Pseudosuberites nudus Koltun 1964 ...

• Main Authors: Göcke, Christian, Janussen, Dorte
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2013
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Porifera; Demospongiae; Hadromerida; Suberitidae; Pseudosuberites; Pseudosuberites nudus; Antarc*; Antarctic; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6145149; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6145149

Pseudosuberites nudus Koltun, 1964 (Fig. 4, Tab. 2) Pseudosuberites nudus Koltun, 1964: 90, fig. 23, 1976, 192. Material. 3 fragmentary specimens from station 048-1 (SMF 11781, 11783, 11784), 602.1 m, 70° 23.94' S, 8° 19.14' W, 12.01.2008. Material examined for comparison: BMNH 1963.7.29.75, Holotype, Soviet Antarctic Exped. 1955–1958, Lat. 65° 50.3’ S; Long. 128° 27’ E., “06” 1957, stn. 44A, 320 m, Leningrad reg. no. 6244, det. Koltun, wet specimen. Description. Massive irregular sponges overgrowing bryozoans. Two specimens (SMF 11783, 11784) were dead when sampled, they mainly consist of skeletal parts, while most of the soft body is missing. The third (SMF 11781) and largest sponge was alive, it has a great amount of soft tissue surrounding the skeleton. Skeleton of thick plumose tracts, splitting towards the surface. Sponge surface smooth with a discrete detachable ectoderm. Ectosomal skeleton forms irregular tangential reticulation. A large amount of foreign material, especially bryozoan colonies, ... : Published as part of Göcke, Christian & Janussen, Dorte, 2013, Demospongiae of ANT XXIV / 2 (SYSTCO I) Expedition — Antarctic Eastern Weddell Sea, pp. 28-101 in Zootaxa 3692 (1) on pages 42-44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3692.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/249019 ...