Antarctotetilla coactifera ...

Antarctotetilla coactifera (Lendenfeld, 1907) Synonymy: Tethya coactifera Lendenfeld, 1907; Cinachyra coactifera (Lendenfeld, 1907); Craniella coactifera (Lendenfeld, 1907); Tetilla coactifera (Lendenfeld, 1907). Material examined: Syntype of Tethya coactifera, ZMB Por 4175 Lendenfeld, 1907 from Ker...

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Main Authors: Carella, Mirco, Uriz, Maria J.
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Published: Zenodo 2018
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5988732
https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5988732
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Summary:Antarctotetilla coactifera (Lendenfeld, 1907) Synonymy: Tethya coactifera Lendenfeld, 1907; Cinachyra coactifera (Lendenfeld, 1907); Craniella coactifera (Lendenfeld, 1907); Tetilla coactifera (Lendenfeld, 1907). Material examined: Syntype of Tethya coactifera, ZMB Por 4175 Lendenfeld, 1907 from Kerguelen (Subantarctic). GenBank accession number: Syntype of Tethya coactifera, ZMB Por 4175 (MF168949, S1). Description (Fig. 10). Globular, 5 cm in diameter, sponge (Fig. 10a). Surface smooth, slightly rugose. Oscules small and very scarce (Fig. 10b). Pores grouped in slight depressions (Fig. 10c), widespread on the sponge surface. Color yellowish brown in alcohol. Pseudocortex (Fig. 10d) made of auxiliary oxeas, loosely arranged, perpendicularly to the sponge surface. Not conspicuous basal spicule tufts in the syntype examined. Spicules (Fig. 11; Table 1). Megascleres: oxeas I (Fig. 11a) large and fusiform: 2850–4310–5400 µm x 25–40 – 50 µm. Auxiliary small oxeas II (Fig. 11b): 470–686.6–960 µm x 10 –16.25–22.5 ... : Published as part of Carella, Mirco & Uriz, Maria J., 2018, Description of two new genera (Antarctotetilla, Levantiniella) and a new species of Tetillidae, pp. 295-321 in Zootaxa 4455 (2) on pages 309-310, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/1457221 ...