Integrative systematics of clathrinid sponges: morphological, reproductive and phylogenetic characterisation of a new species of Leucetta from Antarctica (Porifera, Calcarea, Calcinea) with notes on the occurrence of flagellated sperm

• Published in: Invertebrate Systematics
• Main Authors: Ana Riesgo, Fernanda F. Cavalcanti, Nathan J. Kenny, Pilar Ríos, Javier Cristobo, Emilio Lanna
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: CSIRO Publishing 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; Deception Island; South Shetland Islands; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1071/IS17033

Our study reports on the occurrence of a new species of Leucetta (Calcinea, Calcarea) from the Southern Ocean, Leucetta giribeti, sp. nov., collected in the shallow waters (15 m depth) of Deception Island, South Shetland Islands. This new taxon is described based on a combination of morphological an...