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WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Cinachyra voeltzkowi Lendenfeld, 1897) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1897). Spongien von Sansibar. <em>Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 21: 93-133, pls 9-10. [details]
original description
(of Tethya arabica Carter, 1869) Carter, H.J. (1869). A descriptive account of four subspherous sponges, Arabian and British, with general observations. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 4: 1-28, pls I-II. page(s): 3-4 [details]
original description
(of Cinachyra voeltzkowi var. typica Bösraug, 1913) Bösraug, E. (1913). Die Tetractinelliden. pp. 231-251, in: Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903-1905 mit Mitteln der Hermann und Elise geb. Heckmann Wentzel-Stiftung von Professor Dr. Alfred Voeltzkow. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse, Band III. Systematische Arbeiten. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1908-1917., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64840 page(s): 233-234 [details]
basis of record
Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J. (2008). Tetractinellid and hadromerid sponges from the Sultanate of Oman. <em>Zoölogische Mededelingen Leiden.</em> 82 (53): 749-790. [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Description.— Globular sponges of max. 4-5 cm, with upper surface heavily covered by dark sediment and algae. Scattered porocalices and a few oscules on the upper surface, 5 mm diameter. Spicules not protruding far beyond the surface, so the surface appears ‘short-shaven’. Stalked buds present.
Colour.— Orange, buds are yellow.
Skeleton.— Spirally radiate (as usual for the genus).
Spicules.— Oxeas, protriaenes, anatriaenes, sigmaspires. The megascleres are often broken in the preparations, so lengths are tentative. Oxeas sharply pointed, large size range, but not divisible in size categories, range from 1.9 up to 3.5 mm in length and up to 40 µm in diameter. Protriaenes and more often prodiaenes, range 1.2-2 mm in length and 7-9 µm in diameter, cladomes 40-50 µm, cladi 35-102 × 3-6 µm. Anatriaenes similar in length to protriaenes, up to 2 mm × 8-9 µm, cladomes 35-75 µm, cladi 20-40 × 6-7 µm. A considerable proportion shows very short stunted cladi. Sigmaspires 7-12 µm.
Habitat.— On large stones between the tide marks.
Remarks.— Microscopic slides of Carter’s type from Oman (BMNH unnumbered labelled Tethya arabica) and a fragment of Lendenfeld’s type of Cinachyra voeltzkowi confirmed that both species are synonymous and match the newly collected ZMA material. [details]
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tennis-ball sponge [from synonym] |
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