Table 3.

Spicule dimensions (µm) of Nubespoculiformis gen. nov., sp. nov. from holotype 126016.

Parameter	mean	s.d.	range	no.
Prostal hypodermal pentactin
tangential ray length (mm)	3.9	0.8	1.9–5.2	73
tangential ray width	51.1	5.4	36.4–59.3	60
proximal ray length (mm)	6.5	1.1	3.3–8.0	69
proximal ray width	51.0	4.5	39.7–58.7	59
Marginal diactin
length (mm)	4.5	0.7	2.8–6.0	58
width (mm)	18.0	3.3	12.3–27.5	64
Choanosomal diactin
length (mm)	2.5	1.4	0.6–4.9	52
width (mm)	11.8	2.3	7.5–19.2	52
Stalk diactin
length (mm)	7.4	2.1	2.5–11.5	25
width (mm)	14.7	4.9	8.1–29.6	25
Dermalia stauractin ray
length	200	24	130–243	51
width	11.5	1.7	7.3–14.6	51
Dermalia pentactin tangential ray
length	185	19	146–223	62
width	11.3	1.5	6.3–15.5	63
Dermalia pentactin proximal ray
length	155	20	119–190	21
width	11.0	1.6	7.8–14.5	23
Atrialia hexactin
ray length	227	25	176–283	50
ray width	13.9	2.2	9.2–20.0	50
Oxyhexaster
diameter	137	11	103–165	51
primary ray length	5.7	1.1	3.5–7.8	51
secondary ray length	62.6	4.9	46.7–72.9	51
Anisodiscohexaster
diameter	148	34	87–201	54
primary ray length	9.0	1.4	6.0–12.6	54
longest secondary ray length	66.4	16.2	32.9–89.5	54