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Family
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Pachastrellidae
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Sponges belonging to the family
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are defined as having various tetraxons, i.e. calthrops, shortshafted triaenes, mesotriaenes, mesotriaene-derived desmas, or long-shafted triaenes in combination with streptasters and monaxonic microscleres (
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Maldonado
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). Some spicules in the investigated material clearly correspond to this description. These are, for example, short-shafted mesodicho- (
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A), dicho- (
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Fig.
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B), and mesotriaenes (
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Figs.
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D, F, G), and other similar spicules (e.g.,
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Figs.
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C, E, HK) that, in most cases, may be assigned to the family
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. However, only some of these spicules are characteristic enough to assign them to the genus/species level. On the other hand, some of them (e.g., spicules with branched clads;
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Figs.
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E, H) also resemble those occurring in other taxa, i.e. geodiid genus
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<emphasis box="[850,941,476,499]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">Penares</emphasis>
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, discussed earlier.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,276,1869,1891]" pageId="17" pageNumber="18">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
Spicules of sponges of the order
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; A—Mesodichotriaene, family
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; B—Dichotriaene, family
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; CG—Mesotriaenes of
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-like sponge, family
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; HJ—Calthrops of
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sp., family
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; K—Spicule of the order
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; L—Triaene of
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cf.
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, family
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; M—Triaene of
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, family
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; NO—Calthrop and dichotriaene of
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(
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)-like sponge, family
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.
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Very characteristic triaenes with strongly branched clads that clearly resemble those of Recent pachastrellid
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have been found in my material (
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L). Today, there is only one species of
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known from the Philippines—
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<emphasis box="[632,749,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">B. simplex</emphasis>
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Wilson,
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(van
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Soest
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.
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). On the other hand, the only fossil representative of this family—
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<emphasis box="[616,865,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Brachiaster claudlevii</emphasis>
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Pisera &amp; Bitner
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, was recorded from the same Late Eocene deposits of southwestern
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(
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Pisera &amp; Bitner
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). Unfortunately, neither the spicules of Recent
<taxonomicName box="[236,352,332,357]" class="Demospongiae" family="Pachastrellidae" genus="Brachiaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Astrophorida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="Simplex">
<emphasis box="[236,352,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">B. simplex</emphasis>
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, nor those of
<taxonomicName box="[507,648,332,357]" class="Demospongiae" family="Pachastrellidae" genus="Brachiaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Astrophorida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="Claudlevii">
<emphasis box="[507,648,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">B. claudlevii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are identical with those described here (compare with
<bibRefCitation author="Pisera" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" refString="Pisera, A. &amp; Bitner, M. A. (2007) The sponge genus Brachiaster (Pachastrellidae, Demospongiae) and its first known fossil representative, from late Eocene of southwestern Australia. Alcheringa, 31, 365 - 373. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 03115510701640629" type="journal article" year="2007">
Pisera &amp; Bitner
<number box="[151,210,368,392]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" value="2007.0">2007</number>
</bibRefCitation>
, figs.
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,
<number box="[330,346,368,391]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" value="7.0">7</number>
;
<bibRefCitation author="Wilson" box="[358,504,367,392]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" refString="Wilson, H. V. (1925) Silicious and horny sponges collected by the U. S. Fisheries Steamer ' Albatross' during the Philippine Expedition, 1907 - 10. In: Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 100, 273 - 532." type="journal article" year="1925">
Wilson
<number box="[445,504,367,392]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" value="1925.0">1925</number>
</bibRefCitation>
, figs. 51.8,
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). Only the spicule described as
<taxonomicName box="[1000,1116,367,392]" class="Demospongiae" family="Pachastrellidae" genus="Brachiaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Astrophorida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="Simplex">
<emphasis box="[1000,1116,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">B. simplex</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shown by
<bibRefCitation author="Maldonado" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" refString="Maldonado, M. (2002) Family Pachastrellidae. In: Hooper, J. N. A. &amp; Soest, R. W. M. van (Eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow, pp. 141 - 162." type="book chapter" year="2002">
Maldonado (
<number box="[1378,1436,368,392]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" value="2002.0">2002</number>
and
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Fig.
<number box="[251,265,404,429]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" value="6.0">6</number>
</figureCitation>
A)
</bibRefCitation>
resembles closely the described here spicules. It is impossible to decide whether the studied spicules belong to a new species, or if they fall within the variability range of known
<emphasis box="[1009,1160,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Brachiasters.</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="18.[151,1436,151,932]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
Other, quite similar morphologically spicules are characteristic triaenes that bifurcate in many different planes and parts of the clads. Such spicules characterize present-day astrophorid
<taxonomicName box="[981,1124,511,536]" class="Demospongiae" family="Pachastrellidae" genus="Triptolemma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Astrophorida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[981,1124,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Triptolemma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
de
<bibRefCitation author="Laubenfels" box="[1166,1375,511,536]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" refString="Laubenfels, M. W. de (1955 b) Porifera. In: Moore, R. C. (Ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part E, Archaeocyatha and Porifera. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, New York and Lawrence, Kansas, pp. E 21 - E 112." type="book chapter" year="1955" yearSuffix="b">
Laubenfels,
<number box="[1305,1361,511,536]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" value="1955.0">1955</number>
b
</bibRefCitation>
(
<figureCitation captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="17.[151,250,1869,1891]" captionTargetBox="[166,1401,539,1837]" captionTargetId="figure@17.[165,1402,539,1838]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURE 5. Spicules of sponges of the order Astrophorida; A—Mesodichotriaene, family Pachastrellidae; B—Dichotriaene, family Pachastrellidae; C G—Mesotriaenes of Pachastrella - like sponge, family Pachastrellidae; H J—Calthrops of Calthropella sp., family Calthropellidae; K—Spicule of the order Astrophorida; L—Triaene of Brachiaster cf. claudlevii, family Pachastrellidae; M—Triaene of Triptolemma cladosum, family Pachastrellidae; N O—Calthrop and dichotriaene of Dercitus (Stoeba) - like sponge, family Ancorinidae." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/287790/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
Fig.
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</figureCitation>
M). There are two Recent species of
<taxonomicName box="[586,729,548,573]" class="Demospongiae" family="Pachastrellidae" genus="Triptolemma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Astrophorida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[586,729,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Triptolemma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
recorded from this part of the world:
<taxonomicName authority="Bertolino, Pica, Bavestrello, Iwasaki &amp; Calcinai, 2011" authorityName="Bertolino, Pica, Bavestrello, Iwasaki &amp; Calcinai" authorityYear="2011" class="Demospongiae" family="Pachastrellidae" genus="Triptolemma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Astrophorida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="Strongylata">
<emphasis box="[1160,1315,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">T. strongylata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Bertolino" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" refString="Bertolino, M., Pica, D., Bavestrello, G., Iwasaki, N. &amp; Calcinai, B. (2011) A new species of Triptolemma (Porifera: Pachastrellidae) from the Pacific Ocean with a revision of the genus. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 91 (2), 329 - 338. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1017 / s 0025315410001530" type="journal article" year="2011">
Bertolino, Pica, Bavestrello, Iwasaki &amp; Calcinai,
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</taxonomicName>
noted from
<collectingCountry box="[825,892,584,607]" name="Japan" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Japan</collectingCountry>
, and
<taxonomicName authority="Sollas, 1888" authorityName="Sollas" authorityYear="1888" box="[962,1279,583,608]" class="Demospongiae" family="Pachastrellidae" genus="Triptolemma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Astrophorida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="Cladosum">
<emphasis box="[962,1103,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">T. cladosum</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Sollas" box="[1124,1271,583,608]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" refString="Sollas, W. J. (1888) Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H. M. S. Challenger, during the years 1873 - 1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger, 1873 - 1876. Zoology, 25 (63), 1 - 458." type="journal article" year="1888">
Sollas,
<number box="[1214,1271,584,608]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" value="1888.0">1888</number>
</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
known from
<collectingCountry box="[151,260,620,645]" name="Indonesia" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
(van
<bibRefCitation author="Soest" box="[326,591,620,645]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" refString="Soest, R. W. M., van &amp; Hooper, J. N. A. (2002 b) Family Calthropellidae Lendenfeld, 1906. In: Hooper, J. N. A. &amp; Soest, R. W. M. van (Eds.), Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow, pp. 127 - 133." type="book chapter" year="2002" yearSuffix="b">
Soest &amp; Hooper
<number box="[518,577,620,645]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" value="2002.0">2002</number>
b
</bibRefCitation>
; van
<bibRefCitation author="Soest" box="[652,848,620,645]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" refString="Soest, R. W. M., van, Boury-Esnault, N., Hooper, J. N. A., Rutzler, K., de Voogd, N. J., Alvarez de Glasby, B., Hajdu, E., Pisera, A. B., Manconi, R., Schoenberg, C., Janussen, D., Tabachnick, K. R., Klautau, M., Picton, B., Kelly, M., Vacelet, J., Dohrmann, M. &amp; Cristina Diaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: Van Soest, R. W. M., Boury- Esnault, N., Hooper, J. N. A., Rutzler, K., de Voogd, N. J., Alvarez de Glasby, B., Hajdu, E., Pisera, A. B., Manconi, R., Schoenberg, C., Janussen, D., Tabachnick, K. R., Klautau, M., Picton, B., Kelly, M., Vacelet, J., Dohrmann, M. &amp; Cristina Diaz, M. World Porifera database. Available from: http: // www. marinespecies. org / porifera / porifera. php? p = taxdetails &amp; id = 171271 (accessed 19 March 2014)" type="journal article" year="2013">
Soest
<emphasis box="[721,772,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">et al</emphasis>
.
<number box="[787,848,620,644]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" value="2013.0">2013</number>
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). The sponges belonging to this genus penetrate the tissue of other sponges (
<bibRefCitation author="Maldonado" box="[438,640,655,680]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" refString="Maldonado, M. (2002) Family Pachastrellidae. In: Hooper, J. N. A. &amp; Soest, R. W. M. van (Eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow, pp. 141 - 162." type="book chapter" year="2002">
Maldonado
<number box="[579,640,656,680]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" value="2002.0">2002</number>
</bibRefCitation>
). The studied triaenes resemble closely the spicules of
<taxonomicName class="Demospongiae" family="Pachastrellidae" genus="Triptolemma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Astrophorida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="Cladosum">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Triptolemma cladosum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(for example, compare with
<figureCitation box="[592,659,692,717]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="18.[151,250,1469,1491]" captionTargetBox="[268,1321,991,1446]" captionTargetId="figure@18.[260,1327,985,1447]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="FIGURE 6. Short-shafted mesodichotriaenes of recent pachastreallids (order Astrophorida); A— Brachiaster simplex (from Maldonado 2002); B— Triptolemma cladosum (from Maldonado 2002, redrawn from Sollas 1888)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/287791/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
Fig.
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</figureCitation>
B) and considering the fact that today
<taxonomicName box="[1100,1237,692,717]" class="Demospongiae" family="Pachastrellidae" genus="Triptolemma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Astrophorida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="Cladosum">
<emphasis box="[1100,1237,692,717]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">T. cladosum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
inhabits adjacent areas (Hooper &amp; van Soest
<number box="[477,537,728,752]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" value="2002.0">2002</number>
), it is possible that the spicules discussed here belong to the ancestor of this species. On the other hand, some of the spicules described above as pachastrellid may also be assigned to
<taxonomicName box="[151,294,799,824]" class="Demospongiae" family="Pachastrellidae" genus="Triptolemma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Astrophorida" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" phylum="Porifera" rank="genus">
<emphasis box="[151,294,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Triptolemma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(e.g.,
<figureCitation box="[364,440,799,824]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="17.[151,250,1869,1891]" captionTargetBox="[166,1401,539,1837]" captionTargetId="figure@17.[165,1402,539,1838]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURE 5. Spicules of sponges of the order Astrophorida; A—Mesodichotriaene, family Pachastrellidae; B—Dichotriaene, family Pachastrellidae; C G—Mesotriaenes of Pachastrella - like sponge, family Pachastrellidae; H J—Calthrops of Calthropella sp., family Calthropellidae; K—Spicule of the order Astrophorida; L—Triaene of Brachiaster cf. claudlevii, family Pachastrellidae; M—Triaene of Triptolemma cladosum, family Pachastrellidae; N O—Calthrop and dichotriaene of Dercitus (Stoeba) - like sponge, family Ancorinidae." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/287790/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
Figs.
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</figureCitation>
A, E, H) but they also may belong to other pachastrellid genera, e.g.,
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<emphasis box="[1213,1345,799,824]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Brachiaster</emphasis>
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bearing very similar spicules.
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="18.[151,1436,151,932]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">
Megascleres of
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<emphasis box="[381,525,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">Triptolemma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were already described from the Eocene of
<collectingCountry box="[1039,1192,871,896]" name="New Zealand" pageId="18" pageNumber="19">New Zealand</collectingCountry>
by
<bibRefCitation author="Hinde" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" refString="Hinde, G. J. &amp; Holmes, W. M. (1892) On the sponge remains in the Lower Tertiary Strata near Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 24, 177 - 262. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1892. tb 02480. x" type="journal article" year="1892">
Hinde &amp; Holmes (
<number box="[159,220,908,932]" pageId="18" pageNumber="19" value="1892.0">1892</number>
)
</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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