“Biemna chilensis Thiele
Thiele, 1905;434, fig. 54; Hentschel, 1914;74, pl. VI, fig. 3 (macrorhaphis); Burton, 1932:293.
DIAGNOSIS. Body almost spherical, or somewhat funnel-like, up to 2 cm high. Surface with conules or denticles of varying height. Color: grayish yellow. Skeleton an irregular reticulum of fairly loose radial fibers, bundles and isolated spicules.
Spicules. Macroscleres: styles — 0.664 - 1.016 mm long and 0.025 - 0.029 mm wide. Microscleres: sigmas (small and large ones) — 0.018 - 0.085 mm long and 0.0027 mm wide, raphides — 0.220 - 0.424 mm long and 0.001 mm wide.
DISTRIBUTION. Antarctic shores (Wilhelm II Coast, PalmervArchipelago, South Shetland Island), Chile and Falkland Islands. Depth: 141 -1080 m.”
(Koltun, 1964)
