Stryphnus levis 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 levis; East Cape; New Zealand; North Cape
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6168621; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6168621

Stryphnus levis sp. nov. (Fig. 2 B, 6E–H, 8) Material examined. Holotype ― NIWA 54501: NIWA Stn TAN0906/3, Whananaki, East Coast of Northland, 35.500° S, 174.541° E, 64–66 m, 4 Jul 2009. Paratypes ― NIWA 57349: NIWA Stn TAN0906/235, north of the Cavalli Islands, 34.876° S, 173.916° E, 114–117 m, 18 Jul 2009; NIWA 62045: NIWA Stn KAH9615/089, North Cape, 38.460° S, 173.828° E, 122 m, 1 Oct 1989. Other material: NIWA 75571: TAN1108/250 Ranfurly Bank, northeast of East Cape, 37.319° S, 178.867° W, 110–113 m, 0 1 Jun 2011. Type locality. North Cape. Distribution. Northeast New Zealand, from North Cape to Whananaki. Description. Stout rounded conical lobes, 150 mm high x 60 mm thick, arising from a massive base, about 200 mm x 160 mm (Fig. 2 B). Ectosome is 1.5 mm thick and clearly visible in life on the cut surface, and sponge is invested with a 1.5–2 mm thick encrustation of Desmacella dendyi. Small perforations are visible through the surface encrustation housing polychaete worms and their tubes. Surface is ... : 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 pages 21-23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282353 ...