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Redescritions of some rare sponge species in the western Mediterranean

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dc.creator Uriz, María Jesús
dc.creator Maldonado, Manuel
dc.date 2008-02-22T12:56:55Z
dc.date 2008-02-22T12:56:55Z
dc.date 1993
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:00:19Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:00:19Z
dc.identifier Scientia Marina
dc.identifier 0214 - 8358
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3027
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/3027
dc.description Five poorly known sponge species from the southwestern Mediterranean are described and their taxonomic status discussed. The species Raspailia agnata and Axinella egregia are recorded for the first time outside the Atlantic. The skeletal arrangement of R. agnata, currently considered an Axinella, justifies placing it in the genus Raspailia alongside other species without acanthostyles (subgenus Syringella). The spicule complement of the Mediterranean specimens of R. agnata perfectly matches that of the type and thus differs from the remaining Atlantic specimens lacking oxeas. Two species of dubious validity (A. salicina and I. pipeta), only known at present by the type, have also been recognized in specimens from Alboran Island. I. pipetta, considered by some authors to be a form of I. variabilis, is presented here as a valid species, not because of its habit but because of its skeletal features. The species Antho oxeifera, also known by a unique specimen, is re described on the basis of a second specimen found in the Columbretes Archipielago. The reliability of the spicule categories described in the holotype and, consequently, the validity of this last species, is confirmed after examination of this second specimen. In view of its skeletal arrangement, Antho is considered to be a more appropiate genus than Clathria in which to place the species originally named C. oxeifera.
dc.description This study was supported in part by projects CICYT MAR91-0528 (Marine Resources and Aquaculture National Program), MAS2-CT91-0004 (Marine Sciences and Technologies MAST-II) and CICYT PB89-0081 (Fauna Ibérica), and by a "Generalitat de Catalunya" fellowship to Maldonado.
dc.description Peer reviewed
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher CSIC - Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM)
dc.relation 57 (4)
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject Demospongiae
dc.subject Raspailia
dc.subject Axinella
dc.subject Antho
dc.subject Ircinia
dc.subject systematics
dc.subject southwestern Mediterranean
dc.title Redescritions of some rare sponge species in the western Mediterranean
dc.title Rare sponge species in western Mediterranean
dc.type Artículo


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