A, Holotype, NMNZ Por. 433 (= SDCC/NZ048), side view. Note damaged and healed middle turret, with abnormal ocscule on the side of the turret. B, Holotype, top view. C, Detail of the fibre skeleton from paratype (SDCC/ NZ059), showing vertically orientated, cored primary fibres, uncored or partially cored secondaries and the fine canals throughout the sponge. The armoured surface is visible at the at top of the photomicrograph (scale bar = 500 µm)