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Table 1 Tethya meloni. Spicule size in the studied specimens

From: Sexual and asexual reproduction in a Mediterranean Tethya (Porifera, Demospongiae) species

Strongyloxeas min-max length (μm)

Strongyloxeas min-max width (μm)

Oxyspherasters (mean diameter ± SD; μm)

Oxyspherasters (mean R/C ± SD)

Cortical micrasters (mean R/C ± SD)

Choanosomal micrasters (mean R/C ± SD)

365–1710

7–35

106.5 ± 15.3

1.2 ± 0.3

14.1 ± 2.1

15.4 ± 2.6

  1. SD standard deviation, R ray length, C centre diameter