Molecular and morphological description of a new species of Halisarca (Demospongiae: Halisarcida) from Mediterranean Sea and a redescription of the type species Halisarca dujardini
Author
Ereskovsky, Alexander V.
Author
Lavrov, Dennis V.
Author
Boury-Esnault, Nicole
Author
Vacelet, Jean
text
Zootaxa
2011
2768
5
31
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.206842
c2d9fea8-b8a1-4240-9d68-79db30f52d92
1175-5326
206842
Bajalus
Lendenfeld, 1885
Diagnosis.
Halisarcida in which the choanocyte chambers are tubular, branched, and wide mouthed. Larvae are incubated dispherulae (a larval form found only in
Halisarca
) with simple undifferentiated histology and cilia of uniform length. Skeleton is composed of fibrillar collagen only, there are no fibrous or mineral elements present; ectosomal and subectosomal collagen is highly organised and structurally diversified (modified from
Bergquist & Cook 2002
).
Type
species
:
Halisarca dujardini
Johnston, 1842
: 192
.