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Leucosolenia microspinata sp. nov. (Porifera: Calcarea), a new species from the Mediterranean Sea
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 June 2009
Abstract
A new species of Leucosoleniidae, Leucosolenia microspinata sp. nov., from the southern Tyrrhenian Sea (Porto Vecchio pond, Marinello Marine Reserve, Messina) is here described. The species consists of a dense reticulation of ascon tubes having a colour ranging from white-cream to light-brown. Its spiculation consists of diactines sometimes serrated or microspined, not separable into size-classes, triactines of four types and tetractines with microspined apical actine. The comparison with other Mediterranean Leucosolenia is reported.
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- Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 89 , Issue 8 , December 2009 , pp. 1663 - 1669
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- Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009