New sponge species from Seno Magdalena, Puyuhuapi Fjord and Jacaf Canal (Chile)

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 10 Sep 2020 Germany, Italy Publisher:Museum National D'Histoire NaturelleJournal:European Journal of Taxonomy (eissn: 2118-9773,

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Authors: Bertolino M.; Costa G.; Bavestrello G.; Pansini M.; Daneri G.;

doi: 10.5852/ejt.2020.715

handle: 11567/1035716

New sponge species from Seno Magdalena, Puyuhuapi Fjord and Jacaf Canal (Chile)

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Until now, only 177 species of sponges (Porifera) have been reported for Chilean coastal waters. Here we describe recent scuba diving surveys undertaken to improve our knowledge of the diversity of the sponge fauna of the Seno Magdalena, Puyuhuapi Fjord and Jacaf Canal in Chilean Patagonia. Despite these relatively harsh environments, our study yielded 23 species of Demospongiae, nine of which are new to science and described here: Hymerabdia imperfecta Bertolino, Costa & Pansini sp. nov., Axinella cylindrica Bertolino, Costa & Pansini sp. nov., Axinella coronata Bertolino, Costa & Pansini sp. nov., Biemna aurantiaca Bertolino, Costa & Pansini sp. nov., Biemna erecta Bertolino, Costa & Pansini sp. nov., Biemna typica Bertolino, Costa & Pansini sp. nov., Scopalina cribrosa Bertolino, Costa & Pansini sp. nov., Rhizaxinella strongylata Bertolino, Costa & Pansini sp. nov. and Darwinella pronzatoi Bertolino, Costa & Pansini sp. nov. One species, Hymedesmia (Stylopus) lissostyla (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988), is reported for the first time for Chile.

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Germany, Italy

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University of Genoa
Italy
Goethe University Frankfurt
Germany
Universit�� degli Studi di GENOVA
Italy
Patagonian Ecosystems Investigation Research Center
Chile
Goa University
India

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Keywords

590, Benthos; Chilean fjords; Porifera; Taxonomy, Chilean fjords, taxonomy, Desmacellidae, Animalia, Dendroceratida, Taxonomy, Agelasida, Halichondrida, Poecilosclerida, Botany, benthos, Biodiversity, Scopalinidae, Porifera, Suberitidae, QL1-991, Axinellidae, QK1-989, ddc:590, Demospongiae, Darwinellidae, Hadromerida, Zoology, Hymerhabdiidae

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