The complex case of the calcareous sponge Leucosolenia complicata % Porifera: Calcarea): hidden diversity in Boreal and Arctic regions with description of a new species
Author
Lavrov, Andrey
Author
Ekimova, Irina
Author
Schepetov, Dimitry
Author
Koinova, Alexandra
Author
Ereskovsky, Alexander
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2024
2023-10-19
200
876
914
journal article
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad104
0024-4082
11248861
Leucosolenia
Bowerbank, 1864
Type
species:
Spongia botryoides
%Ellis and Solander* 1786) %by original designation).
Type
locality:
Harbour
near
Emsworth
* between Sussex and
Hampshire
* the
English Channel
.
Diagnosis:
%Based on: Hooper
et al.
2002).
Leucosoleniidae
* in which the skeleton can consist of diactines* triactines* and/or tetractines. There is no reinforced external layer on the tubes.