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Reevaluation of stalked aplysinid sponges, with description of a new species from the upper Bahamian slope
| Title: | Reevaluation of stalked aplysinid sponges, with description of a new species from the upper Bahamian slope. |
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| Name(s): |
Maldonado, Manuel, creator Young, Craig M., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1998 | |
| Publisher: | Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami | |
| Extent: | 10 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3171650 (digitool), FADT3171650 (IID), fau:5647 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
A new aplysinid sponge, Aplysina bathyphila n. sp., is described from the upper Bahamian slope, where its populations show a stenobathic distribution limited to the range between 60 and 150 m deep. The species is characterized morphologically by a stalked, goblet-shaped body and a large oscular diaphragm. The sponge body is hollow, having a spacious atrial cavity that becomes a narrow canal extending the whole length of the stalk. The skeleton is a highly regular network of hexagonal meshes built with a single type of laminated, pithed fibers, as is typically in the genus Aplysina. Choanocyte chambers are spherical. This manuscript is available at http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/bms and may be cited as: Maldonado, M., & Young, C. M. (1998). Reevaluation of stalked aplysinid sponges, with description of a new species from the upper Bahamian slope. Bulletin of Marine Science, 63(2), 417-425. Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1231. |
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| Subject(s): |
Sponges Sponges --Bahamas Sponges --Anatomy Morphology (Animals) Oceanographic submersibles |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3171650 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1998 Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
