Malacosaccus coatsi Topsent 1910 ...

Malacosaccus coatsi Topsent, 1910 (Figs. 1 B, 2 & 3, Table 1) Material examined: SMF 10702, ANDEEP III, R.V. 'Polarstern' stn PS67/102-11, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, 0 6 Mar. 2005, 65°35.40'–35.51'S, 36°29.00'–28.83'W, 4794–4797 m; ANDEEP III, SMF 10521, SMF 10703, SM...

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Main Authors: Janussen, Dorte, Reiswig, Henry M.
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Published: Zenodo 2009
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5611959
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5611959
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Summary:Malacosaccus coatsi Topsent, 1910 (Figs. 1 B, 2 & 3, Table 1) Material examined: SMF 10702, ANDEEP III, R.V. 'Polarstern' stn PS67/102-11, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, 0 6 Mar. 2005, 65°35.40'–35.51'S, 36°29.00'–28.83'W, 4794–4797 m; ANDEEP III, SMF 10521, SMF 10703, SMF 10704, R.V. 'Polarstern', stn PS67/121-7, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, 14 Mar. 2005, 63°34.92'–34.65'S, 50°41.97'–41.68'W, 2616–2617 m. Description: Specimens were collected from two trawl stations, a single large nearly intact cup torn from the missing stalk (Fig. 2 A) from the first station and another specimen with stalk and root intact but with upper cup slightly damaged (Fig. 1 B) and two smaller fragments from the second station. The first specimen is 91 mm tall, 102 mm in diameter with a wall up to 25 mm in thickness. The second specimen is a stalked cup, total height 495 mm, upper cup width 234 mm, stalk 258 mm long by 41 mm diameter, root ball 152 mm diameter. The external surfaces of the upper body of both specimens are heavily ... : Published as part of Janussen, Dorte & Reiswig, Henry M., 2009, Hexactinellida (Porifera) from the ANDEEP III Expedition to the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2136 on pages 3-5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.188483 ...