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Alectona Species From North-Western Pacific (Demospongiae: Clionidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Giorgio Bavestrello ,
Barbara Calcinai ,
Carlo Cerrano  and
Michele Sarà
Giorgio Bavestrello
Affiliation:
Istituto di Zoologia dell'Università di Genova, Via Balbi 5–16126 Genova, Italy
Barbara Calcinai
Affiliation:
Istituto di Zoologia dell'Università di Genova, Via Balbi 5–16126 Genova, Italy
Carlo Cerrano
Affiliation:
Istituto di Zoologia dell'Università di Genova, Via Balbi 5–16126 Genova, Italy
Michele Sarà
Affiliation:
Istituto di Zoologia dell'Università di Genova, Via Balbi 5–16126 Genova, Italy
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Alectona species which bore into the scleraxis of several colonies of Corallium elatius and the stem of a stylasterid coral, Distichopora sp. have been studied. The genus Alectona consists of rarely collected species. Five species, of the eight known for the genus, are here recorded. Two new species of Alectona sorrentini and A. microspiculata and one uncertain species are described.

In recent reefs Cliona species are the predominant boring sponges while Alectona and Thoosa were common in the Eocene/Miocene coral reefs. The deep precious red coral communities of the western Pacific may be interpreted as refuge habitats of these ancient boring sponges.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 78 , Issue 1 , February 1998 , pp. 59 - 73
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1998

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