From caves to seamounts: the hidden diversity of tetractinellid sponges from the Balearic Islands, with the description of eight new species
The sponge fauna of the Western Mediterranean stands as one of the most studied in the world. Yet sampling new habitats and a poorly studied region like the Balearic Islands highlights once again our limited knowledge of this group of animals. This work focused on demosponges of the order Tetractine...
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crpeerj:10.7717/peerj.16584 2024-06-02T08:11:36+00:00 From caves to seamounts: the hidden diversity of tetractinellid sponges from the Balearic Islands, with the description of eight new species Díaz, Julio A. Ordines, Francesc Massutí, Enric Cárdenas, Paco 2024 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16584 https://peerj.com/articles/16584.pdf https://peerj.com/articles/16584.xml https://peerj.com/articles/16584.html en eng PeerJ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ PeerJ volume 12, page e16584 ISSN 2167-8359 journal-article 2024 crpeerj https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16584 2024-05-07T14:14:03Z The sponge fauna of the Western Mediterranean stands as one of the most studied in the world. Yet sampling new habitats and a poorly studied region like the Balearic Islands highlights once again our limited knowledge of this group of animals. This work focused on demosponges of the order Tetractinellida collected in several research surveys (2016–2021) on a variety of ecosystems of the Balearic Islands, including shallow caves, seamounts and trawl fishing grounds, in a broad depth range (0–725 m). Tetractinellid material from the North Atlantic and more than twenty type specimens were also examined and, for some, re-described in this work. All species were barcoded with the traditional molecular markers COI (Folmer fragment) and 28S (C1-C2 or C1-D2 fragment). A total of 36 species were identified, mostly belonging to the family Geodiidae (15 species), thereby bringing the number of tetractinellids recorded in the Balearic Islands from 15 to 39. Eight species from this study are new: Stelletta mortarium sp. nov., Penares cavernensis sp. nov., Penares isabellae sp. nov., Geodia bibilonae sp. nov., Geodia microsphaera sp. nov. and Geodia matrix sp. nov. from the Balearic Islands; Geodia phlegraeioides sp. nov. and C aminus xavierae sp. nov. from the North East Atlantic. Stelletta dichoclada and Erylus corsicus are reported for the first time since their description in Corsica in 1983. Pachastrella ovisternata is documented for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea. Finally, after comparisons of type material, we propose new synonymies: Geodia anceps as a junior synonym of Geodia geodina, Erylus cantabricus as a junior synonym of Erylus discophorus and Spongosorites maximus as a junior synonym of Characella pachastrelloides . Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic North East Atlantic PeerJ Publishing Folmer ENVELOPE(12.601,12.601,64.648,64.648) PeerJ 12 e16584 |
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The sponge fauna of the Western Mediterranean stands as one of the most studied in the world. Yet sampling new habitats and a poorly studied region like the Balearic Islands highlights once again our limited knowledge of this group of animals. This work focused on demosponges of the order Tetractinellida collected in several research surveys (2016–2021) on a variety of ecosystems of the Balearic Islands, including shallow caves, seamounts and trawl fishing grounds, in a broad depth range (0–725 m). Tetractinellid material from the North Atlantic and more than twenty type specimens were also examined and, for some, re-described in this work. All species were barcoded with the traditional molecular markers COI (Folmer fragment) and 28S (C1-C2 or C1-D2 fragment). A total of 36 species were identified, mostly belonging to the family Geodiidae (15 species), thereby bringing the number of tetractinellids recorded in the Balearic Islands from 15 to 39. Eight species from this study are new: Stelletta mortarium sp. nov., Penares cavernensis sp. nov., Penares isabellae sp. nov., Geodia bibilonae sp. nov., Geodia microsphaera sp. nov. and Geodia matrix sp. nov. from the Balearic Islands; Geodia phlegraeioides sp. nov. and C aminus xavierae sp. nov. from the North East Atlantic. Stelletta dichoclada and Erylus corsicus are reported for the first time since their description in Corsica in 1983. Pachastrella ovisternata is documented for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea. Finally, after comparisons of type material, we propose new synonymies: Geodia anceps as a junior synonym of Geodia geodina, Erylus cantabricus as a junior synonym of Erylus discophorus and Spongosorites maximus as a junior synonym of Characella pachastrelloides . |
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From caves to seamounts: the hidden diversity of tetractinellid sponges from the Balearic Islands, with the description of eight new species |
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From caves to seamounts: the hidden diversity of tetractinellid sponges from the Balearic Islands, with the description of eight new species |
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From caves to seamounts: the hidden diversity of tetractinellid sponges from the Balearic Islands, with the description of eight new species |
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From caves to seamounts: the hidden diversity of tetractinellid sponges from the Balearic Islands, with the description of eight new species |
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From caves to seamounts: the hidden diversity of tetractinellid sponges from the Balearic Islands, with the description of eight new species |
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from caves to seamounts: the hidden diversity of tetractinellid sponges from the balearic islands, with the description of eight new species |
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