<document ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e65970" ID-PMC="PMC8417027" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1314-2828-9-e65970" ID-Pensoft-UUID="A559676C573554B8A4CFB45D00F7A876" ID-PubMed="34552373" ModsDocID="1314-2828-9-e65970" checkinTime="1633362685362" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Fassbender, Nico, Stefanoudis, Paris V, Filander, Zoleka Nontlantla, Gendron, Gilberte, Mah, Christopher L, Mattio, Lydiane, Mortimer, Jeanne A, Moura, Carlos J, Samaai, Toufiek, Samimi-Namin, Kaveh, Wagner, Daniel, Walton, Rowana & Woodall, Lucy C" docDate="2021" docId="E786068487AD5309AA8CC18FC5EEE84A" docLanguage="en" docName="BiodivDatJour 9: e65970" docOrigin="Biodiversity Data Journal 9" docPubDate="2021-08-27" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e65970" docTitle="Leucetta chagosensis sp. inc. 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Dendy, 1913</taxonomicName> </paragraph> </subSubSection> <subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="65970" type="materials_examined"> <paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65970">Materials</paragraph> <paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65970"> <materialsCitation collectingDate="2021-01-01" collectingDateMax="2021-12-31" collectingDateMin="2021-01-01" collectingMethod="Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR SCUBA" collectorName="Astove W, Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR" country="Seychelles" determinerName="Nico Fassbender, Toufiek Samaai, Paris Stefanoudis" elevation="250" location="Astove W 1" pageId="0" pageNumber="65970" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="Other material"> <emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65970">Type status:</emphasis> <materialsCitation collectingDate="2021-01-01" collectingDateMax="2021-12-31" collectingDateMin="2021-01-01" collectingMethod="Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR SCUBA" collectorName="Astove W, Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR" country="Seychelles" determinerName="Nico Fassbender, Toufiek Samaai, Paris Stefanoudis" elevation="250" location="Astove W 1" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="Other material"> <typeStatus pageId="0" pageNumber="65970">Other material</typeStatus> . <emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65970">Taxon:</emphasis> scientificName: Leucetta chagosensis; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Porifera; class: Calcarea; order: Clathrinida; family: Leucettidae; genus: Leucetta; scientificNameAuthorship: Dendy, 1913; <emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65970">Location:</emphasis> waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: <collectingCountry name="Seychelles" pageId="0" pageNumber="65970">Seychelles</collectingCountry> ; locality: <location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:E786068487AD5309AA8CC18FC5EEE84A:28AFB07074EAF16027FBA2B4FFAA5F3D" country="Seychelles" name="Astove W 1" pageId="0" pageNumber="65970"> <collectorName>Astove W</collectorName> 1 </location> ; minimumDepthInMeters: <quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" unit="m" value="250.0"> <elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" unit="m" value="250.0">250 m</elevation> </quantity> ; maximumDepthInMeters: <quantity metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" unit="m" value="250.0"> <elevation metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" unit="m" value="250.0">250 m</elevation> </quantity> ; locationRemarks: First Descent: <collectingCountry name="Seychelles">Seychelles</collectingCountry> Expedition; <emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65970">Identification:</emphasis> identifiedBy: <determinerName pageId="0" pageNumber="65970">Nico Fassbender, Toufiek Samaai, Paris Stefanoudis</determinerName> ; dateIdentified: 2019, 2020; identificationRemarks: identified only from imagery; <emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65970">Event:</emphasis> samplingProtocol: <collectingMethod pageId="0" pageNumber="65970"> <collectorName>Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR</collectorName> SCUBA </collectingMethod> ; <emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="65970">Record Level:</emphasis> basisOfRecord: Human observation </materialsCitation> </materialsCitation> </paragraph> </subSubSection> <subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="65970" type="notes"> <paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65970">Notes</paragraph> <paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="65970"> A spherical sponge that resembles an upside-down teardrop with a tapered, singular oscule. Maximum recorded size: 5 cm long. Individuals emerge from a stubby conspicuous stem. Pale-whitish colouration (Fig. <figureCitation captionStart="Figure 151" captionStartId="F6744003" captionText="Figure 151. Leucetta chagosensis sp. inc. Astove W 1, 250 m." figureDoi="10.3897/BDJ.9.e65970.figure151" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/554672" pageId="0" pageNumber="65970">151</figureCitation> ). </paragraph> </subSubSection> </treatment> </document>