Abyssocladia Levi ...

• Main Authors: Kelly, Michelle, Vacelet, Jean
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Porifera; Demospongiae; Poecilosclerida; Cladorhizidae; Abyssocladia; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6195197; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6195197

Genus Abyssocladia Lévi Abyssocladia Lévi, 1964: 78. non Phelloderma Ridley & Dendy, 1886. Type species. Abyssocladia bruuni Lévi, 1964: 78 (by monotypy). Diagnosis. Cladorhizidae with abyssochelae and sigmancistras, most often pedunculate and disciform with a radial skeleton (from Lévi, 1964, modified by Vacelet, 2006). Abyssocladia carcharias sp. nov . (Figs 2, 3) Material examined. Holotype. NIWA 62124, RV Sonne Stn SO192–2/15, Monowai Seamount, Kermadec Volcanic Arc (New Zealand EEZ), 25.804°S, 177.175°W, 1071 m, 2 May 2007, TV grab. Type locality. Monowai Seamount, Kermadec Volcanic Arc (New Zealand EEZ), north of New Zealand and southwest of Kingdom of Tonga. Description. A single small pedunculate sponge, consisting of a long thin peduncle, and a flattened circular body, with a radiating skeleton and short, blunt, radiating filaments (Fig. 2 A). Peduncle broken, devoid of the attachment base, 7 mm long and 0.2 mm in diameter. Body disc-shaped, 3.4 mm diameter, bearing on the edge short, blunt, ... : Published as part of Kelly, Michelle & Vacelet, Jean, 2011, Three new remarkable carnivorous sponges (Porifera, Cladorhizidae) from deep New Zealand and Australian (Macquarie Island) waters, pp. 55-68 in Zootaxa 2976 on pages 58-60, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.278261 ...