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

• 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/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1250.1.1; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1250.1.1

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...