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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC4515D9FDB2FE660C75" bold="true" box="[151,463,541,567]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">Plakortis deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
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Zea
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. 2009
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(photographic guide).
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Non:
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(
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, a valid species.
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sp. 1;
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Vicente
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC4514C5FD69FE1E0C99" box="[395,439,709,731]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">et al</emphasis>
. 2014
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(ecology and symbiosis).
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sp. 1-“under
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC451433FD4AFD290CB8" box="[381,640,740,762]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">Xestospongia deweerdtae</emphasis>
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associated”; Zea
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC45167DFD4AFCF60CB8" box="[819,863,740,762]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">et al</emphasis>
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(other than those described here).
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coll.
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,
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19, 2011
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depth coll.
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,
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12, 2012
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.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="6E343689FFD8CC451589FC51FDEB0AAD" blockId="3.[151,1437,806,2019]" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC451589FC51FEE80A55" bold="true" box="[199,321,1022,1047]" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Thinly and thickly encrusting to massive cushions with a soft surface and compressible body. Found always associated as basibiont of
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC4517C4FB8BFC980A79" box="[650,817,1058,1083]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">X. deweerdtae</emphasis>
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. The latter may partially cover (
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) or may completely overgrow
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC4514C2FBE8FDCB0A1D" box="[396,610,1094,1119]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">P. deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC451727FBE9FD6A0A1D" bold="true" box="[617,707,1094,1119]" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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(
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). Oscules can be large and slightly elevated (
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) or can be small and even with the surface when growing underneath
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC4516D5FBC3FB930AC1" box="[923,1082,1130,1155]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">X. deweerdtae</emphasis>
(
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)
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. Color is dark brown with occasional olive green patches
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC451700FB20FD090AE4" box="[590,672,1167,1190]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">in vivo</emphasis>
and exudes a light brown pigment when preserved in ethanol. Reticulated tangential ectosomal skeleton and a vaguely reticulated choanosomal skeleton with lacunae. Spicules are triods, diods and very small diods.
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC451589FB55FEF00B51" bold="true" box="[199,345,1274,1299]" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">Description.</emphasis>
External morphology is influenced by the growth progression of
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC451104FB53FB420B51" box="[1098,1259,1274,1299]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">X. deweerdtae</emphasis>
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on the body of
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC4515D9FAB1FE6F0B75" box="[151,454,1310,1335]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">Plakortis deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="47CC57E0FFD8CC45149DFAB1FD9D0B75" box="[467,564,1310,1335]" pageId="3" pageNumber="212" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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For example, in
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it can be thinly encrusting (
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A) growing underneath a thick (
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) mat of
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC45175EFAEBFD060B19" box="[528,687,1346,1371]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">X. deweerdtae</emphasis>
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; very small oscules (
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). In
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, sponge pairs form 3 ×
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by
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thick compressible cushions.
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC4517BDFAC8FC3C0B3D" box="[755,917,1382,1407]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">X. deweerdtae</emphasis>
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may overgrow the entire
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC45118AFAC8FA320B3D" box="[1220,1435,1382,1407]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">P. deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
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individual except around the elevated oscules, which are
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in diameter (
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B). Oscules in preserved specimens are contracted. External color is dark brown and internal color is light brown. Surface is smooth, soft and irregular. Consistency is compressible, and easily torn.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6E343689FFD8CC451589FA59FEDE0949" blockId="3.[151,1437,806,2019]" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC451589FA59FE9C084D" bold="true" box="[199,309,1526,1551]" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">Skeleton.</emphasis>
Ectosome is composed of a disorganized tangential reticulation of diods and triods. Multispicular tracts are not well defined but form circular meshes, 114
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC451661F9B4FCF00871" box="[815,857,1563,1587]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">205</emphasis>
329 µm diameter (n=20;
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C). Spicules never break the surface of the ectosome. When
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC4517DEF990FC9C0815" box="[656,821,1598,1623]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">X. deweerdtae</emphasis>
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forms inner channels within the choanosome of
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC4510C9F990FEF90839" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">P. deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC451416F9CDFE1A0839" bold="true" box="[344,435,1634,1659]" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="47CC57E0FFD8CC451416F9CDFE1A0839" box="[344,435,1634,1659]" pageId="3" pageNumber="212" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
the ectosome forms a barrier between the two sponge species, as observed in
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Vicente
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC4510C6F9CBFF1D08DD" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">et al.</emphasis>
(2014
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, their
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B). The ectosome (3050 µm thick) can be easily distinguished from the choanosome with an abundance of subectosomal lacunae and by having a denser aggregation of pigmented cells (
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D). The choanosome is dense with a confused reticulation of diods and triods that form circular meshes of varying diameters (
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E).
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC451589F8B9FE99096D" bold="true" box="[199,304,1814,1839]" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">Spicules.</emphasis>
Diods can be very small to large. Large diods are slightly bent but mostly straight, slightly sinuous, with a thick center. Ends of large diods are sharp and sometimes bent (
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FG): Small diods are rare, also thicker in the center and mostly straight. Small diods in
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(
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F) can be as small as 50 µm and in
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(
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H) can be as small as 24 µm. Size (length × width) for
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, 50
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC45169AF82CFBBA09D9" box="[980,1043,1923,1947]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">173.2</emphasis>
(±37.1)234 µm × 4.3
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC451051F82CFAEB09D9" box="[1311,1346,1923,1947]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">7.9</emphasis>
(±1.7) 11.0 µm;
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, 24
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC4514D0F809FE7409FD" box="[414,477,1958,1983]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">107.6</emphasis>
(±43.4)172 µm x 2.4
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC4517ABF808FCA109FD" box="[741,776,1959,1983]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">3.7</emphasis>
(±0.7)4.8 µm (
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). Triods are not abundant, being Yshaped, smooth, and with sharp endings that are sometimes bent (
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Fig.
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I) Size for
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, 40
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFD8CC451199F865FAA109A1" box="[1239,1288,1994,2019]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="212">64.2</emphasis>
(±15.8)103 µm × 1.8
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC42145FFF37FE9D0EF2" box="[273,308,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">5.9</emphasis>
(±2.2)10.9 µm;
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, 26
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4217EAFF37FD7C0EF2" box="[676,725,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">45.1</emphasis>
(±11.3)67 µm × 2.4
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421691FF37FBAB0EF2" box="[991,1026,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">3.3</emphasis>
(±0.5)4.8 (
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). Microrhabds, quasiamphiasters and spheres are absent.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4215D9FEABFEA30F59" bold="true" box="[151,266,260,283]" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Spicule measurements of diods and triods (length and width) of holotypes (h) and paratypes (p) of
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421074FEACFEE10F79" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Plakortis deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4214C2FE8CFDD90F79" box="[396,624,291,315]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Plakortis symbiotica</emphasis>
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. Triod measurements are actine length and width. Measurements are expressed as minimum
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4214D6FEEBFE7B0F19" box="[408,466,324,347]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">mean</emphasis>
(±1 standard deviation)maximum. N=30.
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<paragraph id="6E343689FFDFCC4215D1FED9FAFC0FCE" blockId="4.[159,1410,374,644]" box="[159,1365,374,396]" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Spicule Specimen Location* Length (µm) Width (µm)</paragraph>
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Diod
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421443FE0FFDB10FF4" box="[269,536,416,438]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Plakortis deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
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USNM1254645 (h) BDT,
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50
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4216BBFE0FFB870FF4" box="[1013,1070,416,438]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">173.2</emphasis>
(±37.1)234 4
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4211B6FE0FFABE0FF4" box="[1272,1303,416,438]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">7.9</emphasis>
(±1.7)11
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421443FE66FDB10F9D" box="[269,536,457,479]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Plakortis deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
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USNM1254647 (p) SS,
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24
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4216BBFE66FB870F9D" box="[1013,1070,457,479]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">107.6</emphasis>
(±43.4)172 2
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4211B6FE66FABE0F9D" box="[1272,1303,457,479]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">3.7</emphasis>
(±0.7)5
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421443FE5DFE770C4A" box="[269,478,498,520]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Plakortis symbiotica</emphasis>
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USNM1254650 (h) LP,
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72
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4216BBFE5DFB830C4A" box="[1013,1066,498,520]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">113.1</emphasis>
(±16.7)142 2
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4211B6FE5DFABE0C4A" box="[1272,1303,498,520]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">3.6</emphasis>
(±0.8)5 Triods
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421443FDB3FDB10C70" box="[269,536,540,562]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Plakortis deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
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USNM1254645 (h) BDT,
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40
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4216BBFDB3FB880C70" box="[1013,1057,540,562]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">64.2</emphasis>
(±15.8)103 1
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4211B6FDB3FABE0C70" box="[1272,1303,540,562]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">5.9</emphasis>
(±2.2)11 (actine)
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421443FDEAFDB10C19" box="[269,536,581,603]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Plakortis deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
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USNM1254647 (p) SS,
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26
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4216BBFDEAFB880C19" box="[1013,1057,581,603]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">45.1</emphasis>
(±11.3)68 2
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4211B6FDEAFABE0C19" box="[1272,1303,581,603]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">3.3</emphasis>
(±0.5)5
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421443FDC1FE770CC6" box="[269,478,622,644]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Plakortis symbiotica</emphasis>
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USNM1254650 (h) LP,
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20
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4216BBFDC1FB880CC6" box="[1013,1057,622,644]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">40.4</emphasis>
(±12.8)71 2
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4211B6FDC1FABE0CC6" box="[1272,1303,622,644]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">3.3</emphasis>
(±0.7)5
</paragraph>
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*Location BDT refers to
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, SS refers to
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San
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and LP to La Parguera.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6E343689FFDFCC421589FD4AFAC40A5C" blockId="4.[151,1437,741,2026]" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421589FD4AFE6A0CBC" bold="true" box="[199,451,741,766]" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Habitat and ecology.</emphasis>
Extensive surveys performed in the Caribbean suggest that this sponge is obligately associated with
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421404FCA5FE400D60" box="[330,489,777,802]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">X. deweerdtae</emphasis>
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as free-living forms of
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4217BDFCA5FC610D60" box="[755,968,777,802]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">P. deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421681FCA6FB810D60" bold="true" box="[975,1064,777,802]" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="47CC57E0FFDFCC421681FCA6FB810D60" box="[975,1064,777,802]" pageId="4" pageNumber="213" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
have not been observed in more than 25 surveys that spanned four countries in the Caribbean:
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<collectingRegion id="AC4FF86BFFDFCC421601FC82FC010D04" box="[847,936,813,838]" country="Mexico" name="Mexico" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Mexico</collectingRegion>
</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="169C7619FFDFCC4216FDFC82FBB40D04" box="[947,1053,813,838]" name="Bahamas" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Bahamas</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="169C7619FFDFCC421167FC81FB070D04" box="[1065,1198,813,838]" name="Puerto Rico" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Puerto Rico</collectingCountry>
(
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Vicente
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421055FC81FAE50D04" box="[1307,1356,813,838]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">et al</emphasis>
. 2014
</bibRefCitation>
) and
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<collectingRegion id="AC4FF86BFFDFCC421588FCFDFEB60D2B" box="[198,287,850,873]" country="Panama" name="Panama" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Panama</collectingRegion>
</collectingCountry>
in this study.
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4214F6FCFDFD240D28" box="[440,653,849,874]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">P. deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4217DBFCFEFC840D28" box="[661,813,849,874]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">X.deweerdtae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sponge pairs have been documented from small sponge recruits to massive adults (
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AC in
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Vicente
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4217F4FCD9FD5B0DCC" box="[698,754,885,910]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">et al.</emphasis>
2014
</bibRefCitation>
). These sponge pairs are found on the upper level (
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) of mesophotic reef habitats, on vertical walls, shaded sides of pinnacles, as well as cryptic habitats (roof of overhangs and reef caves) of the Caribbean. In
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<collectingRegion id="AC4FF86BFFDFCC42178CFC11FCB20D97" box="[706,795,958,981]" country="Panama" name="Panama" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Panama</collectingRegion>
</collectingCountry>
the new species was found in a depth of
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, on the shaded sides of spur and groove hard bottom habitats exposed to high wave energy; individuals are completely overgrown by
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421474FBA9FE700A5C" box="[314,473,1029,1054]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">X. deweerdtae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to the point where the new species is not visible unless the sponge pair is broken.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="26916502FFDFCC421589FB86FF100AC8" pageId="4" pageNumber="213" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="6E343689FFDFCC421589FB86FF100AC8" blockId="4.[151,1437,741,2026]" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421589FB86FEC90A00" bold="true" box="[199,352,1065,1090]" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="169C7619FFDFCC421427FB86FE660A00" box="[361,463,1065,1090]" name="Bahamas" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Bahamas</collectingCountry>
(Little
<collectingRegion id="AC4FF86BFFDFCC421769FB85FD160A00" box="[551,703,1065,1090]" country="El Salvador" name="San Salvador" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">
San
<collectingCountry id="169C7619FFDFCC421714FB86FD160A00" box="[602,703,1065,1090]" name="El Salvador" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Salvador</collectingCountry>
</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="AC4FF86BFFDFCC421782FB85FCCD0A00" box="[716,868,1065,1090]" country="El Salvador" name="San Salvador" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">
San
<collectingCountry id="169C7619FFDFCC4217B1FB86FCCD0A00" box="[767,868,1065,1090]" name="El Salvador" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Salvador</collectingCountry>
</collectingRegion>
, Acklins,
<collectingRegion id="AC4FF86BFFDFCC421696FB85FBF70A00" box="[984,1118,1066,1090]" country="Bahamas" name="Mayaguana" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Mayaguana</collectingRegion>
, Mira Por Voz, Plana Keys, Hogsty Reef; see also
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Vicente
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4214BFFBE1FD8A0A24" box="[497,547,1101,1126]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">et al</emphasis>
. 2014
</bibRefCitation>
, Zea
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4217E4FBE1FD750A24" box="[682,732,1101,1126]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">et al</emphasis>
. 2014) and
<collectingCountry id="169C7619FFDFCC42162AFBE1FC140A27" box="[868,957,1102,1125]" name="Panama" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">
<collectingRegion id="AC4FF86BFFDFCC42162AFBE1FC140A27" box="[868,957,1102,1125]" country="Panama" name="Panama" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Panama</collectingRegion>
</collectingCountry>
(Dolphin Rock,
<collectingRegion id="AC4FF86BFFDFCC421135FBE1FA8E0A24" box="[1147,1319,1101,1126]" country="Panama" name="Bocas del Toro" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Bocas del Toro</collectingRegion>
) (
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B, E).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="26916502FFDFCC401589FB3AFAB80B16" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="215" pageId="4" pageNumber="213" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="6E343689FFDFCC421589FB3AFD6D0A90" blockId="4.[151,1437,741,2026]" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421589FB3AFEE70AEC" bold="true" box="[199,334,1173,1198]" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Etymology.</emphasis>
The name
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421498FB3AFD390AEC" box="[470,656,1173,1198]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
denotes the close association with
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC42117CFB39FAFD0AEC" box="[1074,1364,1173,1198]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Xestospongia deweerdtae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, from
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4215D9FB16FF780A90" box="[151,209,1209,1234]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">phila</emphasis>
meaning “living or growing by preference”.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6E343689FFDFCC421589FB72FD880BB3" blockId="4.[151,1437,741,2026]" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421589FB72FE150AB4" bold="true" box="[199,444,1245,1270]" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Taxonomic remarks.</emphasis>
There are currently 12
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC42178EFB72FC8F0AB4" box="[704,806,1245,1270]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">Plakortis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species known for the TWA of which seven occur in the Caribbean:
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421455FAADFE510B58" box="[283,504,1281,1306]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">P. angulospiculatus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="0A1A4B78FFDFCC421747FAADFD3C0B58" author="Carter" box="[521,661,1282,1306]" pageId="4" pageNumber="213" refString="Carter, H. (1883) Contributions to our knowledge of the Spongida. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 12, 308 - 329. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222938309459636" type="journal article" year="1883">Carter 1883</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A98B4D0AFFDFCC4217E2FAADFBF90B58" authority="De Laubenfels 1934" authorityName="De Laubenfels" authorityYear="1934" box="[684,1104,1281,1306]" class="Homoscleromorpha" family="Plakinidae" genus="Plakortis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Homosclerophorida" pageId="4" pageNumber="213" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="zyggompha">
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4217E2FAADFCE30B58" box="[684,842,1281,1306]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">P. zyggompha</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="0A1A4B78FFDFCC421615FAADFBE10B58" author="De" box="[859,1096,1281,1306]" pageId="4" pageNumber="213" refString="De Laubenfels, M. W. (1934) New sponges from the Puerto Rican deep. Smithsonian Miscellanous Collections, 91, 1 - 28 .." type="journal article" year="1934">De Laubenfels 1934</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A98B4D0AFFDFCC421110FAADFF730B7C" authority="Wilson 1902" authorityName="Wilson" authorityYear="1902" class="Homoscleromorpha" family="Plakinidae" genus="Plakortis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Homosclerophorida" pageId="4" pageNumber="213" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="halichondrioides">
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421110FAADFA930B58" box="[1118,1338,1281,1306]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">P. halichondrioides</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="0A1A4B78FFDFCC421004FAAEFF7A0B7C" author="Wilson" pageId="4" pageNumber="213" refString="Wilson, H. (1902) The sponges collected in Porto Rico in 1899 by the US Fish Commission steamer Fish Hawk. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 2, 375 - 411." type="journal article" year="1902">Wilson 1902</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A98B4D0AFFDFCC4215A7FA89FDC20B7C" authority="Ereskovsky et al., 2014" authorityName="Ereskovsky et al." authorityYear="2014" box="[233,619,1317,1342]" class="Homoscleromorpha" family="Plakinidae" genus="Plakortis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Homosclerophorida" pageId="4" pageNumber="213" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="myrae">
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4215A7FA89FEE20B7F" box="[233,331,1318,1341]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">P. myrae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="0A1A4B78FFDFCC421416FA8AFDC20B7C" author="Ereskovsky" box="[344,619,1317,1342]" pageId="4" pageNumber="213" refString="Ereskovsky, A. V., Lavrov, D. V. &amp; Willenz, P. (2014) Five new species of Homoscleromorpha (Porifera) from the Caribbean Sea and re-description of Plakina jamaicensis. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 94, 285 - 307. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0025315413000295" type="journal article" year="2014">
Ereskovsky
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4214AAFA89FD890B7C" box="[484,544,1317,1342]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">et al.</emphasis>
, 2014
</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421737FA89FD530B7F" box="[633,762,1317,1342]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">P. e d w a rd s i</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="0A1A4B78FFDFCC421649FA8AFBB20B7C" author="Ereskovsky" box="[775,1051,1317,1342]" pageId="4" pageNumber="213" refString="Ereskovsky, A. V., Lavrov, D. V. &amp; Willenz, P. (2014) Five new species of Homoscleromorpha (Porifera) from the Caribbean Sea and re-description of Plakina jamaicensis. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 94, 285 - 307. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0025315413000295" type="journal article" year="2014">
Ereskovsky
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4216DAFA89FC660B7C" box="[916,975,1317,1342]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">et al.</emphasis>
, 2014
</bibRefCitation>
, and
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421112FA89FB690B7F" box="[1116,1216,1317,1342]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">P. da r i a e</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="0A1A4B78FFDFCC421183FA8AFF7A0B20" author="Ereskovsky" pageId="4" pageNumber="213" refString="Ereskovsky, A. V., Lavrov, D. V. &amp; Willenz, P. (2014) Five new species of Homoscleromorpha (Porifera) from the Caribbean Sea and re-description of Plakina jamaicensis. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 94, 285 - 307. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0025315413000295" type="journal article" year="2014">
Ereskovsky
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421014FA89FA3C0B7C" box="[1370,1429,1317,1342]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">et al.</emphasis>
, 2014
</bibRefCitation>
.
<taxonomicName id="A98B4D0AFFDFCC421592FAE5FE180B20" box="[220,433,1353,1378]" class="Homoscleromorpha" family="Plakinidae" genus="Plakortis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Homosclerophorida" pageId="4" pageNumber="213" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="deweerdtaephila" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421592FAE5FE180B20" box="[220,433,1353,1378]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">P. deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4214F6FAE6FDB80B20" bold="true" box="[440,529,1353,1378]" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="47CC57E0FFDFCC4214F6FAE6FDB80B20" box="[440,529,1353,1378]" pageId="4" pageNumber="213" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
does not have any microrhabds or quasiamphiasters which places it among the
<taxonomicName id="A98B4D0AFFDFCC4210C9FAE5FF440BC4" class="Homoscleromorpha" family="Plakinidae" genus="Plakortis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Homosclerophorida" pageId="4" pageNumber="213" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="simplex">
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4210C9FAE5FF440BC4" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">P. simplex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group according to
<bibRefCitation id="0A1A4B78FFDFCC42176DFAC2FD610BC4" author="Muricy" box="[547,712,1389,1414]" pageId="4" pageNumber="213" refString="Muricy, G. (2011) Diversity of Indo-Australian Plakortis (Demospongiae: Plakinidae), with description of four new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 91, 303 - 319. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0025315410000743" type="journal article" year="2011">Muricy (2011)</bibRefCitation>
. This species complex in the TWA includes,
<taxonomicName id="A98B4D0AFFDFCC4211F5FAC1FEFF0BE8" authority="Moraes &amp; Muricy, 2003" authorityName="Moraes &amp; Muricy" authorityYear="2003" class="Homoscleromorpha" family="Plakinidae" genus="Plakortis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Homosclerophorida" pageId="4" pageNumber="213" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="insularis">
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4211F5FAC1FA910BC4" box="[1211,1336,1389,1414]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">P. insularis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="0A1A4B78FFDFCC421008FAC1FEE70BE8" author="Moraes" pageId="4" pageNumber="213" refString="Moraes, F. C. &amp; Muricy, G. (2003) Taxonomy of Plakortis and Plakinastrella (Demospongiae: Plakinidae) from oceanic islands off north-eastern Brazil, with description of three new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 83, 385 - 397. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0025315403007239 h" type="journal article" year="2003">Moraes &amp; Muricy, 2003</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC42142CFA3DFE550BE8" box="[354,508,1425,1450]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">P. zyggompha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421745FA3DFD250BE8" box="[523,652,1425,1450]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">P. edwardsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421784FA3DFC820BE8" box="[714,811,1425,1450]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">P. dariae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. By having two size classes of diods the new species is more similar to
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421406FA19FE6F0B8F" box="[328,454,1461,1486]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">P. e dw ard s i</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4214B1FA19FDCD0B8C" box="[511,612,1461,1486]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">P. dariae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
that inhabit vertical shaded sides of reef boulders in
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and were collected along depths of
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22
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.
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<paragraph id="6E343689FFDFCC421589FA52FDD608AF" blockId="4.[151,1437,741,2026]" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">
The external morphology of the new species differs from
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC42163EFA51FC580857" box="[880,1009,1533,1558]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">P. e d w a rds i</emphasis>
by having an irregular surface with oscules that can be elevated with large openings. In
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oscules are flush with the surface (
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Ereskovsky
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4210C6F98DFF1D081C" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">et al.</emphasis>
2014
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). The ectosome of the new species has more organized circular meshes than
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC42111BF9E9FB74081C" box="[1109,1245,1605,1630]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">
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,
</emphasis>
without spicules cluttering open circular spaces. There is also an abundance of subectosomal lacunae that separates the ectosome from the choanosome in the new species that is not mentioned in the description of
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC421102F921FB6308E7" box="[1100,1226,1677,1702]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">P. e d w a rd s i</emphasis>
. The choanosome also has more abundant circular meshes than in
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. Spicules of specimens from
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, however, are similar in size and shape to
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4214B9F979FDDD08AF" box="[503,628,1749,1774]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">P. e dw ard s i</emphasis>
.
</paragraph>
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Despite having similar spicule sizes to
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4217C5F955FD5B0950" box="[651,754,1785,1810]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">P. dariae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the new species differs in external morphology and in the skeleton arrangement of the ectosome and choanosome. Also, the color of
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC4216A8F8B1FBE00974" box="[998,1097,1821,1846]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">P. dariae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is green, contrasting with the brown of the new species. Sponge individuals of the new species are larger and thicker than
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC42118CF8EDFA810918" box="[1218,1320,1857,1882]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">P. dariae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The new species also has larger oscules and an irregular surface. The ectosome of
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDFCC42169EF8C9FB9C093C" box="[976,1077,1893,1918]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="213">P. dariae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is poorly differentiated without subectosomal lacunae. Spicules of
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cross the surface of the ectosome while spicules in the ectosome of the new species never cross the surface. The shape of the small diods of
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is also irregular with one end blunt which does not coincide with the shape of small diods in the new species that are always symmetrical.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="6E343689FFDECC4315D9F8EFFBED09AD" blockId="5.[151,1436,1856,2031]" pageId="5" pageNumber="214">
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDECC4315D9F8EFFEB30917" bold="true" box="[151,282,1856,1878]" pageId="5" pageNumber="214">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDECC431466F8EFFD930914" box="[296,570,1856,1878]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="214">Plakortis deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="47CC57E0FFDECC431706F8EFFD360917" box="[584,671,1856,1877]" pageId="5" pageNumber="214" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(A) holotype (USNM1254645) (basibiont-brown) fully overgrown by
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDECC4315D9F8CFFE320937" box="[151,411,1887,1909]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="214">Xestospongia deweerdtae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(epibiont-pink) in Panama; the specimen has been uplifted from the bottom to show the basibiont; oscules directed downwards are visible; (B) Bahamas USNM1254647 (brown) partially overgrown by
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDECC4311F9F8D0FAE109D1" box="[1207,1352,1917,1940]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="214">X. deweerdtae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(pink); (C) tangential section of the ectosome (LM); (D) perpendicular section through the ectosome and choanosome (LM); (E) closeup of a perpendicular section through the choanosome (LM); (F) diods from specimens from Panama (SEM); (G-H) diods from specimens collected in the Bahamas (SEM); (I) triods from specimens from Panama (SEM).
</paragraph>
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The specimen also shows morphological differences to
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC40167DFF36FC190EF2" box="[819,944,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. insularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, in that it has an irregular surface with large oscules. The skeleton of
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC4014E2FF12FD830E97" box="[428,554,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. insularis</emphasis>
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consists of a loose and confused arrangement of diods in low density and in
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC4010C9FF12FEF90EBA" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
diods are present in high density forming organized circular meshes. The dense arrangement of diods also forms subectosomal lacunae which are not present in
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC401632FEAAFC550F5F" box="[892,1020,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. insularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Small diods in
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC4011F5FEAAFA930F5F" box="[1211,1338,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. insularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are also absent.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6E343689FFDDCC401589FEE3FC7F0CEA" blockId="6.[151,1436,151,1365]" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">
The thick massive shape, brown color and dark color exudate, plus having some spicules reaching sizes&gt;150 µm, led
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Zea
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC401462FEDEFEC80FCA" box="[300,353,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">et al</emphasis>
. (2009)
</bibRefCitation>
to erroneously identify
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC40179BFEDEFC040FCA" box="[725,941,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC401696FEDEFB1D0FCA" box="[984,1204,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. halichondrioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. This fact was later corrected (Zea
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC401471FE3AFED90FEF" box="[319,368,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">et al</emphasis>
. 2014) after the molecular and spicular comparisons of
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Vicente
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC401172FE3AFBC50FEF" box="[1084,1132,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">et al</emphasis>
. (2014)
</bibRefCitation>
demonstrated their distinctiveness. To understand their differences, we made direct comparisons of specimens of
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC40118BFE16FA320F92" box="[1221,1435,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with specimens of
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC401435FE72FDF30FB7" box="[379,602,476,501]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. halichondrioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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and
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. Morphologically, the ectosomal skeleton of
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC401452FDAEFE5F0C5A" box="[284,502,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. halichondrioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC401665FDAEFBAB0C5A" box="[811,1026,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in that spicules break the surface of the ectosome. Spicules also protrude inside circular meshes of the ectosome of
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC401106FD8AFA8F0C7F" box="[1096,1318,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. halichondrioides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and in
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC4010C9FD8AFEF90C22" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
circular meshes are free of spicules. Spicule sizes are also significantly smaller in
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC4010C9FDE6FEF90CC7" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
than in
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC4014E0FDC2FD200CC7" box="[430,649,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. halichondrioides</emphasis>
(
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Vicente
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC4017B6FDC2FC980CC7" box="[760,817,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">et al.</emphasis>
2014
</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. Differences between
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC401137FDC2FAE60CC7" box="[1145,1359,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC4010C9FDC2FEB80CEA" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. symbiotica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are given below in the taxonomic remarks of the latter species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6E343689FFDDCC401589FD1BFE9A0A77" blockId="6.[151,1436,151,1365]" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">
Recently,
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC401473FD1AFDB60C8F" box="[317,543,692,717]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. angulospiculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was reported from Carrie Bow Cay,
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<collectingRegion id="AC4FF86BFFDDCC4016A3FD1BFB9E0C8F" box="[1005,1079,692,717]" country="Belize" name="Belize" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">Belize</collectingRegion>
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, completely overgrown by
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC4010CAFD1AFEBE0CB2" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">X. deweerdtae</emphasis>
(
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Rützler
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC4014C9FD76FE6A0CB2" box="[391,451,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">et al.</emphasis>
2014
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)
</taxonomicName>
. Spicule size and shape of the
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC401631FD76FBF40CB2" box="[895,1117,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. angulospiculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
identified by
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Rützler
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC40102EFD76FA350CB2" box="[1376,1436,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">et al.</emphasis>
(2014)
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are in agreement with
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC4014B4FD52FD720D57" box="[506,731,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">
<taxonomicName id="A98B4D0AFFDDCC4014B4FD52FD7E0D57" box="[506,727,764,789]" class="Homoscleromorpha" family="Plakinidae" genus="Plakortis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Homosclerophorida" pageId="6" pageNumber="215" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="deweerdtaephila">P. deweerdtaephila</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
Thus, its identity needs to be confirmed through molecular analysis, as the sequences of
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC4014ABFC8EFD6B0D7A" box="[485,706,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. angulospiculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
we used herein (see below) turned out to be distantly related to those of
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC4015B6FCEAFE670D1F" box="[248,462,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC4014BBFCEAFD230D1F" box="[501,650,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. symbiotica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="A98B4D0AFFDDCC4017D7FCEAFCDA0D1F" box="[665,883,836,861]" class="Homoscleromorpha" family="Plakinidae" genus="Plakortis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Homosclerophorida" pageId="6" pageNumber="215" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="angulospiculatus">
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC4017D7FCEAFCDA0D1F" box="[665,883,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. angulospiculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a widespread Caribbean species, and its many reports may encompass several of the species newly described in the last decade (e.g., Ereskovski
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC401058FCC6FAE20DC2" box="[1302,1355,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">et al</emphasis>
. 2013;
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Domingos
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC401459FC22FEE40DE7" box="[279,333,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">et al</emphasis>
. 2013
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); it needs to be reassessed, preferably from
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material. The
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC4011F0FC23FB4E0DE7" box="[1214,1255,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">cob</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC401068FC23FAF50DE6" box="[1318,1372,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">cox1</emphasis>
gene sequences we used from
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC401482FC1EFD070D8A" box="[460,686,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. angulospiculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
individuals were determined by Ereskovski
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC401183FC1EFAAC0D8A" box="[1229,1285,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">et al</emphasis>
. (2014) and Erpenbeck
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC401458FC7AFEEF0DAF" box="[278,326,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">et al</emphasis>
. (2008), respectively. The only character that apparently may distinguish
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC4011CDFC7AFAF70DAF" box="[1155,1374,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. angulospiculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from our two new species of
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC4014EDFC58FDA30A52" box="[419,522,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">Plakortis</emphasis>
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is its lack of dark brown exudate (Ereskovski
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC401159FC56FBEE0A52" box="[1047,1095,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">et al</emphasis>
. 2013), but even this needs to be confirmed.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6E343689FFDDCC401589FB90FDA80AAA" blockId="6.[151,1436,151,1365]" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">
The most important morphological character that differentiates
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC4016DCFBEEFBC10A1A" box="[914,1128,1087,1112]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. deweerdtaephila</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from any
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC401193FB90FAED0A1A" box="[1245,1348,1087,1112]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">Plakortis</emphasis>
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species is that individuals have only been found associated with
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC401661FBCAFC780A3F" box="[815,977,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">X. deweerdtae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. No other sponge associations between
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC4015D9FB28FF570AE2" box="[151,254,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">Plakortis</emphasis>
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and a
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC401408FB26FE740AE2" box="[326,477,1161,1184]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">Xestospongia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have been reported other than the
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<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC401610FB26FC5B0AE2" box="[862,1010,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">P. symbiotica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/
<taxonomicName id="A98B4D0AFFDDCC4016B4FB26FB300AE2" box="[1018,1177,1159,1184]" class="Demospongiae" family="Petrosiidae" genus="Xestospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="6" pageNumber="215" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="deweerdtae">
<emphasis id="5CFFEA9BFFDDCC4016B4FB26FB300AE2" box="[1018,1177,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">X. deweerdtae</emphasis>
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sponge pair (described below). This is the first time that an obligate symbiosis with a heterospecific sponge species is a taxonomic character of any sponge species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6E343689FFDDCC401589FB5BFAB80B16" blockId="6.[151,1436,151,1365]" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">
The larger size of spicules in specimens from
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<collectingRegion id="AC4FF86BFFDDCC401790FB5AFC9E0B4E" box="[734,823,1269,1292]" country="Panama" name="Panama" pageId="6" pageNumber="215">Panama</collectingRegion>
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in comparison to those from
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(
<tableCitation id="23090332FFDDCC40107AFB5BFA220B4E" box="[1332,1419,1268,1293]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,239,260,283]" captionText="TABLE 1. Spicule measurements of diods and triods (length and width) of holotypes (h) and paratypes (p) of Plakortis deweerdtaephila and Plakortis symbiotica. Triod measurements are actine length and width. Measurements are expressed as minimum mean (± 1 standard deviation) maximum. N = 30." pageId="6" pageNumber="215">Table 1</tableCitation>
), reflect a Caribbean wide geographical pattern present in many groups of sponges, attributed to the apparent enrichment of silicon that continental locations experience, in comparison to oceanic ones (
<bibRefCitation id="0A1A4B78FFDDCC4011DBFA93FAAD0B16" author="Zea" box="[1173,1284,1340,1364]" pageId="6" pageNumber="215" refString="Zea, S. (1987) Esponjas del Caribe colombiano: Catalogo cientifico, Colombia" type="book" year="1987">Zea 1987</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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