Halicnemia salomonensis, DENDY, 1922

HALICNEMIA SALOMONENSIS DENDY, 1922 View in CoL

( FIG. 13A, B)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: H o l o t y p e, H a l i c n e m i a salomonensis Dendy, 1922 (p. 128, pl. 17, fig. 9a–c) BMNH 21.11.7.109 RN CXXIV.4, Salomon Islands, Indian Ocean, 75 fathoms (137 m), (spicule slide only).

Description: Megascleres: Megascleres are stout styles, often irregularly bent ( Fig. 13A).

Microscleres: The acanthoxea are different from the acanthoxea in other Halicnemia species. Dendy (1922) described them as ‘trichites’. They measure 49–80– 119 µm ( Fig. 13B). It is not possible to say with any certainty whether this species belongs in Halicnemia or elsewhere in the classification; for now, we retain it in Halicnemia .