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Revision of the genus Latrunculia du Bocage, 1869 (Porifera : Demospongiae : Latrunculiidae) with descriptions of new species from New Caledonia and the Northeastern Pacific

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dc.contributor.author Samaai, T
dc.contributor.author Gibbons, MJ
dc.contributor.author Kelly, M
dc.date.accessioned 2007-06-29T07:57:25Z
dc.date.available 2007-06-29T07:57:25Z
dc.date.issued 2006-02
dc.identifier.citation Samaai, T, Gibbons, MJ and Kelly, M. 2006. Revision of the genus Latrunculia du Bocage, 1869 (Porifera : Demospongiae : Latrunculiidae) with descriptions of new species from New Caledonia and the Northeastern Pacific. Zootaxa, vol. 112(3), pp 3-71 en
dc.identifier.issn 1175-5326
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/758
dc.description Copyright: 2006 Magnolia Press en
dc.description.abstract Revision of the genus Latrunculia du Bocage, 1869, has resulted in 27 of 36 species considered to be valid. Many species have been reassigned to genera in the poecilosclerid family Podospongiidae, in particular, and many have been transferred to other Latrunculiidae genera. Latrunculia apicalis var. biformis (Kirkpatrick 1908) and Latrunculia apicalis var. basilis (Kirkpatrick 1908) have been elevated to full and separate species status, as L. biformis Kirkpatrick and L. basilis Kirkpatrick. Two new species have been described, from New Caledonia (L. novaecaledoniae sp. nov.) and the northeastern Pacific (L. austini sp. nov.). This revision also formally recognizes the two morphological subgroups triverticillata and spinispiraefera hypothesized by Alvarez et al. (2002), as the new subgenera Latrunculia (Latrunculia) subgen. nov. and Latrunculia (Biannulata) subgen. nov.. The primary distinction between these two groups is the morphology of the anisodiscorhabd microscleres. The anisodiscorhabds of Latrunculia (Latrunculia) species have a basal whorl just above the manubrium in addition to two centralized whorls of projections. The anisodiscorhabds of Latrunculia (Biannulata) species lack this basal whorl. There is some indication that there are geographic and habitat differences between the two groups. en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Magnolia Press en
dc.subject Porifera en
dc.subject Sponges en
dc.subject Latrunculiidae en
dc.subject Biannulata en
dc.subject Subgenus latrunculia en
dc.subject New species en
dc.subject Poecilosclerida en
dc.subject Latrunculia du bocage en
dc.title Revision of the genus Latrunculia du Bocage, 1869 (Porifera : Demospongiae : Latrunculiidae) with descriptions of new species from New Caledonia and the Northeastern Pacific en
dc.type Article en
dc.identifier.apacitation Samaai, T., Gibbons, M., & Kelly, M. (2006). Revision of the genus Latrunculia du Bocage, 1869 (Porifera : Demospongiae : Latrunculiidae) with descriptions of new species from New Caledonia and the Northeastern Pacific. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/758 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Samaai, T, MJ Gibbons, and M Kelly "Revision of the genus Latrunculia du Bocage, 1869 (Porifera : Demospongiae : Latrunculiidae) with descriptions of new species from New Caledonia and the Northeastern Pacific." (2006) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/758 en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Samaai T, Gibbons M, Kelly M. Revision of the genus Latrunculia du Bocage, 1869 (Porifera : Demospongiae : Latrunculiidae) with descriptions of new species from New Caledonia and the Northeastern Pacific. 2006; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/758. en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Article AU - Samaai, T AU - Gibbons, MJ AU - Kelly, M AB - Revision of the genus Latrunculia du Bocage, 1869, has resulted in 27 of 36 species considered to be valid. Many species have been reassigned to genera in the poecilosclerid family Podospongiidae, in particular, and many have been transferred to other Latrunculiidae genera. Latrunculia apicalis var. biformis (Kirkpatrick 1908) and Latrunculia apicalis var. basilis (Kirkpatrick 1908) have been elevated to full and separate species status, as L. biformis Kirkpatrick and L. basilis Kirkpatrick. Two new species have been described, from New Caledonia (L. novaecaledoniae sp. nov.) and the northeastern Pacific (L. austini sp. nov.). This revision also formally recognizes the two morphological subgroups triverticillata and spinispiraefera hypothesized by Alvarez et al. (2002), as the new subgenera Latrunculia (Latrunculia) subgen. nov. and Latrunculia (Biannulata) subgen. nov.. The primary distinction between these two groups is the morphology of the anisodiscorhabd microscleres. The anisodiscorhabds of Latrunculia (Latrunculia) species have a basal whorl just above the manubrium in addition to two centralized whorls of projections. The anisodiscorhabds of Latrunculia (Biannulata) species lack this basal whorl. There is some indication that there are geographic and habitat differences between the two groups. DA - 2006-02 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Porifera KW - Sponges KW - Latrunculiidae KW - Biannulata KW - Subgenus latrunculia KW - New species KW - Poecilosclerida KW - Latrunculia du bocage LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2006 SM - 1175-5326 T1 - Revision of the genus Latrunculia du Bocage, 1869 (Porifera : Demospongiae : Latrunculiidae) with descriptions of new species from New Caledonia and the Northeastern Pacific TI - Revision of the genus Latrunculia du Bocage, 1869 (Porifera : Demospongiae : Latrunculiidae) with descriptions of new species from New Caledonia and the Northeastern Pacific UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/758 ER - en_ZA


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