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Van Soest, R.W.M.; Baker, B.J. (2011). A new carnivorous shallow-water sponge from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica (Porifera, Poecilosclerida). Marine Biodiversity. 41 (4): 495-501.
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Van Soest, R.W.M.; Baker, B.J.
2011
A new carnivorous shallow-water sponge from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica (Porifera, Poecilosclerida).
Marine Biodiversity
41 (4): 495-501
Publication
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A new shallow-water representative of the carnivorous sponge genus Asbestopluma is described from the southernmost Antarctic region of McMurdo Sound. Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) vaceleti n.sp. is a white, thin, sparingly branched sponge fringed by filaments along its entire length, with a slight thickening at the top of the branches. It was collected at 30 m depth by SCUBA divers from under densely populated overhangs of rocky substrata. The new species stands out among Antarctic Asbestopluma by the possession of forceps microscleres, a feature shared with several species from Arctic–Boreal waters (bathyal to deep-sea) and one from the Kermadec Trench (deep sea), but not previously reported from Antarctic species. A unique trait of the new species distinguishing it from all
forceps-bearing Asbestopluma is a second category of reduced anisochelae. The new species is most similar to A. hypogea, a shallow-water cave species from the Mediterranean, which differs in having a smooth stalk and a filament-bearing ovoid body. A comparison is made with descriptions of Antarctic Asbestopluma species and all species possessing forceps microscleres.
Antarctic
Systematics, Taxonomy
Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) vaceleti van Soest & Baker, 2011 accepted as Lycopodina vaceleti (van Soest & Baker, 2011) (original description)