Weberella bursa Vosmaer 1885

• Main Authors: Van Soest, Rob W. M., Plotkin, Alexander
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Porifera; Demospongiae; Hadromerida; Polymastiidae; Weberella; Weberella bursa; Barents Sea; Norway; Finnmark; Iceland; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/4681132; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4681132

Weberella bursa Vosmaer, 1885 Figs 2a–c, 3a–f Weberella bursa Vosmaer, 1885: 16, pl. I figs 9, 12, 19, pl. III figs 6–8, 15– 20, 26–28; Topsent, 1928: 149; Uriz, 1975: 440; Boury-Esnault et al., 1994: 76, fig. 51; Van Soest, 2001: 89; Plotkin, 2004: 544, figs 1k, 2k; Plotkin et al. 2012: 25, fig. 1j. Polymastia bursa (Müller, 1806); Koltun, 1964: 149; Koltun, 1966: 76, pl. IX fig. 2, pl. 23 figs 1–2, pl. 24: figs 1–2, text-fig. 49. Weberella bursa (Müller, 1806): Boury-Esnault, 2002: 214, fig. 11; Plotkin et al. 2018: 1324, fig. 36; (not: Alcyonium bursa ? sensu Müller, 1806: 19, pl. 98 figs 1–2) Material examined. Lectotype RMNH Por. 12422, Norway, Finnmark, Barents Sea, Willem Barents Expedition 1881, stat. 08, 72.6014°N 24.9514°E, depth 252–263 m, coll. M. Weber, 28 June 1881 (specimen of 8 x 6 x 5 cm (Fig. 2a) taken from a collective sample, RMNH Por. 706 (cf. Fig. 2c), indicated as ‘type’ by Vosmaer. Paralectotypes, six remaining specimens in RMNH Por. 706 (Figs 2b–c) including the sectioned specimen shown in Fig. 2b, same data as the lectotype; ZMA Por. 02419, Norway, Finmark, Barents Sea, Willem Barents Expedition 1881, no station data, approximately 72°N 36°E, coll. M. Weber; ZMA Por. 02420, Norway, Finnmark, Barents Sea, Willem Barents Expedition 1881, stat. 06, 70.6667°N 31.1667°E, hard bottom, depth 238 m, coll. M. Weber, 24 June 1881; ZMA Por. 02691, Norway, Finnmark, Barents Sea, Willem Barents Expedition 1881, stat. 08, 72.6014°N 24.9514°E, depth 252–263 m, coll. M. Weber, 28 June 1881. Additional non-type material: ZMA Por. 03256, Iceland, south coast, approximately 64°N 13°W, coll. L.C. Langenbroek, on board s.s.’ Anna’, June 1927; ZMA Por. 03257, same data; ZMA Por. 03297, North East Atlantic, no further data, coll. Oldmark, on board s.s.’ Alkmaar’, April 1938; ZMA Por. 03300, Iceland, 63.35°N 19.50°W, coll. Van der Duin, no further data. Description. Colour in alcohol: yellowish to grey externally; dirty white inside. Shape, size, surface and consistency (Figs 2a–c): Globular to massive, ...