Ten new species of genus Sarcotragus (Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida: Irciniidae) from Korea
Author
Sim, Chung Ja
Author
Lee, Kyung Jin
Author
Kim, Hyung June
text
Journal of Species Research
2016
2016-10-31
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3
443
458
http://dx.doi.org/10.12651/jsr.2016.5.3.443
journal article
10.12651/JSR.2016.5.3.443
2713-8615
13146859
4.
Sarcotragus chagwiensis
n. sp.
(
Fig. 4
)
Type specimen.
Holotype
(NIBRIV0000325792),
Korea
:
Chagwido
,
Gosanri
,
Hankyungmyeon
,
Jejusi
,
Jejudo
,
6 Nov 2000
,
Lee KJ
, by
SCUBA
,
Depth
20 m
, deposited in the
NIBR
.
Description.
Thick irregular mass, size up to 12 × 10 ×
3.5 cm
. Surface very low conules covered with loose filamentous membrane, and mixed with rare spicules. Subdermal branched skeletal fibres, very complex. Oscules,
1.54 mm
in diameter, open on sponge surface. Colour dark beige in life. Texture soft and compressible.
Skeleton: Primary fibres porous cylindrical fascicles, 7001000 μm in diameter, filled with wads of filaments. Secondary fibres, branch with loose fascicles 180300 μm in diameter. Secondary web like thin plate broaden between adjacent primary fibres. Filaments, 4 μm in diameter, terminal knobs, 10 μm in diameter. Fibres difficult to separate from wads of filaments.
Etymology.
This species is named after the
type
locality Chagwido,
Jejudo
Island.
Remark.
This new species is similar to
Sarcotragus gapaensis
Sim and Lee,
2000
in skeletal structure, but differs in sponge shape and surface conules. Subdermal branched skeletal fibres of this new species are very complex and primary fibres fascicles filled with wads of filaments (
Fig. 4G
). Surface conules of
S. gapaensis
are very sharp and easily distinct, but conules of this new species are very low and difficult to distinct.