Demosponges from the sublittoral and shallow-circalittoral (<24m depth) Antarctic Peninsula with a description of four new species and notes on in situ identification characteristics

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: GOODWIN, CLAIRE E., BERMAN, JADE, HENDRY, KATHARINE R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2019
• Subjects: Porifera; Antarctic Peninsula; SCUBA; taxonomy; In situ; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Burton; Jenny; Diomedea Island; Jenny Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4658.3.3; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4658.3.3

Specimens were collected by SCUBA diving from 22 sites along the Antarctic Peninsula, spanning latitudes from Diomedea Island (62°12.185’S) to Jenny Island (67°43.325’S). The aims of the survey were to record the sponge biodiversity of the sublittoral and shallow-circalittoral and to provide informa...