Hexactinellida (Porifera) from the Drake Passage (Southern Ocean) with a description of three new species

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: GOODWIN, CLAIRE E., BERMAN, JADE, JANUSSEN, DORTE, GÖCKE, CHRISTIAN, HENDRY, KATHARINE R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2016
• Subjects: Porifera; Hexactinellida; Drake Passage; Antarctic; sponge; taxonomy; seamount; Sympagella; Doconesthes; Aulocalyx; Caulophacus; Sars Seamount; Shackleton; Shackleton Fracture Zone; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4126.2.2

The Drake Passage has over 20 seamounts and ridges but it is notorious for large waves, fierce storms and strong currents that make benthic sampling difficult and therefore infrequent. Seamounts often have diverse sponge communities and may have high levels of endemism. Hexactinellida from Sars Seam...