Nodastrella nodastrella Topsent ...
Nodastrella nodastrella (Topsent) Synonymy: Rossella nodastrella (Topsent 1915: 1, Figs. 1–5; Topsent 1928: 76, Pl. III Fig. 22, Pl. IV Fig. 3). Material examined: The holotype (MOM-INV-21666 (04 1353)) described by Topsent (1915) from the Azores, collected by S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco, off San Mig...
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5690999 https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5690999 |
| Summary: | Nodastrella nodastrella (Topsent) Synonymy: Rossella nodastrella (Topsent 1915: 1, Figs. 1–5; Topsent 1928: 76, Pl. III Fig. 22, Pl. IV Fig. 3). Material examined: The holotype (MOM-INV-21666 (04 1353)) described by Topsent (1915) from the Azores, collected by S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco, off San Miguel, St. 3140, on August 18, 1911, depth 1378 m. One specimen (HBOI 7-VIII-09 -1-002, USNM 1150046, SMF 11754) from deep-water Lophelia coral reefs off Cape Canaveral, Florida, lat. 28°47.621 N, long. 79°37.430 W, depth 759 m, collected August 07, 2009 using manned submersible Johnson-Sea-Link II. Description: The holotype is a small (probably juvenile) specimen, 3.5 cm high and 2 cm max. width with a deep central osculum. The specimen from Florida, USNM 1150046, is 24.5 cm high, the body is vase-shaped with the osculum (ca. 15 cm wide) having outward-flaring margins (Fig. 1). Whereas the dermal surface of the holotype shows a few diactine prostalia, the USNM specimen is smooth. The USNM specimen is white to ... : 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 pages 5-7, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3383.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/281727 ... |
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