journal article 308209 10.5281/zenodo.5401987 138d2fa4-e707-4da6-8384-542e9051bbc8 1638-9387 5401987

TABLE 1. — Spicule sizes (µm) reported for Desmanthus incrustans.

Reference	Desmas I cladome	Desmas II cladome	Desmas II rhabdome	Styles
Topsent 1889 (Caribbean)	not recorded	not recorded	not recorded	300-400
Kobluk & Van Soest 1989 (Caribbean)	100-140	70-120	20-30	340-510 × 3.5-8
Topsent 1894	not recorded	not recorded	not recorded	330-1000 × 13-25
Pulitzer-Finali 1970 (Mediterranean)	not recorded	up to 200	not recorded	370-1100 × 15-26
Pouliquen 1972 (Mediterranean)	not recorded	not recorded	not recorded	280-1100 × 10-30
Vacelet et al. 1976 (Indian Ocean)	not recorded	100	80-175 × 20-30	300-550 × 10-20
Pulitzer-Finali 1983 (Mediterranean)	80-130	not recorded	not recorded	300-560 × 8-26
Lévi & Lévi 1989 (Philippines)	not recorded	300-400	110 × 30	350-1100 × 30
Pulitzer-Finali 1996 (Papua New Guinea)	240	not recorded	70-150 × 15-30	180-300 × 9-16