Two new genera in the family Podospongiidae (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida) with eight new Western Pacific species

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: SIM-SMITH, CARINA, KELLY, MICHELLE
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2011
• Subjects: Porifera; Podospongia; Neopodospongia gen. nov.; Diplopodospongia gen. nov.; new genus; new species; Macquarie Ridge; Campbell Plateau; Australian EEZ; New Zealand EEZ; Indonesian EEZ; Southern Ocean; Pacific; New Zealand; Macquarie Island
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.2976.1.3; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2976.1.3

New material collected from the Western Pacific has necessitated a revision of family Podospongiidae and the establishment of two new genera, Neopodospongia gen. nov. and Diplopodospongia gen. nov. Neopodospongia gen. nov. was established for a group of sponges characterised by a leathery ectosome,...