Tedania (Tedania) anhelans (Vio in Olivi, 1792)

Pestana, Rosa, Ribeiro, Cláudia, Boury-Esnault, Nicole & Biscoito, Manuel, 2018, Systematic account of new Porifera (Demospongiae) records from the oceanic Island of Madeira (NE Atlantic), Zootaxa 4402 (2), pp. 395-400 : 397

Tedania (Tedania) anhelans (Vio in Olivi, 1792) ( Figure 2 )

Material examined. MMF 35069 / Location: Ponta da Cruz (PC), Madeira island / 5.5 m depth / Date: 2 jul 2001 / Collector: Rosa Pestana.

Remarks. Curved tylotes are rare but straight tylotes are characteristic (192.0‒215.0‒236.7 x 2.6‒3.4‒5.3 µm). Straight onychaetes (84.2‒118.8‒136.8 x 0.62‒0.74‒0.75 µm) and occasionally slightly curved. The specimen collected had mucus, and was found partially covered by algae.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Spicules and fibres: 1. Aplysilla sulfurea, spongin fibre; 2. Cliona celata, a: curved tylostyles, b: straight tylostyle, c: tylostyles with different types of heads; 3. Eurypon lacazei, a: tornote, b: acanthostyle, c: subtylostyle; 4. Clathria (Clathria) coralloides, a: straight and thin subtylostyle, b: principal style, c: accessory style, d: toxa, e: palmate isochela; 5. Mycale (Carmia) macilenta, a: tylostyle, b: toxa, c: large sigma, d: large palmate anisochela; 6. Tedania (Tedania) anhelans, a: curved style, b: straight tylote,c: onychaete.