Hexactinellida from the Perth Canyon, Eastern Indian Ocean, with descriptions of five new species
Author
Tabachnick, Konstantin
Author
Fromont, Jane
Author
Ehrlich, Hermann
Author
Menshenina, Larisa
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-09-02
4664
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4664.1.2
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Hyalonema
sp.
Material examined
.
Australia
:
Western Australia
:
WAM
Z35339,
3
fragments,
Perth Canyon
(31
o
57’54’’S,
115
o
06’18’’E
to
31
o
56’59”S
, 115
o
07’05”E,
Figure 1
),
928–1170 m
,
J. Fromont
and
C. Whisson
, sled,
30/11/2005
,
RV
Southern Surveyor
station SS1005/073
.
Remarks.
This material also had fragments contaminated with the spicules of
Monorhaphis chuni
which has been separated and given the registration number
WAM
Z88465. A few spicule
types
can be attributed to
Hyalonematidae
, and to the genus
Hyalonema
. The fragments do not possess specific features to attribute them to any known species.
Distribution.
The genus is cosmopolitan and was reported in the eastern Indian Ocean by Tabachnick
et al.
(2008).