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
5
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
1.
Sarcotragus seogwiensis
n. sp.
(
Fig. 1
)
Type specimen.
Holotype
(NIBRIV0000325789),
Korea
:
Seogwidong
,
Seogwiposi
,
Jejudo
,
12 Nov 2001
,
Lee KJ
, by
SCUBA
, depth
15 m
, deposited in the
NIBR
.
Description.
Massive, hemispherical sponge, size up to 13 × 9 ×
3.5 cm
, conulous surface covered with thick filamentous membrane. Conules, low without emergent terminal fibres, but fine fasciculate fibres distributed un der surface. Oscules very rare,
3 mm
in diameter, colour in life dark gray. Texture firm and compressible. Choanosome lacunose. Subdermal skeletal fibres well devel oped (
Fig. 1B
).
Skeleton: Fasciculate primary fibres, cylindrical net, appeared with wads of filaments. Primary fibres fascicles network, 200300 μm in diameter under membrane, and 6001000 μm in diameter at choanosome. Branch
type
of secondary fibres, light fasciculates, 50200 μm in diameter. Secondary web, variety of wide in diameter. Filaments, 5 μm in diameter, and terminal knobs, 10-12 μm in diameter.
Etymology.
This species is named after the
type
locality Seogwidong,
Jejudo
,
Korea
.
Remark.
This new species is similar to
Sarcotragus dentilus
n. sp.
in sponge shape, but differs in surface membrane. Filamentous membrane of this new species is not perforated, and numerous thin branched fibres are distributed under membrane.