Placospongia, Gray, 1867

Mácola, Rosa & Menegola, Carla, 2021, A new species of Placospongia Gray, 1867 (Porifera, Demospongiae, Placospongiidae) and new record of P. ruetzleri van Soest, 2017 from Northeast, Brazil, Zootaxa 5072 (1), pp. 12-22 : 18

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5072.1.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1106D210-A032-4196-9236-63FEDA36A74E

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5729771

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038CF27A-F449-9B4E-FF74-FAE8F4DEF960

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Placospongia
status

 

Identification key for Western Atlantic species of Placospongia View in CoL

1. One category of tylostyles.............................................................................. 2

- Two categories of tylostyles............................................................................. 3

2. Tylostyles ≤ 500 µm; selenasters> 55 µm........................................................ P. intermedia View in CoL

- Tylostyles> 550 µm; selenasters ≤ 50 µm........................................................... P. cristata View in CoL

3. Spherules present (2–3 µm); selenaster size 23–76/10–65 µm...................................... P. melobesioides View in CoL

- Spherules absent...................................................................................... 4

4. Spheraster microscleres present.................................................................. P. caribica View in CoL

- Spheraster microscleres absent.......................................................................... 5

5. Spirasters (10–31 x 2–7 µm) present.............................................................. P. ruetzleri View in CoL

- Spirasters absent; acanthomicrorhabds (6–13 x 2–4 µm), tylostyle I, 650– 1200 x 7.5–19.3; tylostyle II, 150–740 x 5–12.5.............................................................................. Placospongia giseleae View in CoL sp. nov.

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