Plectroninia celtica n. sp. (Calcarea, Minchinellidae), a new species of “pharetronid” sponge from bathyal depths in the northern Porcupine Seabight, NE Atlantic

• Published in: Facies
• Main Authors: Könnecker, Gerd, Freiwald, André
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2005
• Subjects: Norway; Porcupine Seabight; Lophelia pertusa; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/29827/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/29827/1/K%C3%B6nnecker.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10347-005-0068-3

Recent pharetronid sponges were regarded as relict species in tropical and subtropical waters, inhabiting cryptic habitats on coral reefs and in caves. More recent findings of a new species of the genus Plectroninia off northern Norway, with an inner fused skeleton have changed that view. Recent inv...