taxonID	type	description	language	source
03DE87E8ED60FFD21444FA86FD9AF99B.taxon	discussion	Remark. We tried unsuccessfully to contact the present curator of MNHN, Paris, in order to examine the holotype. The presence of a slide from the holotype (previously obtained through the courtesy of Prof. Lévi, now retired) in ZMA allows the comparison between our material and that described by Boury­Esnault (1973). Studied material. Brazil, Santa Catarina state: Coral Island. (27 ° 56 ’ 00 ’’ S 48 ° 32 ’ 30 ’’ W), 12 m depth, 08 / III / 2001, MCNPOR 5058, coll. C. Lerner Slide from Holotype of Raspaxilla elegans sensu Boury­Esnault, 1973. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro: MNHN D. NBE 1032 [ZMA Por. 17585]. Description of studied material (figs. 2 – 3). Arborescent growth form with secondary smaller ramifications arising from larger main branches. The main branches measures 5.5 – 9.7 cm in length. The structure of the sponge is supported by a small peduncle that measures 2.2 cm diameter. Surface hispid, velvety. Consistency firm and flexible. Bright yellow colour in situ and dark orange in alcohol. Skeleton (figs. 4 – 5). Axial plumo­reticulated skeleton made by styles. Axial bundles go from basal region towards the apex of each ramification of sponge body and protrude outwards. Extra­axial skeleton plumo­reticulated and complemented by the presence of bundles of anisoxeas in the ectosome. Acanthose rhabdostyles echinating bundles of styles and distributed through peripheral skeleton. Spicules (figs. 6 – 10; tab. I). Megascleres are long, smooth and curved styles in a single category. Auxiliary megascleres are short acanthose rhabdostyles and thin anisoxeas; the latter restricted to the ectosomal region. TABLE I. Spicular micrometric data for specimens of Raspailia (Raspaxilla) bouryesnaultae n. n. Measurements are given as ranges of length / width (MNHN D. NBE 1032) (N = 25), or as smallest length­mean length­largest length / smallest width­mean width­largest width (MCNPOR 5058) (N = 100), all in micrometers.	en	Lerner, Cléa, Carraro, João L., Soest, Rob Van (2006): Raspailia (Raspaxilla) bouryesnaultae, a new name for Brazilian Raspaxilla elegans Boury­Esnault, 1973 (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida, Raspailiidae) with a redescription and a new record. Zootaxa 1129: 37-45, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.171860
