Redescription of Tethya norvegica Bowerbank (Porifera, Demospongiae), with remarks on the genus Tethya in the North East Atlantic

Tethya norvegica Bowerbank, 1872, a northern species generally synonymized with T. aurantium . has been studied from Scotland, The Faroes, Norway, Iceland, Spitzbergen and Bear Island. The species is redescribed and its North East Atlantic distribution delimited Tethya norvegica is compared, on the...

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Published in:Zoologica Scripta
Main Authors: SARÀ, MICHELE, BAVESTRELLO, GIORGIO, MENSI, PAOLA
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1992
Subjects:
Bear Island
Norway
Faroes
Iceland
North East Atlantic
Spitzbergen
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1992.tb00323.x
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Summary:Tethya norvegica Bowerbank, 1872, a northern species generally synonymized with T. aurantium . has been studied from Scotland, The Faroes, Norway, Iceland, Spitzbergen and Bear Island. The species is redescribed and its North East Atlantic distribution delimited Tethya norvegica is compared, on the basis of morphometric and electrophoretic features, with T. aurantium and F.citrina . Morphological, morphometric and electrophoretic data suggest that I norvegica is a distinct biological species.

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