Polymastia kurilensis Koltun 1962 ...

• Main Authors: Austin, William C., Ott, Bruce S., Reiswig, Henry M., Romagosa, Paula, G, Neil
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2014
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Porifera; Demospongiae; Hadromerida; Polymastiidae; Polymastia; Polymastia kurilensis; Kodiak; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6132525; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6132525

Polymastia kurilensis Koltun, 1962 Fig. 6 A, 7A–D Polymastia laganoides of Burton, 1935, non Lambe 1895. Material examined. KML 1020, PBS sta. 63-74, off Kodiak I., Alaska, (58° 07.8′N, 150° 52.0′W), 126 m depth, no date, coll. unknown, one specimen. Description. Macroscopic features. Specimen not observed in life. Sponge cushion-shaped, 5 cm diameter fragment, 2 cm thick. Papillae small and conical with rounded apices, 1 mm high x 1.5 mm wide at base; multiple papillae on fragment (Fig. 6 A). Oscula not observed on preserved specimens but from internal structure located on the apices of fistulae. Sponge surface hispid with spicules projecting up to 1 mm above surface surrounding papillae; fistulae microhispid, with spicules projecting less than 100 µm above surface. Main body of sponge papillose. Consistency woody, not compressible. Colour of main sponge body in alcohol brown; fistulae lighter shade of brown. Microscopic features. Cortex 0.7 mm thick with small amount of collagen. Fistulae either inhalant ... : Published as part of Austin, William C., Ott, Bruce S., Reiswig, Henry M., Romagosa, Paula & G, Neil, 2014, Taxonomic review of Hadromerida (Porifera, Demospongiae) from British Columbia, Canada, and adjacent waters, with the description of nine new species, pp. 1-84 in Zootaxa 3823 (1) on pages 22-24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3823.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/286373 ...