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...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Main Authors: Ríos, P. (Pilar), Cristobo, J. (Javier)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Centro Oceanográfico de Gijón 2006
Subjects:
Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
antartic*
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10508/7349
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315406013919
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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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