Collecting information and identification of Artemisina (Porifera, Microcionidae), supplement to: Rios, Pilar; Aguilar, Ricardo; Torriente, Ana; Muñoz, Araceli; Cristobo, Javier (2018): Sponge grounds of Artemisina (Porifera, Demospongiae) in the Iberian Peninsula, ecological characterization by ROV techniques. Zootaxa, 4466(1), 95

The present study describes Artemisina sponge grounds in Iberia Peninsula. A. transiens is a sponge described in 1890 by Topsent in Galicia (Spain); A. hispanica was also collected in the north of Spain by Ferrer-Hernández (1917); World Porifera Database (WPD) considers at the moment both mushroom-s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rios, Pilar, Aguilar, Ricardo, Torriente, Ana, Muñoz, Araceli, Cristobo, Javier
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2018
Subjects:
Latitude of event
Longitude of event
Latitude of event 2
Longitude of event 2
Station label
DEPTH, water
Campaign
Collection
Area/locality
Species
Type
Reference/source
Habitat
DATE/TIME
Platform
Sampling by diver
Deep-sea Sponge Grounds Ecosystems of the North Atlantic SponGES
Ferrer
Muñoz
Ricardo
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.892371
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.892371
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Summary:The present study describes Artemisina sponge grounds in Iberia Peninsula. A. transiens is a sponge described in 1890 by Topsent in Galicia (Spain); A. hispanica was also collected in the north of Spain by Ferrer-Hernández (1917); World Porifera Database (WPD) considers at the moment both mushroom-shaped species as synonyms (van Soest et al., 2018), but we have only been able to check the types of A. hispanica. The studied samples were collected in Somos Llungo station and they correspond clearly to those described as A. hispanica by Ferrer-Hernández (1917) and it presents differences in the skeleton with respet to description of A. transiens in the literture. There are no more records after 1917 and there are no data of ecological characterisation nor is there a detailed description of its skeletal composition with Scanning Electron Microscopy. In the previous records the formation of sponge grounds of these species was not known.Oceana, the largest international organization focused solely on protecting the world's oceans, has recorded the habitat of Artemisina in Atlantic and Cantabrian waters during a series of ROV cruises for the identification of marine areas with high ecological value that need protection. Its life conditions and associated fauna are described from direct observations for the first time.

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