Desmacella austini sp. nov. from sponge reefs off the Pacific coast of Canada

A new species of a very thinly encrusting Desmacella (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida, Desmacellidae) is described from Queen Charlotte Basin and Georgia Basin, off the Canadian Pacific coast. It is compared with all known species of the genus, differing in the geometry and size of spicules,...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Contributions to zoology (Amsterdam, Netherlands : 1995) Netherlands : 1995), 2005-01, Vol.74 (3-4), p.265-270
Hauptverfasser:	Lehnert, Helmut, Conway, Kim W, Barrie, J.Vaughn, Krautter, Manfred
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Canada Demospongiae Desmacella Desmacellidae Marine new species Pacific Poecilosclerida Porifera sponge reefs taxonomy
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Zusammenfassung:	A new species of a very thinly encrusting Desmacella (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida, Desmacellidae) is described from Queen Charlotte Basin and Georgia Basin, off the Canadian Pacific coast. It is compared with all known species of the genus, differing in the geometry and size of spicules, and the persistent epizoic growth.
ISSN:	1383-4517 1875-9866 1383-4517
DOI:	10.1163/18759866-0740304004