Demospongiae of ANT XXIV / 2 (SYSTCO I) Expedition — Antarctic Eastern Weddell Sea
Author
Göcke, Christian
Author
Janussen, Dorte
text
Zootaxa
2013
3692
1
28
101
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3692.1.5
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1175-5326
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Inflatella belli
(Kirkpatrick, 1907)
(
Fig. 3
H)
Inflatella belli
(Kirkpatrick)
: Burton 1929: 439–440. Koltun 1964: 50, pl. 8, figs. 1–3, 1976: 178.
Synonymy:
Inflatella fistulosa
Hentschel, 1914: 83
–84, pl. 4, fig. 8, pl. 6, fig. 8.
Joyeuxia belli
Kirkpatrick, 1907: 283
–284, 1908: 41–42, pl. 16, figs. 1–5a.
Material.
1 specimen
from station 048-1 (SMF 11811),
602.1 m
,
70° 23.94' S
,
8° 19.14' W
,
12.01.2008
.
Material examined for comparison:
BMNH 1908.2.5.188,
holotype
, National
Antarctic
Expedition HMS “Discovery”, W.Q.
17.i–03
, Flagon Point, 10–20 fms., described in Kirkpatrick (1908), wet specimen.
Description.
Sponge rounded with a thin papilla at the top, torn open on one side, inside is empty. Surface a very firm membrane with a dense layer of strongylote or tornote-like spicules of 645–785
x 15
µm.
Remarks.
This species has been recorded several times (e.g. Kirkpatrick 1908; Hentschel 1914; Burton 1929; Koltun 1964; Koltun 1976) and can therefore be considered well known. Our new specimen is in accordance with the
type
description of
I. belli
by Kirkpatrick (1908) and especially with that of
I. fistulosa
Hentschel, 1914
, a junior synonym of
I. belli
(see Burton 1929).