Ancorina stalagmoides Dendy 1924
Ancorina stalagmoides (Dendy 1924) ( Fig. 1 B, 4D–H, 8) Ancorina stalagmoides Dendy, 1924: 297, pl. III, Fig. 4, pl. VII, Fig. 12–15. Ancorina stalagmoides , Bergquist (1968: 40). Material examined. NIWA 49896: 3 nautical miles east of North Cape, 34.412° S, 173.150° E, 133 m, 19 Apr 1999, additiona...
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Summary: | Ancorina stalagmoides (Dendy 1924) ( Fig. 1 B, 4D–H, 8) Ancorina stalagmoides Dendy, 1924: 297, pl. III, Fig. 4, pl. VII, Fig. 12–15. Ancorina stalagmoides , Bergquist (1968: 40). Material examined. NIWA 49896: 3 nautical miles east of North Cape, 34.412° S, 173.150° E, 133 m, 19 Apr 1999, additional vouchers are in the CRRF reference collection (0 CDN 6697-O) and at the USNM (USNM 1182985); NIWA 49897: TAN9915-AA, Stn 3B, Ngunguru Bay, Tutukaka, 35.697° S, 174.648° E, 80 m, 13 Dec 1999; NIWA 62162: TAN0413/138, Mahia Knoll, Bay of Plenty, 37.316° S, 177.075° E, 466–495 m, 14 Nov 2004; NIWA 44455: Stn E848, north of the Three Kings Islands, 33.983° S, 171.667° E, 17 Mar 1968, 250 m; NIWA 75683: TAN1108/275, Ranfurly Bank, northeast of East Cape, 37.316° S, 178.943° W, 145–155 m, 0 3 Jun 2011. Other material. Ancorina stalagmoides : NHMUK 1923.10.1.24 (syntype), dry subsample from R. N. XXXIII. 1; NHMUK 1923.10.1.23 (syntype), dry subsample from R. N. XXXIII. 6; NHMUK 1923.10.1.220, NHMUK 1923.10.1.402, NHMUK 1923.10.1.115, microscope slides from R. N. XXXIII. 1, 6: unidentified Terra Nova Stn, off Three Kings Islands, British Antarctic ( Terra Nova ) Expedition, 1910, 16 Jul –24 Sep 1911. Type locality. Three Kings Islands. Distribution. Three Kings Islands, North Cape, Tutukaka, Bay of Plenty. Description. Massive, sculpted sponge, 190 x 170 mm with an apical depression and deeply corrugated/ sculpted growths projecting outwards and downwards (Fig. 1 B). Small oscules are scattered in the apical and lateral depressions, about 2–3 mm diameter. Texture compressible, velvety to the touch and hispid in places, interior is very harsh and siliceous. Entire surface is encrusted with Desmacella dendyi de Laubenfels (Poecilosclerida: Desmacellidae), up to 3 mm thick. Colour in life is orange owing to the encrusting D. dendyi , interior is tan, which changes rapidly to pink upon exposure to air. Colour in ethanol is dark tan, interior is medium brown. Skeleton. Ectosome about 1200 µm thick, cavernous with aquiferous ... |
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