Latrunculia

Mothes, Beatriz, Campos, Maurício, Eckert, Rafael & Lerner, Cléa, 2008, Latrunculia (Latrunculia) tetraverticillata sp. nov. (Porifera, Poecilosclerida, Latrunculiidae) from the bathyal region off the coast of Santa Catarina State, Brazil, Southwestern Atlantic, Zootaxa 1744, pp. 59-65: 64

Key to the Southwestern Atlantic species of Latrunculia   Edit ( Latrunculia   Edit )

1 a A single category of anisodiscorhabds....................................................................................................... 2

1 b Two categories of anisodiscorhabds ............................................................ L   Edit . biformis (Kirkpatrick, 1908)

2 a Three whorls in the anisodiscorhabd shaft................................................................................................. 3

2 b Four whorls in the anisodiscorhabd shaft .......................................................... L   Edit . tetraverticillata sp. nov.

3 a Anisodiscorhabds 60–70 µm long, with a long shaft (~ 20 μm) and crown with acute spined projections. ................................................................................................................ L   Edit . bocagei Ridley & Dendy, 1886

3 b Anisodiscorhabds 50–60 µm long, with a short shaft (~ 9 μm) and crown with blunt, terminally spined projections ................................................................................................... L   Edit . brevis Ridley & Dendy, 1886