Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) styloderma Hentschel 1914 ...

• Main Authors: Göcke, Christian, Janussen, Dorte
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2013
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Porifera; Demospongiae; Poecilosclerida; Coelosphaeridae; Lissodendoryx; Lissodendoryx styloderma; Antarc*; Antarctic; Weddell Sea
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6145215; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6145215

Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) cf. styloderma Hentschel, 1914 (Fig. 3 J) Lissodendoryx styloderma Hentschel, 1914: 101, pl. 7, fig. 7. Koltun 1964: 56. Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) styloderma Hentschel, 1914: following subgenus assignment in van Soest 2002e: 540–541. Material. 1 specimen from station 048-1 (SMF 11826), 602.1 m, 70° 23.94' S, 8° 19.14' W, 12.01.2008. Description. Sponge rounded, brownish with a porous surface. Skeleton consisting of an anisotropic reticulum of styles, with main fibres oriented towards the surface. Ectosomal skeleton a tangential crust of tornotes. In parts tornotes seem to be arranged in bouquets, echinating the dermis (but this might be due to bad preservation or the process of preparation). Microscleres free within the choanosome. Soft tissue well organized with distinct rounded pores and aquiferous canals throughout the body. Main spicules simple styles 570–615 x 20 µm, ectosomal megascleres tornotes with distinct tips at each end, 310–325 x 10 µm. Microscleres numerous ... : 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 page 51, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3692.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/249019 ...