Gong, L.; Lim, S.-C.; Yang, M.; Li, X. (2021). A new species of Macandrewia (Demospongiae, Tetractinellida, Macandrewiidae) from a seamount in the Western Pacific Ocean. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. 39(5): 1730-1739.

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10.1007/s00343-021-1042-9 [view]

Gong, L.; Lim, S.-C.; Yang, M.; Li, X.

2021

39(5): 1730-1739

Publication

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00343-021-1042-9

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A new species of Macandrewia Gray from a seamount near Yap Trench in the Western Pacific Ocean was described. Macandrewia yapensis sp. nov. is distinct from its congeners by possessing a foliate shape with contorted lamellae, tuberculiform terminations of desmas, and unique size of spicules. This is the third species of Macandrewia described from the Pacific Ocean. In addition, a partial sequence of COI gene was obtained from the new specimen and then it submitted to GenBank. Phylogenetic tree constructed with the partial COI sequences appears to exhibit a more congruent relationship with morphological data of macandrewiid species compared to 28S gene tree.

Western Pacific warm temperate and tropical

Systematics, Taxonomy

Porifera

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