Nodastrella, gen. nov. ...
Nodastrella gen. nov. Synonymy: Asconema in part (van Soest and Lavaleye 2005: Fig. 2 A–B); Rossella in part (Topsent 1915: 1, Figs. 1–5; Topsent 1928: 76, Pl. III Fig. 22, Pl. IV Fig. 3; Tabachnick and Collins 2008: Fig. 15). Type species: Nodastrella nodastrella (Topsent). Definition: Saccular Ros...
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| Summary: | Nodastrella gen. nov. Synonymy: Asconema in part (van Soest and Lavaleye 2005: Fig. 2 A–B); Rossella in part (Topsent 1915: 1, Figs. 1–5; Topsent 1928: 76, Pl. III Fig. 22, Pl. IV Fig. 3; Tabachnick and Collins 2008: Fig. 15). Type species: Nodastrella nodastrella (Topsent). Definition: Saccular Rossellinae with both calycocomes and discasters among microscleres, microdiscohexasters concentrated near the dermal surface, and dermalia chiefly stauractins. Diagnosis: Basiphytous saccular Rossellidae barrel- to amphora-shaped, with a large atrial cavity ending in a wide, unfringed, central osculum, with everted marginal parts in older specimens. Colour in life is white to greyish. Choanosomal main skeleton chiefly of diactins combined with intermediate hexactins and pentactins, dermalia are microspined stauractins and few pentactins, tauactins, and diactins, hypodermalia are large orthotropal pentactins, gastralia mainly hexactins, but also include pentactins, stauractins, and tauactins. Prostalia lateralia, if ... : Published as part of Dohrmann, Martin, Göcke, Christian, Reed, John & Janussen, Dorte, 2012, Integrative taxonomy justifies a new genus, Nodastrella gen. nov., for North Atlantic " Rossella " species (Porifera: Hexactinellida: Rossellidae), pp. 1-13 in Zootaxa 3383 on page 3, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3383.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/281727 ... |
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