New species of deep-sea demosponges (Porifera) from the Aleutian Islands (Alaska, USA)

Deep-sea sponge habitat of the Aleutian Islands was investigated with the ROV Jason II. Identification of the more than 60 specimens collected at depths between 179 and 2827 m revealed nine new species of demosponges. Megaciella anisochela sp. nov., Stelodoryx oxeata sp.nov, Monanchora laminachela s...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: LEHNERT, HELMUT, STONE, ROBERT, HEIMLER, WOLFGANG
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2006
Subjects:
Porifera
Poecilosclerida
new species
taxonomy
Aleutian Islands
N-Pacific
deep-sea
Pacific
Vasa
Alaska
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1250.1.1
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Summary:Deep-sea sponge habitat of the Aleutian Islands was investigated with the ROV Jason II. Identification of the more than 60 specimens collected at depths between 179 and 2827 m revealed nine new species of demosponges. Megaciella anisochela sp. nov., Stelodoryx oxeata sp.nov, Monanchora laminachela sp.nov, Echinoclathria vasa sp. nov., Euchelipluma elongata sp. nov., Esperiopsis flagrum sp. nov., Mycale jasoniae sp. nov., Latrunculia velera sp. nov. and Latrunculia occulta sp. nov. are described and compared with congeners of the area.

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