Desmacella austini sp. nov. from sponge reefs off the Pacific coast of Canada

A new species of a very thinly encrusting Desmacella (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida, Desmacellidae) is described from Queen Charlotte Basin and Georgia Basin, off the Canadian Pacific coast. It is compared with all known species of the genus, differing in the geometry and size of spicules,...

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Published in:Contributions to zoology (Amsterdam, Netherlands : 1995) Netherlands : 1995), 2005-01, Vol.74 (3-4), p.265-270
Main Authors: Lehnert, Helmut, Conway, Kim W, Barrie, J.Vaughn, Krautter, Manfred
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Canada
Demospongiae
Desmacella
Desmacellidae
Marine
new species
Pacific
Poecilosclerida
Porifera
sponge reefs
taxonomy
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Summary:A new species of a very thinly encrusting Desmacella (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida, Desmacellidae) is described from Queen Charlotte Basin and Georgia Basin, off the Canadian Pacific coast. It is compared with all known species of the genus, differing in the geometry and size of spicules, and the persistent epizoic growth.
ISSN:1383-4517
1875-9866
1383-4517
DOI:10.1163/18759866-0740304004