Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) littoralis, Ott & Reiswig & Harbo, 2019

Ott, B., Reiswig, H. M. & Harbo, R., 2019, New Species of Lissodendoryx Topsent, 1892 (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida Coelosphaeridae) and Myxilla Schmidt, 1862 (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida Myxillidae) from the Northeast Pacific, Zootaxa 4700 (1), pp. 1-29 : 9

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8EEC6F00-769B-4BF4-B60F-C4AE5D7BB769
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5584104
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BA8781-FF9B-FFF0-93F7-629D222FF89F
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) littoralis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) littoralis View in CoL n. sp.

Table 4 View TABLE 4 , Figure 2 View FIGURE 2

Diagnosis. Encrusting on mud-covered pebbles on intertidal mudflat, mostly buried in mud with surface fistulae rising above mud. Main body of the sponge grows by coalescence of fistulae.

Etymology. The species name derives from the intertidal habitat of the sponge.

Material Examined. Holotype: RBCM holotype 019-00102-001, Stn. BO 18-07 , Ladysmith Harbour, BC, 49° 1.484’ N / 123° 50.889’ W, 13 Aug 2018, coll. B. Ott, R. Harbo, low littoral, 1 specimen. GoogleMaps

Other material examined. RBCM 019-00103 View Materials - 001 View Materials , Stn . BO 16-05 , Head of Ladysmith Harbour , 49° 1.484’ N / 123° 50.889’ W, coll. B. Ott, R. Harbo, 4 Aug 2016, low littoral, 1 specimen GoogleMaps ; four stations were sampled at Bush Creek , Ladysmith Harbour, 49° 1.072’ N / 123° 50.567’ W, coll. B. Ott, R. Harbo, R. Waters, 10 Sep 2018, low littoral GoogleMaps , RBCM 019-00104 View Materials - 001 View Materials , Stn . BO 18-03 , 1 specimen ; RBCM 019-00104 View Materials - 002 View Materials ,, Stn . BO 18-04 , 1 specimen ; RBCM 019-00104 View Materials - 003 View Materials , Stn . BO 18-05 , 1 specimen ; RBCM 019-00104 View Materials - 004 View Materials , Stn . BO 18-09 a, 2 specimens .