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Chonelasma choanoides Schulze & Kirkpatrick 1910

Description

Chonelasma choanoides (Schulze & Kirkpatrick, 1910)

Material examined. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1910.10.28.46, R.V. 'Gauss', stn 72, NW of Winter Station, Antarctica, 0 1 Mar. 1903, 66º02'09"S, 89º38'E, 2450 m; ZMH S- 2938, RV. 'Gauss', stn 69, NW of Winter Station, Antarctica, 24 Feb. 1903, 66º02'09"S, 89º38'E, 2725 m, ethanol; ANDEEP III material: SMF 10708, R.V. 'Polarstern', stn PS67/133-2, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, 16 Mar. 2005, 62°46.49'–46.38'S, 53°02.57'–03.50'W, 1584– 1579 m, ethanol.

Description and remarks. Many small, fairly soft fragments of a probable single living specimen were obtained from the epibenthic sled at a single station. Spiculation conforms to that described in Reiswig and Mehl (1994). This species is widely distributed around Antarctica and throughout the Atlantic Ocean to Greenland; a symbiotic hydrozoan was noted on the ANDEEP III fragments, not previously mentioned in any of the extensive literature of this species. Janussen et al. (2004) reported this species from the Weddell Sea in their description of the ANDEEP II collections.

Notes

Published as part of Janussen, Dorte & Reiswig, Henry M., 2009, Hexactinellida (Porifera) from the ANDEEP III Expedition to the Weddell Sea, Antarctica, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2136 on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.188483

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References

  • Schulze, F. E. & Kirkpatrick, R. (1910) Die Hexactinelliden der deutschen Sudpolar-Expedition 1901 - 1903. In: Drygalski, E. von (ed.), Deutsche Sudpolar-Expedition 1901 - 1903, 12 (Zool. 4. Bd. H. 1), 1 - 62, Berlin (Georg Reimer).
  • Reiswig, H. M., Mehl, D., 1994. Reevaluation of Chonelasma (Euretidae) and Leptophragmella (Craticulariidae) (Hexactinellida). pp. 151 - 165 in: R. W. M. van Soest, T. M. G. van Kempen & J. C. Braekman (Eds.), SPONGES IN TIME AND SPACE, Proceedings of the 4 th International Porifera Congress, Amsterdam, April, 1993. Balkema, Rotterdam.
  • Janussen, D., Tabachnick, K. R., Tendal, O. S., 2004. Deep-sea Hexactinellida (Porifera) of the Weddell Sea. Deep-Sea Research II 51, 1857 - 1882.