Published December 31, 2013 | Version v1
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Phelloderma Göcke & Janussen, 2013, sp. nov.

Description

Phelloderma sp. nov.

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Material. 1 specimen (holotype) from station 039-11 (SMF 11726), 2151.5 m, 64° 28.80' S, 2° 52.52' E, 0 3.01.2008.

Description. A rounded encrusting sponge of 19 mm diameter overgrowing a rock. Without specialized ectosome, choanosomal skeleton consisting of radially arranged bundles of styles. Spicules styles, slightly polytylote, 580–710 x 14–17 µm, arcuate isochelae 27–38 µm, and oxychaetes 118–168 µm.

Remarks. The specimen and new species will be described in detail separately by Hajdu et al. (in prep.).

Notes

Published as part of Göcke, Christian & Janussen, Dorte, 2013, Demospongiae of ANT XXIV / 2 (SYSTCO I) Expedition — Antarctic Eastern Weddell Sea, pp. 28-101 in Zootaxa 3692 (1) on page 63, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3692.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/249019

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Biodiversity

Family
Phellodermidae
Genus
Phelloderma
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Poecilosclerida
Phylum
Porifera
Taxonomic status
sp. nov.
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Phelloderma Göcke & Janussen, 2013