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Issue: Vol. 4312 No. 2: 29 Aug. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-08-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.2.13
Page range: 394–400
Abstract views: 62
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Description of a new species of Trichogypsiidae (Porifera, Calcarea) and first record of the genus in the Pacific Ocean

Eichenstrasse 14, 86507 Oberottmarshausen, Germany. GeoBio-Center LMU München, Richard-Wagner-Str. 10, 80333München, Germany
Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 17109 Point Lena Loop, Juneau, Alaska 99801 USA
Porifera Trichogypsia alaskensis new species history of genus and family Gulf of Alaska

Abstract

A new species of Trichogypsiidae is described and compared to its congeners. Trichogypsia alaskensis n. sp. represents the fifth species of the family and with this record all three genera of the family are now represented in the North Pacific Ocean. Calcarea are rare in the Gulf of Alaska but with this new record the number of confirmed species rises from two to three. The new species has larger diactines of a broader size range and with a different pattern of spination than all congeners.

 

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