Geodia glariosa ( Sollas, 1886 )

Almeida, Danilo S., Sandes, Joana, Guimarães, Carmen R. P. & Muricy, Guilherme, 2021, Taxonomy of Geodia and Rhabdastrella from the Brazilian coast: a new species new synonyms and redescription of Geodia tylastra (Demospongiae: Astrophorina Geodiidae and Ancorinidae), Zootaxa 4995 (2), pp. 281-302 : 283

Geodia glariosa ( Sollas, 1886)

( Figs. 1–3 ; Tabs. 1–2)

Figures

FIGURE 1. Morphological and anatomical characters of Geodia glariosa. (A–B) Specimen UFSPOR 735, top view (A) and bottom view (B); (C) Cortex and choanosome in transversal section, showing outer cortex (ocx), inner cortex (icx) and choanosome (cho).

FIGURE 2. Megascleres and microscleres of Geodia glariosa (specimen UFSPOR 735). (A) Oxea I; (B) Oxea II; (C) Orthotriaene (ot), plagiotriaene (pl) and anatriaene (an); (D) Protriaene cladome; (E) Sterraster; (F) Sterraster rosettes; (G) Oxyasters; (H) Spheroxyasters; (I) Strongylasters.

FIGURE 3. Distribution of Geodia glariosa, Geodia tylastra and Geodia polytriaena sp. nov. Stars represent new species and new records (nr) and circles are previous records (pr) from the literature. See Tab. 2 for localities and references.