Ekins, Merrick, Horowitz, Jeremy, Beaman, Robin J., and Hooper, John N.A. (2021) A new carnivorous sponge (Porifera) from the Coral Sea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 62. pp. 205-215.

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Abstract

A new species of carnivorous sponge, Lycopodina coralseaensis sp. nov., family Cladorhizidae, is described from the Louisiade Plateau, Coral Sea, off the east coast of Australia at bathyal depths of ~2000 m, collected during the RV Investigator 2019 voyage. The new species differs from other Lycopodina with stipitate morphology by lacking forceps microscleres, similar to L. nikitawimandi Ekins et al., 2020a but differing in having only a very small single size class of palmate anisochelae, and most importantly by having a third category of mycalostyle echinating the stem and basal holdfast. This new species is the sixth Lycopodina recently described as new from the Australian Exclusive Economic Zone (L. nikitawimandi, L. helios, L. cassida, L. brochidodroma and L. hystrix), bringing the total number of carnivorous sponges known so far from Australia to 26.

Item ID:	65912
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	2204-1478
Keywords:	Porifera, Cladorhizidae, Queensland, Tasmantid, seamounts, Lycopodina, new species
Copyright Information:	© The State of Queensland, Queensland Museum 2021.
Funders:	CSIRO Marine National Facility (CSIRO)
Projects and Grants:	CSIRO RV Investigator
Date Deposited:	21 Jul 2021 01:19
FoR Codes:	31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3109 Zoology > 310913 Invertebrate biology @ 90% 37 EARTH SCIENCES > 3705 Geology > 370504 Marine geoscience @ 10%
SEO Codes:	96 ENVIRONMENT > 9608 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity > 960808 Marine Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity @ 100%
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