Three new Hymedesmia Bowerbank, 1864 (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida, Hymedesmiidae) from the Southeast Pacific (Peru and Chile)

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: SALANI, SULA, WILLENZ, PHILIPPE, FERNANDEZ, JULIO C.C., HAJDU, EDUARDO
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2022
• Subjects: Porifera; Heteroscleromorpha; taxonomy; marine biodiversity; morphology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Pacific; Foca; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5165.2.4

Despite its 2000 km long shoreline, to date less than 50 sponge species have been reported from the entire Peruvian coast. A large collecting effort targeting marine sponges was undertaken between 2007 and 2009, yielding a comprehensive collection of nearly 900 samples, whose taxonomic study is unde...