Resurrection of Desmoxya (Porifera: Halichondrida), with the description of a new species from Rockall Bank bathyal coral reefs, North Atlantic

The genus Desmoxya Hallmann, 1917, erected for south-east Australian Higginsia lunata Carter, 1885, was assigned to the synonymy of Higginsia Higgin, 1877 (Porifera: Halichondrida) by the latest revision of the taxonomy of the Porifera (Hooper & van Soest, 2002). The discovery of an undescribed...

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Published in:Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Main Authors: van Soest, Rob W.M., Hooper, John N.A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2005
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315405012543
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0025315405012543