New species of Poecilosclerida (Demospongiae, Porifera) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA

Five new species of poecilosclerid sponges, Artemisina amlia sp. nov., Coelosphaera oglalai sp. nov., Melonanchora globogilva sp. nov., Tedania kagalaskai sp. nov., and Mycale carlilei sp. nov, are described from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, from depths ranging between 100–190m and are compared wit...

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Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: LEHNERT, HELMUT, STONE, ROBERT, HEIMLER, WOLFGANG
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2006
Subjects:
Porifera
Taxonomy
Demospongiae
Poecilosclerida
new species
N-Pacific
Aleutian Islands
Alaska
Pacific
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1155.1.1
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1155.1.1
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Summary:Five new species of poecilosclerid sponges, Artemisina amlia sp. nov., Coelosphaera oglalai sp. nov., Melonanchora globogilva sp. nov., Tedania kagalaskai sp. nov., and Mycale carlilei sp. nov, are described from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, from depths ranging between 100–190m and are compared with congeners of the North Pacific Ocean.Keywords: Taxonomy, Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida, new species, N-Pacific, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

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