Stryphnus poculum Kelly & Sim-Smith, 2012, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Kelly, Michelle, Sim-Smith, Carina
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Porifera; Demospongiae; Astrophorida; Ancorinidae; Stryphnus; Stryphnus poculum; Cape North; New Zealand; North Cape
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6168619; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6168619

Stryphnus poculum sp. nov. (Fig. 2 A, 3, 6A–D, 8) Material examined. Holotype ― NIWA 62046: 3 nautical miles east of North Cape, north-eastern tip of Northland, 34.412° S, 173.149° E, RV Kaharoa, 133–210 m, 19 Apr 1999, additional vouchers of the holotype are in the CRRF reference collection (0 CDN 6695-M) and at the USNM (USNM 1182994). Type locality. North Cape. Distribution. Known only from the type locality. Description. Tall vase-shaped sponge, 200 mm high x 120 mm wide, with a 40 mm thick body wall (Fig. 2 A). Ectosome is 1.5–3 mm thick and clearly differentiated from the underlying choanosome. Margin of bowl is thinner than the body wall and slightly undulating. Surface is smooth, granular to the touch. Oscules and ostia not visible with unaided eye, texture is firm, barely compressible, interior highly siliceous, can be torn relatively easily from margin to base. Colour in life is light grey, interior tan. Colour in ethanol medium brown, interior tan. Skeleton. Ectosome is 1500–3000 µm deep, ... : Published as part of Kelly, Michelle & Sim-Smith, Carina, 2012, A review of Ancorina, Stryphnus, and Ecionemia (Demospongiae, Astrophorida, Ancorinidae), with descriptions of new species from New Zealand waters, pp. 1-47 in Zootaxa 3480 on page 21, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282353 ...