Sponges from Doumer Island, Antarctic Peninsula, with description of new species of Clathria (Axosuberites) Topsent, 1893 and Hymeniacidon Bowerbank, 1858, and a re-description of H. torquata Topsent, 1916

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: FERNANDEZ, JULIO C.C., BRAVO-GÓMEZ, DIEGO, CÁRDENAS, CÉSAR A., HAJDU, EDUARDO
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2020
• Subjects: Porifera; Heteroscleromorpha; sponge diversity; WAP; cold waters; Southern Ocean; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Palmer Archipelago; Petermann Island; Doumer; Doumer Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4728.1.4; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4728.1.4

Antarctic sponges were mainly studied from trawling or dredging (shallow and deep water) during pioneering oceanographic expeditions carried out since the late 19th century. More recently, sponge collections by SCUBA diving have allowed the detection of species in more cryptic habitats such as rocky...