A review of the Hexactinellida (Porifera) of Chile, with the first record of Caulophacus Schulze, 1885 (Lyssacinosida: Rossellidae) from the Southeastern Pacific Ocean

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: REISWIG, HENRY M., ARAYA, JUAN FRANCISCO
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2014
• Subjects: Hexactinellida; new species; Chile; South-eastern Pacific Ocean; Euplectellidae; Rossellidae; Euretidae; Porifera; Pacific; Fernandez; Gomez; Patagonian Toothfish
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3889.3.4; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3889.3.4

All records of the 15 hexactinellid sponge species known to occur off Chile are reviewed, including the first record in the Southeastern Pacific of the genus Caulophacus Schulze, 1885, with the new species Caulophacus chilense sp. n. collected as bycatch in the deep water fisheries of the Patagonian...