Sarsinella Alvizu & Xavier & Rapp 2019, gen. nov.

Genus Sarsinella gen. nov. Diagnosis. Achramorphidae with syconoid aquiferous system and articulated skeleton composed of several rows of sagittal tetractines with short and conical apical actines, which are pointing to the atrium. Etymology. Named after the father and son Michael Sars and Georg Oss...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alvizu, Adriana, Xavier, Joana R., Rapp, Hans Tore
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2019
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Porifera
Calcarea
Leucosolenida
Achramorphidae
Sarsinella
Adriana
Norwegian Sea
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/5584081
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5584081
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Summary:Genus Sarsinella gen. nov. Diagnosis. Achramorphidae with syconoid aquiferous system and articulated skeleton composed of several rows of sagittal tetractines with short and conical apical actines, which are pointing to the atrium. Etymology. Named after the father and son Michael Sars and Georg Ossian Sars for their pioneering work exploring the deep Norwegian Sea. Type species. Sarsinella karasikensis sp. nov. Published as part of Alvizu, Adriana, Xavier, Joana R. & Rapp, Hans Tore, 2019, Description of new chiactine-bearing sponges provides insights into the higher classification of Calcaronea (Porifera: Calcarea), pp. 201-251 in Zootaxa 4615 (2) on page 241, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4615.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3244638

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