Revision of Aspidoscopulia Reiswig, 2002 (Porifera: Hexactinellida: Farreidae) with description of two new species
Author
Tabachnick, Konstantin R.
Author
Menshenina, Larisa L.
Author
Pisera, Andrzej
Author
Ehrlich, Hermann
text
Zootaxa
2011
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journal article
46883
10.5281/zenodo.203661
36b3b490-e441-4a74-a170-e7f6e437f670
1175-5326
203661
Aspidoscopulia
aff.
bisymmetrica
sp. n.
(
Figure 11
)
Material examined
(
Fig. 1
). Off Loyalty Islands (
Fig. 1
): Biogeocal, R.V. ‘Coriolis’, stn. CP 205,
22°40.61’ S
,
166°28.01’ E
,
1350–1380 m
:
MNHN
p4176. Stn. DW 290,
20°36.91’S
,
167°3.34’ E
, 920–
760 m
:
MNHN
fr539; fr540; fr542; fr544; fr545; p492. Stn. CP 297,
20°38.64’ S
,
167°10.77’ E
,
1230–1240 m
:
MNHN
fr500. Musorstom 6, R.V. ‘Alis’, stn. CP 396,
20°48.05’ S
167°0.59’ E
,
1400 m
:
MNHN
p1225. Stn. DW 420,
20°29.27’ S
,
166°43.35’ E
,
600 m
:
MNHN
p1209. Stn. CP 427,
20°23.35’ S
,
166°20’ E
,
800 m
:
MNHN
p3632. Stn. DW 488,
20°49.2’ S
,
167°6.44’ E
,
800 m
:
MNHN
p3707; p3708. Stn. DW 493,
20°48.35’ S
,
167°5.8’ E
,
700 m
:
MNHN
p1159. Off
New Caledonia
(
Fig. 1
): Biocal, R.V. ‘Jean Charcot’, stn. CP 17, 20°34.54’–35.62’ S 167°24.68’– 25,46’ E,
3680 m
:
MNHN
p303. Stn. DW 36, 23°08.64’–08.9’ S, 167°10.99’–11.29’ E,
650–680 m
:
MNHN
fr699.
Stn. DW 51, 23°5.27’–5.43’ S, 167 °44.95’–45.35’ E, 700–
680 m
:
MNHN
p65. Stn. DW 70, 23°24.7’–25.65’ S 167 °53.65’–52.70’ E,
965 m
:
MNHN
fr703; fr704. Off Chesterfield Islands (
Fig. 1
): Musorstom 5, stn. DW 38?,
19°37.7’ S
,
158°43.9’ E
,
555–570 m
:
MNHN
p97. Off
Wallis and Futuna
Islands (
Fig. 1
): Musorstom 7, stn. CP 550,
12°14.8’ S
,
177°28’ W
,
800–810 m
:
MNHN
p3644; p3645; p3646; p3647. Stn. DW 636,
13°39.4’ S
,
179o55.5’ W
,
800–810 m
:
MNHN
p1146; p1147.
Norfolk
Ridge (
Fig. 1
):
Norfolk
II, stn. 2025,
23.449°S
,
167.858° E
,
759–807 m
:
ZPAL
Pf.22/wa67. Stn. 2047,
23.717° S
,
168.032° E
,
759–807 m
:
ZPAL
Pf.22/wa66. Stn. 2053,
23.661° S
,
168.260° E
,
670–708 m
:
ZPAL
Pf.22/wa76. Stn. 2065,
25.261° S
,
168.927°E
,
750–800 m
:
ZPAL
Pf.22/ wa85.
Remarks.
These are fragments of dead specimens with no loose spicules collected from locations close to that of
A
.
bisymmetrica
sp. n.
, thus likely belonging to the same species. Most probabaly this species can be also seen on photos (
Roux
et al.
, 1991
) taken during CALSUB expediton, ‘Cyana’, dive 16, on northern slope of Ouvea- Lifou rise, 836? m.