Heliolithium aureum

Schewiakoff, 1926

Spicules strongly widened basally, tapering distally, sharp. Some specimens with 2 equatorial spicules much longer than other 18. In live specimens cupola-shaped extensions of calymma can be seen over spicules. Elastic fibrillae of calymma form heptagons or hexagons around spicules, each with 5-6 pores. Spicule length: 0.28 mm.

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