Stryphnus ariena 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 ariena; New Zealand; North Cape
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6168628; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6168628

Stryphnus ariena sp. nov. (Fig. 2 F, 7L–P, 8) Asteropus simplex (Carter 1879), Dendy (1924: 306). Asteropus simplex, Bergquist, (1968: 32–33, Pl. 4b, 11d). Asteropus sp. nov. 4 Carvalho, 2008: 199 –203, Fig. 37. Material examined. Holotype ― NIWA 57285: NIWA Stn TAN0906/225, RV Tanagaroa, continental shelf off Doubtless Bay, Northland, 34.853° S, 173.609° E, 100 m, 18 Jul 2009. P aratype ― NIWA 62049: 2 miles northwest of North Cape, 34.381° S, 172.015° E, 51–80 m, RV Kaharoa, 18 Apr 1999, additional vouchers of this paratype are in the CRRF reference collection (0 CDN 6657-U) and at the USNM (USNM 1182998); NIWA 44559: NZOI Stn W438, Mernoo Bank, Chatham Rise, 43.238° S, 175.442° E, 78–83 m, 21 Feb 1995; NIWA 44459: NZOI Stn B93, Three Kings Islands, 34.000° S, 172.500° E, 55 m, 22 Sep 1958. Other material. NIWA 73688: NIWA Stn TAN1105/104, North Taranaki Bight, 38.294° S, 173.454° E, 187- 168 m, 2 Apr 2011; Asteropus simplex sensu Dendy (1924) — NHMUK 1923.10.1.237, NHMUK 1923.10.1.238, NHMUK ... : 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 28-29, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282353 ...