LEUCASCUS TENUISPINAE SP. NOV.

(FIG. 15; TABLE 7)

Z o o b a n k r e g i s t r a t i o n: u r n: l s i d: z o o b a n k. org:act: 4EB114CF-5870-4338-95FE-09BE9C398196.

Diagnosis: Subglobular Leucascus . S skeleton composed of fusiform diactines, triactines and rare tetractines with short spines.

Etymology: For the microspines on the apical actine of the tetractines (tenues = thin; spinae = spines).

Type locality: Portail Caves, La Réunion, Indian Ocean .

Ty p e m a t e r i a l: H o l o t y p e – U F R J P O R 8 9 2 7 (= 171110- ESB2 - TP2). Photos: TP6114–6116. Portail Caves, La Réunion, Indian Ocean, coll. T. Pérez, 10 November 2017, 25 m depth .