Cornulum antarcticum Göcke & Janussen, 2013, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Göcke, Christian, Janussen, Dorte
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2013
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Porifera; Demospongiae; Poecilosclerida; Acarnidae; Cornulum; Cornulum antarcticum; Antarc*; Antarctic; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6145169; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6145169

Cornulum antarcticum sp. nov. (Figs. 5–6, Tab. 3) Material. 18 specimens from station 048-1 (holotype: SMF 11770, paratypes: 11794–11797, 11803, 11804, 11843, 11844, 11851, 11852, 11758), 602.1 m, 70° 23.94' S, 8° 19.14' W, 12.01.2008. Material examined for comparison: Cornulum textile Carter, 1876: BMNH 1882.7.28.76 (holotype), NE Atlantic, det. Carter, wet specimen and slides; BMNH 1910.1.1.1363 (schizotype) & BMNH 1910.1.1.1364 (schizotype), Canon Norman’s Collection of British Sponges, slides. Diagnosis: Tubular sponges of conical shape and erect growth, fixed to hard substrate. Tough outer layer of regularly arranged strongyles, fluffy inner tissue with tracts of strongyles, tylotes and rarely small styles. Microscleres palmate isochelae. The top side closed by a distinct cap-like plate structure. Outer surface shows growth rings. Description. Tubular sponges of conical shape (Fig. 5 A–B) with erect growth. Body up to about 100 mm high and 10 mm wide, basal diameter 1 to 2 mm. At the top, tube ... : 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 45-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3692.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/249019 ...