FIGURE 4 in A review of Norwegian streptaster-bearing Astrophorida (Porifera: Demospongiae: Tetractinellida), new records and a new species

• Main Authors: Cárdenas, Paco, Rapp, Hans Tore
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Porifera; Demospongiae; Astrophorida; Pachastrellidae; Pachastrella; Norway; Northern Norway; Paragorgia arborea
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.280594

FIGURE 4. Pachastrella nodulosa sp. nov. A. Whole specimen, top knobby surface. Scale: 3 cm [ZMBN 85243]; B. Whole specimen, under surface. Scale: 3 cm [ZMBN 85243]; C. Holotype, top knobby surface. Arrow points at oscule area. Scale: 2 cm [ZMBN 85242]; D. Cross-section of holotype showing the dense choanosome. Scale: 2 cm [ZMBN 85242]; E. Thick section of oscule area. Scale: 1 mm [ZMBN 85242, holotype]; F. Oscules. Scale: 5 mm [ZMBN 85244]; G. Specimen in situ (arrow) at the base of Paragorgia arborea (Linnaeus) as seen from the manned-submersible JAGO, Traenadjupet, northern Norway, 298 m. Specimen is approximately 30 cm in size; H. Specimen in situ as seen from the manned-submersible JAGO, Traenadjupet, northern Norway, 301 m. Specimen is approximately 20 cm in diameter. Published as part of Cárdenas, Paco & Rapp, Hans Tore, 2012, A review of Norwegian streptaster-bearing Astrophorida (Porifera: Demospongiae: Tetractinellida), new records and a new species, pp. 1-52 in Zootaxa 3253 on page 12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.280590