A new species of Biemna (Porifera: Poecilosclerida) from Antarctica: Biemna strongylota
A new species of Biemna, Biemnastrongylota sp. nov. is described from Antarctica. The new species is compared to other Antarctic species of Biemna, B. chilensis and B. macrorhaphis from which it differs in that it possesses strongyle megascleres, instead of styles, and of the microsclere complement...
Published in: | Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón
2006
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10508/7349 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315406013919 |
Summary: | A new species of Biemna, Biemnastrongylota sp. nov. is described from Antarctica. The new species is compared to other Antarctic species of Biemna, B. chilensis and B. macrorhaphis from which it differs in that it possesses strongyle megascleres, instead of styles, and of the microsclere complement which includes microxeas, raphides and two categories of sigmata. 1 |
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