Scalarispongia favus, Kim & Sim, 2020
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.12651/JSR.2020.9.2.147 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BF6E61-FFED-2C47-FF64-EA91FB216D93 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Scalarispongia favus |
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sp. nov. |
2. Scalarispongia favus View in CoL n. sp. ( Figs. 2 View Fig , 3 View Fig )
ḇģċflųğãḓậ (ljÿ)
Type specimen. Holotype (NIBRIV0000862769), Korea: Mureungarch, Daejeong-eup, Seogwipo-si , Jeju-do, 20 Sep 2012, collected by Y.A. Kim, intertidal zone, rocky substrate, depth 5 m, deposited at NIBR.
Description. Thick encrusting small mass sponge, size up to 7 × 3 × 1 cm. Surface rough, honeycomb shape with short conules, covered with pigmented thin membrane. Several oscules occur on upper part of sponge, 0.5-2 mm in diameter. Color in life, black outside, beige inside. Texture firm and compressible.
Skeleton: Primary fibres, 70-100 μm in diameter, cored with sands. Secondary fibres, 30-50 μm in diameter, ladder-like and partly occur on side of sponge. Length of bridged secondary fibres between primary fibres, 300- 700-900 μm. Most of the time, fibres arranged irregularly at near surface conules ( Fig. 2G, H View Fig ).
Etymology. This species name, favus , is named after the honeycomb pattern of sponge surface.
Remarks. This new species is characterized by the honeycomb shape of surface. Surface covered with thin pigmented membrane. Skeletal fibres do not come out to the surface and ladder-like skeletal form is very rare and mostly arranged irregularly. Primary fibres cored with large sands sparsely in contrast to other species which mostly cored with spicule pieces.
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National Institute of Biological Resources |
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