Leucosolenia complicata ...

• Main Authors: Lavrov, Andrey, Ekimova, Irina, Schepetov, Dimitry, Koinova, Alexandra, Ereskovsky, Alexander
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Porifera; Calcarea; Leucosolenida; Leucosoleniidae; Leucosolenia; Leucosolenia complicata; Arctic; Montagu
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11265600; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.11265600

Leucosolenia complicata (Montagu, 1814) (Figs 3–6; Table 4) Type material: Not known* probably lost. Type locality: British Isles * Devon coast % Montagu 1818). Material studied: Three specimens. Molecular data— three specimens %WS11661* WS11662* WS11663)* external morphology— three specimens %WS11661* WS11662* WS11663) * skeleton organization— one specimen %WS11662)* spicules %SEM)— three specimens %WS11661* WS11662* WS11663)* cytology % TEM)— three specimens %WS11661* WS11662* WS11663) %Supporting Information* Table S1). External morphology: Cormus more or less spherical* bearing multiple* erect* oscular tubes with short* lateral diverticula in basal part % Fig. 3A). Prominent perioscular spicular crown absent % Fig. 3B). Surface minutely hispid. Coloration of living and preserved specimens greyish white % Fig. 3A). Spicules: Diactines % Fig. 4A–C). Two populations: %i) curved lanceolate diactines % Fig. 4A)* mean length 263.7 µm* mean width 9.5 µm % Table 4)* slightly curved* smooth* with lanceolate outer ... : Published as part of Lavrov, Andrey, Ekimova, Irina, Schepetov, Dimitry, Koinova, Alexandra & Ereskovsky, Alexander, 2024, The complex case of the calcareous sponge Leucosolenia complicata % Porifera: Calcarea): hidden diversity in Boreal and Arctic regions with description of a new species, pp. 876-914 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 200 on pages 884-888, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad104, http://zenodo.org/record/11248861 ...