New species of Poecilosclerida (Demospongiae, Porifera) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 20 Mar 2006Publisher:Magnolia PressJournal:Zootaxa, volume 1,155 (issn: 1175-5326, eissn: 1175-5334,

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Authors: Lehnert, Helmut; Stone, Robert; Heimler, Wolfgang;

doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.1155.1.1 , 10.5281/zenodo.172259

New species of Poecilosclerida (Demospongiae, Porifera) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA

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Five new species of poecilosclerid sponges, Artemisina amlia sp. nov., Coelosphaera oglalai sp. nov., Melonanchora globogilva sp. nov., Tedania kagalaskai sp. nov., and Mycale carlilei sp. nov, are described from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, from depths ranging between 100–190m and are compared with congeners of the North Pacific Ocean.Keywords: Taxonomy, Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida, new species, N-Pacific, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
United States
National Marine Fisheries Service
United States

Keywords

Tedaniidae, Poecilosclerida, Biodiversity, Porifera, Myxillidae, Mycalidae, Animalia, Demospongiae, Microcionidae, Taxonomy, Coelosphaeridae

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