Description of two new species of Dysidea (Porifera, Demospongiae, Dictyoceratida, Dysideidae) from Tauranga Harbour, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Differentiation of species within the genus Dysidea Johnston, 1842 (Order Dictyoceratida Minchin, 1900, Family Dysideidae Gray, 1867) is extremely difficult as they lack spicules which are strongly diagnostic in other Demospongiae, and their primary and secondary fibres and the mesh that they form,...

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Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: CORMACK, SAMUEL P. MC, KELLY, MICHELLE, BATTERSHILL, CHRISTOPHER N.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2020
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Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4780.3.5