Diplopodospongia macquariensis Sim-Smith & Kelly, 2011, gen. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Sim-Smith, Carina, Kelly, Michelle
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Porifera; Demospongiae; Poecilosclerida; Podospongiidae; Diplopodospongia; Diplopodospongia macquariensis; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6194145; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6194145

Diplopodospongia macquariensis gen. nov. sp. nov. (Fig. 1 H, 5 L–M) Material examined. Holotype ―QM G331915: NIWA station TAN0803/89, Seamount 8, south of Macquarie Island, Macquarie Ridge (Australian EEZ), 55.381° S, 158.427° E, 504–637 m, 15 Apr 2008. Paratypes ―QM G331916: NIWA Stn TAN0803/102, Seamount 9 Hjort, south of Macquarie Island, Macquarie Ridge (Australian EEZ), 56.242° S, 158.462° E, 790–1025 m, 16 Apr 2008; QM G331917: NIWA Stn TAN0803/98, Seamount 9 Hjort, south of Macquarie Island, Macquarie Ridge (Australian EEZ), 56.246° S, 158.506° E. 676–750 m, 16 Apr 2008. Type location. Seamount 8, south of Macquarie Island, Macquarie Ridge (Australian EEZ). Distribution. Seamounts 8 and 9 in the Macquarie Ridge. Description. Very thinly encrusting sponge, <1 mm thick, growing on dead coral or rock (Fig. 1 H). Surface smooth, soft and friable to the touch, no visible oscules; surface wrinkled. Colour in ethanol beige to light mustard brown. Skeleton. Ectosome a dense layer of diplospinorhabds, which ... : Published as part of Sim-Smith, Carina & Kelly, Michelle, 2011, Two new genera in the family Podospongiidae (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida) with eight new Western Pacific species, pp. 32-54 in Zootaxa 2976 on page 48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.200731 ...