Cladocroce attu Lehnert & Stone, 2013, n. sp. ...

• Main Authors: Lehnert, Helmut, Stone, Robert P.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2013
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Porifera; Demospongiae; Haplosclerida; Chalinidae; Cladocroce; Cladocroce attu; Attu; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6163039; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6163039

Cladocroce attu n. sp. (Fig. 4) Material examined. Holotype: USNM# 1202119, collected by Jim Stark on 30 July 2012 at 52°49.07´N, 172°06.08´E, 25.7 km WSW of Cape Wrangell, Attu Island, western Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA, at a depth of 358 m and a water temperature of 3.8°C. Description. The sponge is funnel-shaped, stalked, and golden brown in color. The sponge was attached to a small cobble (73 mm x 44 mm x 28 mm). The specimen was torn but otherwise is of firm consistency, resilient, and difficult to tear in the direction of the spicule tracts. The specimen has a maximum height of 28 cm while the funnel reaches a maximum diameter of about 25 cm (Fig. 4A). The stalk is almost 3 cm long and has a smooth surface, macroscopically different from the highly porous surfaces of the funnel (Fig. 4B). The stalk is approximately 1 cm in diameter and widens to 1.5 cm at both ends. The inner surface of the funnel is smooth while the outer surface of the funnel is somewhat ribbed and covered with meandering, ... : Published as part of Lehnert, Helmut & Stone, Robert P., 2013, Four new species of Haplosclerida (Porifera, Demospongiae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, pp. 573-582 in Zootaxa 3700 (4) on pages 578-579, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3700.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/223279 ...