Yellow Ball Sponge

Pantai Liang, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

a. Holotype in situ (photo N.J. de Voogd), b-d. Paratypes on deck and preserved.

ZMA Por. 16012, in situ at SW Sulawesi (photo B.W. Hoeksema)

Leucetta potiguar, Potiguar Basin, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Manado Tua Dua, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

SEM images of spicules of holotype

Various in situ images from the Red Sea and from Rodrigues (photos N.J. de Voogd)

Slide of L. primigenia from Haeckel`s collection. Slide deposited in the MNHN (Paris). It is assumed to be from the holotype.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.

South Pacific Ocean, Duration 10 seconds

South Pacific Ocean, Duration 9 seconds