Table 5.

Spicule dimensions (µm) of Scyphidiumvariospinosum sp. nov. from holotype NIWA 126279.

Parameter	mean	s.d.	range	no.
Prostal diactin
length (mm)	15.8	3.9	8.3–22.9	22
width	76.0	18.5	34.0–104.6	30
Prostal pentactin
tangential ray length (mm)	6.4	1.4	1.0–9.1	36
tangential ray width	77.6	11.3	38.4–94.5	32
proximal ray length (mm)	9.1	1.5	3.8–10.9	31
proximal ray width	91.8	12.0	54.6–109.4	32
Choanosomal diactin
length (mm)	2.5	1.4	0.4–5.5	32
width	9.5	2.5	5.6–14.4	40
Dermalia pentactin
tangential ray length	188	21	140–238	53
tangential ray width	14.6	2.2	11.0–18.6	47
proximal ray length	143	21	79–188	45
proximal ray width	14.0	1.9	8.3–18.2	47
Atrialia hexactin
ray length	275	40	181–384	47
ray width	10.1	1.7	6.2–12.9	49
Discohexaster 1
diameter	116	19	67–142	33
primary ray length	8.4	1.1	6.2–10.5	33
secondary ray length	49.7	9.3	27.2–61.2	33
Discohexaster 2
diameter	113	11	94–136	33
primary ray length	5.6	1.7	2.4–10.0	29
secondary ray length	51.7	4.8	43.4–60.7	29
Discohexaster 3
diameter	75	15	44–94	22
primary ray length	7.1	1.7	3.8–12.1	22
secondary ray length	30.7	7.5	10.4–39.5	22
Oxyhexaster 1
diameter	126	21	76–179	79
primary ray length	4.3	1.1	2.2–9.3	79
secondary ray length	58.8	10.3	32.0–85.3	79
Oxyhexaster 2
diameter	74	25	31–116	23
primary ray length	5.9	1.1	4.3–8.0	23
secondary ray length	30.5	11.7	12.4–51.5	23
Oxyhexactin diameter	138		119–149	4