Polymastiidae (Demospongiae: Hadromerida) with ornamented exotyles: a review of morphological affinities and description of a new genus and three new species

• Published in: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
• Main Authors: Plotkin, Alexander, Morrow, Christine, Gerasimova, Elena, Rapp, Hans Tore
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: sponges; Demospongiae; Polymastiidae; morphological affinities; new species; European Union (EU); Horizon 2020; Grant Agreement No 679849; Deep-sea Sponge Grounds Ecosystems of the North Atlantic: an integrated approach towards their preservation and sustainable exploitation; Antarc*; Antarctic; Greenland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315416000655

All polymastiid sponges displaying ornamented exotyles are reviewed and their morphological affinities are reconsidered. The study embraces all known species of Proteleia , Sphaerotylus , Trachyteleia and Tylexocladus as well as several species of Polymastia . A new genus, Koltunia , is established...