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Issue: Vol. 1397 No. 1: 25 Jan. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-01-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1397.1.3
Page range: 25–28
Abstract views: 25
PDF downloaded: 17

Acanthotetilla celebensis sp. nov., a new species from North Sulawesi, Indonesia (Porifera: Demospongiae: Spirophorida: Tetillidae)

National Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
Zoological Museum of the University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 94766, 1090 GT, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Porifera Demospongiae Spirophorida Tetillidae Acanthotetilla new species Sulawesi Indonesia

Abstract

A new megacanthoxea- bearing tetillid Acanthotetilla celebensis sp.nov. (Porifera: Demospongiae: Spirophorida: Tetillidae) is described from North Sulawesi, Indonesia. The new species is compared with all other (four) Acanthotetilla species occurring in the Indian Ocean and the West Indies. The new species differs from these other species by the overall morphology, and especially the presence of two sizes of megacanthoxeas. This is the first record of Acanthotetilla in Indonesia.

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