Erylus aleuticus sp. nov. (Porifera: Demospongiae; Astrophorida: Geodiidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA
Lehnert, H.; Stone, R.; Heimler, W. (2006). Erylus aleuticus sp. nov. (Porifera: Demospongiae; Astrophorida: Geodiidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 86(5): 971-975. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315406013944
In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press/Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: Cambridge. ISSN 0025-3154; e-ISSN 1469-7769, more
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Biology > Organism morphology > Animal morphology
Classification > Taxonomy
Distribution > Geographical distribution
Habitat
Identification keys
Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Cliona mucronata Sollas, 1878 [WoRMS]; Cliona pocillopora Bautista-Guerrero, Carballo, Cruz-Barraza & Nava, 2006 [WoRMS]; Clionaidae d'Orbigny, 1851 [WoRMS]
INE, USA, Alaska, Aleutian Is. [Marine Regions]
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- Lehnert, H.
- Stone, R.
- Heimler, W.
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| Abstract |
A new species of Erylus from the Aleutian Islands is described. This is the first record of the genus from the Aleutian Islands. The new species differs from all other known species of Erylus in the presence of different types of monaxonic megascleres, ranging from oxeas, strongyles, styles, tylostyles to tylotes, often with unequal ends and irregular modifications of these types. The lack of a secondary category of asters is also unusual for the genus. |
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