Spongionella foliascens: a new foliose Dendroceratid sponge from the western Atlantic |
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Michelle Kelly-Borges, Shirley A. Pomponi, Jean Vacelet |
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A new species of Spongionella (Dendroceratida: Dysideidae) is described from the Gulf of Mexico. In addition to Dysidea and Euryspongia, this documents a third dysideid genus from this location, and provides the first record of a foliose dendroceratid from the western Atlantic. The systematics of Spongionella is discussed. |
Keywords: Taxonomy, new species, Porifera, Dendroceratida, Dysideidae, Spongionella, Gulf of Mexico. |
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Sci. Mar. 57(4) : 375-379 |
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