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Porifera source details
Kelly, J.B.; Thacker, R.W. (2021). New shallow water species of Caribbean Ircinia Nardo, 1833 (Porifera: Irciniidae). Zootaxa. 5072(4): 301-323.
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10.11646/zootaxa.5072.4.1 [view]
Kelly, J.B.; Thacker, R.W.
2021
New shallow water species of Caribbean <i>Ircinia</i> Nardo, 1833 (Porifera: Irciniidae)
Zootaxa
5072(4): 301-323
Publication
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Seven Ircinia morphospecies were collected from three sites in the Caribbean (Bocas del Toro, Panama; the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef, Belize; and the Florida Keys, United States of America). Previous research used an integrative taxonomic framework (genome-wide SNP sampling and microbiome profiling) to delimit species boundaries among these Ircinia. Here, we present morphological descriptions for these species, six of which are new to science (Ircinia lowi sp. nov., Ircinia bocatorensis sp. nov., Ircinia radix sp. nov., Ircinia laeviconulosa sp. nov., Ircinia vansoesti sp. nov., Ircinia ruetzleri sp. nov.) in addition to one species conferre (Ircinia cf. reteplana Topsent, 1923).
Caribbean region
Systematics, Taxonomy
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Ircinia bocatorensis Kelly & Thacker, 2021 (original description)
Ircinia laeviconulosa Kelly & Thacker, 2021 (original description) Ircinia lowi Kelly & Thacker, 2021 (original description) Ircinia radix Kelly & Thacker, 2021 (original description) Ircinia ruetzleri Kelly & Thacker, 2021 (original description) Ircinia vansoesti Kelly & Thacker, 2021 (original description)
Southwestern Caribbean for Ircinia bocatorensis Kelly & Thacker, 2021
Southwestern Caribbean for Ircinia laeviconulosa Kelly & Thacker, 2021 Southwestern Caribbean for Ircinia lowi Kelly & Thacker, 2021 Southwestern Caribbean for Ircinia radix Kelly & Thacker, 2021 Western Caribbean for Ircinia ruetzleri Kelly & Thacker, 2021 Western Caribbean for Ircinia vansoesti Kelly & Thacker, 2021 Western Caribbean for Ircinia vansoesti Kelly & Thacker, 2021
Holotype USNM 1582258, geounit Southwestern Caribbean, identified as Ircinia radix Kelly & Thacker, 2021
Holotype USNM 1582268, geounit Southwestern Caribbean, identified as Ircinia lowi Kelly & Thacker, 2021 Holotype USNM 1582283, geounit Southwestern Caribbean, identified as Ircinia laeviconulosa Kelly & Thacker, 2021 Holotype USNM 1582284, geounit Southwestern Caribbean, identified as Ircinia bocatorensis Kelly & Thacker, 2021 Holotype USNM 1642001, geounit Western Caribbean, identified as Ircinia ruetzleri Kelly & Thacker, 2021 Holotype USNM 1642001, geounit Western Caribbean, identified as Ircinia vansoesti Kelly & Thacker, 2021 |