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Sponge biodiversity of Beauchêne and the Sea Lion Islands and south-east East Falkland, Falkland Islands, with a description of nine new species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2014

Claire Goodwin ,
Jennifer Jones ,
Karen Neely  and
Paul Brickle
Claire Goodwin*
Affiliation:
National Museums Northern Ireland, 153 Bangor Road, Cultra, Holywood, Co. Down, BT18 0EU, Northern Ireland Queen's University Marine Laboratory (QML), 12–13 The Strand, Portaferry, Co. Down, BT22 1PF, Northern Ireland
Jennifer Jones
Affiliation:
National Museums Northern Ireland, 153 Bangor Road, Cultra, Holywood, Co. Down, BT18 0EU, Northern Ireland
Karen Neely
Affiliation:
Shallow Marine Surveys Group, Stanley FIQQ 1ZZ, Falkland Islands Falklands Conservation, PO Box 26, Ross Road, Stanley FIQQ 1ZZ, Falkland Islands
Paul Brickle
Affiliation:
Shallow Marine Surveys Group, Stanley FIQQ 1ZZ, Falkland Islands South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute, PO Box 609, StanleyFIQQ 1ZZ, Falkland Islands
*
Correspondence should be addressed to:C. Goodwin, National Museums Northern Ireland, 153 Bangor Road, Cultra, Holywood, Co. Down, BT18 0EU, Northern Ireland email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Sponge samples were taken by scuba diving from six sites around Sea Lion Island (Sea Lion, Sea Lion Easterly and Brandy Islands), three sites south-east of East Falkland (Motley Island, Green Island and Triste Island) and six sites around Beauchêne Island. Nine new species are described: Iophon roseum sp. nov., Clathria (Microciona) tenebrosa sp. nov., Clathria (Microciona) cheeki sp. nov., Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) laptikhovskyi sp. nov., Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) croftsae sp. nov., Myxilla (Ectyomyxilla) beauchênensis sp. nov., Tedania (Tedania) livida sp. nov., Amphilectus fimbriatus sp. nov. and Isodictya cutisanserina sp nov. Additional information is provided on several species recently described from the Falkland Islands and Amphimedon marsei is newly reported. The biogeography of the sponge fauna of the southern Falkland Islands is discussed.

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spongeFalkland Islandsbiogeographyscuba divingtaxonomy
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 96 , Issue 2: Proceedings of the 9th World Sponge Conference held in Fremantle Australia in 2013: New Frontiers in Sponge Science , March 2016 , pp. 263 - 290
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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