Rossella nuda Topsent 1901 ...

• Main Authors: Göcke, Christian, Janussen, Dorte
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2013
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Porifera; Hexactinellida; Lyssacinosida; Rossellidae; Rossella; Rossella nuda; Antarctic; Burton; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5631278; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5631278

Rossella nuda Topsent, 1901 (Figs. 2 E, 6, Tab. 5) Synonymy: Rossella nuda Topsent, 1901a: 4 –5; 1901b: 32–33, pl. 1, fig. 7, pl. 4, figs. 8–13. Burton 1929 (pars): 409–412, figs. 1–2, pl. 2; 1932: 255–256, figs. 1–2; 1934: 7. Koltun 1976 (pars): 165, pl. 1–3. Barthel & Tendal 1994: 99–101, fig. 39–40, pl. 9– 10. Hyalyscus hodgsoni Kirkpatrick, 1907: 3–5, pl. 3, fig. 1, pl. 4, fig. 1. Burton 1929: 411. Material examined. 2 specimens from SYSTCO-station 48-1, one was sampled alive (SMF 11715), one was dead (SMF 11901). Other material examined: IRSNB POR. 0 0 3 (type), BMNH 1928.11.15.2, BMNH 1928.11.15.6, BMNH 1928.11.15.7. Description. The description given in here is concentrated on the one specimen still alive when captured (Fig. 2 E). This specimen was 40 cm high. It has a very tight tissue with a smooth surface, which is absolutely bare of any conules or protruding spicules. A basal tuft of spicules could not be documented, as the basis of the specimen was torn off. The body wall is up to 3 cm thick. ... : Published as part of Göcke, Christian & Janussen, Dorte, 2013, Hexactinellida of the genus Rossella, of ANT XXIV / 2 (SYSTCO I) Expedition — Antarctic Eastern Weddell Sea, pp. 102-122 in Zootaxa 3692 (1) on pages 114-116, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3692.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/224084 ...