New carnivorous sponges from the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia collected by ROV from the RV FALKOR Author Ekins, Merrick Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane 4101, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia & School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072 Australia & Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane 4111, Queensland, Australia Author Hooper, John N. A. 0000-0003-1722-5954 Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane 4101, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia & Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane 4111, Queensland, Australia & john. hooper @ qm. qld. gov. au; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1722 - 5954 john.hooper@qm.qld.gov.au text Zootaxa 2023 2023-05-23 5293 3 435 471 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5293.3.2 journal article 53431 10.11646/zootaxa.5293.3.2 0929883d-fe33-4514-8927-6a4f07b05653 1175-5326 7961272 FE67E8C2-AFE5-491C-B673-2ECE82FA4D87

TABLE 4. Comparison of branched pinnate Absestopluma (Asbestopluma) species. Spicule dimensions measurements smallest–(average)–largest (µm)

Species	Reference	Size (mm)	Filament Rows	Mycalostyles	Subtylostyles	Strongyles	Acanthostyles	Anisochelae	Sigmas	Location	Depth (m)
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As.(As.) maxisigma	Ekins et al. 2020a: 28–46, Fig. 6, Table 4		4	855–(1000)–1130 x 16–(21)–28	427–(586)–805 x 4–(9)–15			11–(13)–16	I: 20–(28)–38 II: 43–(54)–69	NSW, Australia	2600
As.(As.) maxisigma	This study	135	4	531–(730)–897 x 12–(20)–30	393–(509)–604 x 4–(10)–13		67–(119)–246 x 1–(3)–6	10–(13)–14	28–(32)–36	Queensland, Australia	816
As. (As.) biserialis	(Ridley & Dendy, 1886: 40);(Ridley & Dendy, 1887: 75–76, Pl. XIV, Figs. 2–3, Pl. XV Figs. 8, 8a–b.)	92 x 1	2	2000 x 38	440 x 10			12.6	25	South Pacific	4364
As. (As.) biserialis	Lévi, 1964: 74–75, Fig. 21, Pl. III, Fig. H	120 x 1	2	1500–1900 x 18–20	200–500 x 2–3			9–10	25–27	Kermadec Trench, South Pacific	2640
As. (As.) biserialis	Koltun, 1970: 188–190, Fig. 15, Pl. III, Fig. 1	140 x 2	2	2000 x 18–38	400–1300 x 13–25		100–500 x 1–3	9–13	25–27	NW Pacific	2640-6282
As. (As.) biserialis	Lévi, 1993: 39, Fig. 14 B	95 x 1	2	1600–1800 x 20–21	375–800 x 10–14			8–10	26–28	New Caledonia	1618-1740
As. (As.) biserialis var. californiana	de Laubenfels, 1935: 4, Fig. 5	200 x 14	2	1150 x 18				6	22	California
As. (As.) belgicae	(Topsent, 1901:VIII)	200	6	1400 x 23	800 x 12–15	1400 x 23	200 x 3	12	33	Antarctica	400-569
As. (As.) belgicae	Hestetun et al. 2015:1316–1318 Table 1, Fig. 4 A–J	350 x 2	8	1010–(1449)–2070 x 17–(24)–31	610–(734)–880 x 11–(15)–19	460–(659)–830 x 3–(6)–9	127–(198)–250 x 1.5	11–(13)–14	27–31–35	Central Atlantic	3147-3898
As. (As.) belgicae	Goodwin et al. 2017: 48					820–(1105)–1384 x 13–(24)–36	116–232 x 3–4	8–(10)–12	28–(30)–32
As. (As.) quadriserialis	Tendal, 1973: 34–35, Figs. 1–2	75 x 1	4	480–(876)–960 x 6–25, filaments 880–(968)–1040 x 12–25	400–(511)–640 x 5–10		75–(106)–125 x 1–3	I: 35–45 II: 10–12–13	I: 28–(31)–38 II: 75–(106)–125	North Atlantic	4600