Two new species of Plakina Schulze, 1880 (Porifera, Plakinidae) from the Aleutian Islands (Alaska, USA)

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: LEHNERT, HELMUT, STONE, ROBERT, HEIMLER, WOLFGANG
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2005
• Subjects: Porifera; Taxonomy; Plakinidae; new species; Aleutian Islands; N-Pacific; Atka; Pacific; Alaska
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1068.1.2

Plakina tanaga and Plakina atka n. spp. are described from the waters around the Aleutian Islands at depths between 118 and 146m. These are the first records of the genus from the Aleutian Islands. The new species described here are compared with the six species of Plakina previously reported from t...