Museum specimens of Metschnikowia tuberculata. A General view of the three syntypes and their labels. Scale bar 1 cm. ZISP, specimen №11023. Collector: Grimm O. A. 10.07.1876, station 132; coordinates 2°33'E, 40°32'N, depth 20 fathoms (42.6 m). Associated slides: 10497–10500 (upper specimen) and 10495–10496 (lower specimens) B spicular complement of M. tuberculata var. intermedia ZMMU, specimen №251. Scale bars 30 µm (whole spicules) and 2 µm (magnified part). *The longitude is counted from Baku, i.e., 2°33'E = 52°23'E