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depth
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depth
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;
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leg.;
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;
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.;
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,
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;
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depth
</elevation>
;
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leg.;
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;
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.;
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,
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;
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depth
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;
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leg.;
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;
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<specimenCount id="9D79599DC249FF9CFDB5FA57FD45F9EE" box="[582,665,1528,1554]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">1 spec</specimenCount>
.;
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,
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;
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depth
</elevation>
;
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leg.;
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;
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<specimenCount id="9D79599DC249FF9CFD08F9B4FC90F9C9" box="[763,844,1563,1589]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">1 spec</specimenCount>
.;
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,
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;
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depth
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;
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leg.;
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;
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.
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C249FF9CFF19F9D0FDDCF965" bold="true" box="[234,512,1663,1689]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Comparative material</emphasis>
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• 1 section in slide,
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of
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C249FF9CFD74F90CFC14F941" box="[647,968,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Burtonitethya gemmiformis</emphasis>
Sarà, 1994
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; Andaman Islands; depth unknown; BMNH 1957.7.15.1.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C249FF9CFE72F8A7FD81F8DE" bold="true" box="[385,605,1799,1826]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">New South Wales</emphasis>
</collectingRegion>
• 1 spec.,
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and slides of
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C249FF9CFC28F8A8FB4AF8DE" box="[987,1174,1799,1826]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Tethya fissurata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFEEEFE5C249FF9CFB6DF8A8FAAEF8DE" author="Lendenfeld R. von" box="[1182,1394,1799,1826]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" refId="ref10471" refString="Lendenfeld R. von. 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. Taylor &amp; Francis, London." type="book" year="1888">Lendenfeld, 1888</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
; Port Jackson; “
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,
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[
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,
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]; depth unknown; AM G.9069 (
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), Z6053, Z6893 (slides).
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<collectingCountry id="F368D284C249FF9CFF4EF83FFE4CF855" box="[189,400,1935,1962]" name="New Zealand" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">NEW ZEALAND</collectingCountry>
• 1 spec.,
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(specimen and slides) of
<taxonomicName id="4C7FE997C249FF9CFC6BF820FF27F831" authority="Bergquist &amp; Kelly-Borges, 1991" authorityName="Bergquist &amp; Kelly-Borges" authorityYear="1991" class="Demospongiae" family="Tethyidae" genus="Tethya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="bullae">
<emphasis id="B90B4E06C249FF9CFC6BF820FBE9F855" box="[920,1077,1935,1961]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Tethya bullae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFEEEFE5C249FF9CFBCFF820FF27F831" author="Bergquist P. R. &amp; Kelly-Borges M." pageId="5" pageNumber="6" pagination="37 - 72" refId="ref9090" refString="Bergquist P. R. &amp; Kelly-Borges M. 1991. An evaluation of the genus Tethya (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida) with descriptions of new species from the southwest Pacific. The Beagle. Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 8: 37 - 72." type="journal article" year="1991">Bergquist &amp; Kelly-Borges, 1991</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
; Alderman Island; “
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,
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[
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,
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];
<quantity id="4C873FF1C249FF9CFC1AF81CFBEFF831" box="[1001,1075,1971,1997]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="m" value="100.0">100 m</quantity>
depth; AM Z5074.
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<heading id="D0882578C24AFF9FFF4EFEA4FE5DFED9" bold="true" box="[189,385,267,293]" fontSize="11" level="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" reason="2">
<emphasis id="B90B4E06C24AFF9FFF4EFEA4FE5DFED9" bold="true" box="[189,385,267,293]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">DNA barcoding</emphasis>
</heading>
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<paragraph id="8BC09214C24AFF9FFF4EFE95FCABFE42" blockId="6.[189,1399,313,446]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
COI (
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), 28S (D3D5) (
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), ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 (
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). All sequences came from the same individual from lot SAMA S2913, although this is a different individual than the
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specimens. A tissue sample from this voucher is deposited at the Australian Biological Tissue Collection at the South Australian Museum, Adelaide (ABTC145318).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C24AFF9FFF4EFE4BFE92FE02" bold="true" box="[189,334,484,510]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Description</emphasis>
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A small, spherical to oval, stalked, sponge (
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). The sponge body is
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diam., with the stalk approximately the same length as the diameter of the sponge. The surface is covered in polygonal platelike tubercules (
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diam.) separated by grooves (
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wide,
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deep). The sponge is firm to hard and spiculose. Grey/white in life and in ethanol. There is a single raised apical osculum. No sign of any budding.
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SKELETON. A stalk of dense megascleres supports the sponge. There is a nucleus where the stalk meets the centre of the sponge body, and although the stalk may divide and/or flatten and thicken externally it emanates from the same point at the base of the sponge. From the nucleus dense bundles (
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in diameter) of megascleres radiate through the choanosome to the surface tubercles; the bundles slightly fan out in the tubercles. The cortex is a dense layer of micrasters and oxyspherasters interspersed with megascleres emerging through the tubercules, making the surface microscopically hispid (
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D E). The cortex is well developed and follows the contours of the tubercules,
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thick. Large cortical canals are visible between tubercles (
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). A thin fibrous layer is below the cortex, it has micrasters in a much lower density. Large oxyspherasters are especially found at the base of the cortex. The megascleres of the stalk are covered in a layer of micrasters and regularly interspersed with shortrayed oxyspherasters. The choanosome is rich in sediment-like particles; there are some micrasters and rare oxyspherasters. Foraminifera (
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d'Orbigny, 1826
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) and Radiolaria are common in the cortical canals and the choanosome.
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C24AFF9FFF4EF8EDFEEEF8A0" bold="true" box="[189,306,1858,1884]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Fig. 2. A</emphasis>
. Freshly collected specimens (lot SAMA S2096) of
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. Paratype (QM G305000) showing single apical oscule (arrow), and tessellated plate-like polygonal tubercules.
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. Holotype (SAMA S3387), entire specimen and SEM showing surface tubercules with emerging megascleres.
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. Section of UPSZTY 178608, showing the well-developed cortex and cortical canals around the tubercules.
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C24BFF9EFF4EF833FED5F84A" bold="true" box="[189,265,1948,1974]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Fig. 3.</emphasis>
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spicules.
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. Straight style/strongyloxeas.
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. Subtylostyle.
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. Long-rayed oxyspheraster.
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. Short-rayed oxyspheraster with small acanthooxyspheraster.
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. Acanthooxyspheraster.
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SPICULES. Megascleres are straight style/strongyloxeas (size range 9003060 ×
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) (
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,
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AB) the proximal end is smooth and rounded, the distal end is tapered (not stepped) and either rounded or pointed. There are auxiliary thinner styles to subtylostyles in the medulla between the main styles (260900 ×
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) (
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). Megaster microscleres are two
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of oxyspherasters: longrayed oxyspherasters (
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) (
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) have ~15 rays that can be bent towards the oxeote tips (ray profile is conical); short-rayed oxyspherasters (
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) (
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), with a centrum and spined tips, and lightly spined on the rays.
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FF4EFC6DFE2EFC27" bold="true" box="[189,498,961,988]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Ecology and distribution</emphasis>
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Found on the continental slope in the Great Australian Bight at a depth of
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, in soft sediment (clay/ silt).
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FF4EFBFAFEF3FB93" bold="true" box="[189,303,1109,1135]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Remarks</emphasis>
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The morphology as well as molecular markers confirm that our new sponge is a
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shows morphological comparisons between other species of
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from
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and
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. The external appearance of
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is similar to
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from Port Jackson,
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,
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, which is spherical with polygonal tubercules and has a stalk. However,
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FB01FAAEFAAAFAE6" box="[1266,1398,1280,1306]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. fissurata</emphasis>
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differs from
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FEA3FA8BFE6CFAC1" box="[336,432,1316,1341]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. irisae</emphasis>
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in body size (~
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diam.), tubercule shape, and number of oscula (24).
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FF4EFAE9FEA6FA9C" box="[189,378,1350,1376]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Tethya fissurata</emphasis>
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has megascleres with stepped ends unlike
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FC78FAE8FC32FA9C" box="[907,1006,1351,1376]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. irisae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, which are smooth and
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FF4EFAC5FEE3FA7F" box="[189,319,1385,1411]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. fissurata</emphasis>
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lacks the short-rayed oxyspherasters seen in
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FCA1FAC5FC6DFA7F" box="[850,945,1386,1411]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. irisae</emphasis>
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Although we do not know the exact depth at which
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FE49FA22FDE1FA5B" box="[442,573,1421,1447]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. fissurata</emphasis>
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was collected, Port Jackson (viz. Sydney Harbour) is not deeper than
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(
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Johnston
<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FE81FA1EFE77FA36" box="[370,427,1456,1482]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">et al.</emphasis>
2015
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), so this is presumably a shallow species.
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FC3AFA1FFBB8FA36" box="[969,1124,1456,1482]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Tethya bullae</emphasis>
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is a deep-water (
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) sponge that is of comparable size to
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FD96FA7BFD19FA11" box="[613,709,1492,1517]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. irisae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, although it has prominent raised tubercules rather than the flat plate-like tubercules of
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FDADFA58FD61F9EC" box="[606,701,1527,1552]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. irisae</emphasis>
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(
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). The
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from the Australian Museum does not include a stalk but the description and photograph in
<bibRefCitation id="EFEEEFE5C244FF91FC69F9B6FAFAF9CF" author="Bergquist P. R. &amp; Kelly-Borges M." box="[922,1318,1561,1587]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" pagination="37 - 72" refId="ref9090" refString="Bergquist P. R. &amp; Kelly-Borges M. 1991. An evaluation of the genus Tethya (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida) with descriptions of new species from the southwest Pacific. The Beagle. Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 8: 37 - 72." type="journal article" year="1991">Bergquist &amp; Kelly-Borges (1991)</bibRefCitation>
shows “basal flattened branched rooting processes”. The long-rayed oxyspherasters of
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FB8CF992FB3DF9AA" box="[1151,1249,1597,1622]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. irisae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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are similar to those of
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FE69F9CEFDDCF986" box="[410,512,1632,1658]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. bullae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The short-rayed oxyspherasters in
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FC56F9CEFBD9F986" box="[933,1029,1633,1658]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. irisae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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do not fork as those of
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FF4EF92BFEF8F961" box="[189,292,1667,1693]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. bullae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FEC6F92CFE12F961" box="[309,462,1667,1693]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Tethya irisae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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has lightly spined acanthooxyspherasters compared to the completely spined acanthooxyspherasters of
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FDBBF908FD6CF93C" box="[584,688,1702,1728]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. bullae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In addition to
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FC9FF908FC2CF93C" box="[876,1008,1702,1728]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. fissurata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FBDEF908FB49F93C" box="[1069,1173,1702,1728]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. bullae</emphasis>
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, other
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FB1FF909FAE5F93C" box="[1260,1337,1702,1728]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Tethya</emphasis>
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with rooting processes/stolons are shown in
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(descriptions in bold text). It is difficult to tell how similar the rooting processes are to each other but these species differ in spicule forms and dimensions from
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FF0DF8BEFE82F8D6" box="[254,350,1809,1834]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. irisae</emphasis>
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For example: species with megascleres &lt;
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(
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FBC3F8BEFB52F8D6" box="[1072,1166,1809,1834]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. acuta</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFEEEFE5C244FF91FB65F8BFFAAEF8D6" author="Sara M. &amp; Sara A." box="[1174,1394,1808,1834]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" pagination="117 - 156" refId="ref11507" refString="Sara M. &amp; Sara A. 2004. A revision of Australian and New Zealand Tethya (Porifera: Demospongiae) with a preliminary analysis of species-groupings. Invertebrate Systematics 18: 117 - 156. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / IS 03008" type="journal article" year="2004">Sarà &amp; Sarà, 2004</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FF4EF89BFEB8F8B1" box="[189,356,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. bergquistae</emphasis>
Hooper in Hooper &amp; Wiedenmayer, 1994
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FC94F89BFC07F8B1" box="[871,987,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. burtoni</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C7FE997C244FF91FB3DF89BFE82F88C" authority="Sara &amp; Sara, 2004" authorityName="Sara &amp; Sara" authorityYear="2004" class="Demospongiae" family="Tethyidae" genus="Tethya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="dendyi">
<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FB3DF89BFAE6F8B1" box="[1230,1338,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. dendyi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFEEEFE5C244FF91FAB1F89CFE82F88C" author="Sara M. &amp; Sara A." pageId="8" pageNumber="9" pagination="117 - 156" refId="ref11507" refString="Sara M. &amp; Sara A. 2004. A revision of Australian and New Zealand Tethya (Porifera: Demospongiae) with a preliminary analysis of species-groupings. Invertebrate Systematics 18: 117 - 156. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / IS 03008" type="journal article" year="2004">Sarà &amp; Sarà, 2004</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FE98F8F8FE3EF88C" box="[363,482,1878,1904]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. robusta</emphasis>
(Bowerbank, 1873)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C7FE997C244FF91FD2CF8F8FB8EF88C" authority="(Wright, 1881)" authorityName="Wright" authorityYear="1881" baseAuthorityName="Wright" baseAuthorityYear="1881" box="[735,1106,1878,1904]" class="Demospongiae" family="Tethyidae" genus="Tethya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="seychellensis">
<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FD2CF8F8FC4BF88C" box="[735,919,1878,1904]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. seychellensis</emphasis>
(Wright, 1881)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FBACF8F8FB20F88C" box="[1119,1276,1878,1904]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. stolonifera</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFEEEFE5C244FF91FAF6F8F9FE12F86F" author="Bergquist P. R. &amp; Kelly-Borges M." pageId="8" pageNumber="9" pagination="37 - 72" refId="ref9090" refString="Bergquist P. R. &amp; Kelly-Borges M. 1991. An evaluation of the genus Tethya (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida) with descriptions of new species from the southwest Pacific. The Beagle. Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 8: 37 - 72." type="journal article" year="1991">Bergquist &amp; Kelly-Borges, 1991</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
); species with megasters not of a spheraster form (
<taxonomicName id="4C7FE997C244FF91FBA7F8D5FE77F84B" authority="Bergquist &amp; Kelly-Borges, 1991" authorityName="Bergquist &amp; Kelly-Borges" authorityYear="1991" class="Demospongiae" family="Tethyidae" genus="Tethya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="amplexa">
<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FBA7F8D5FB04F86F" box="[1108,1240,1913,1939]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. amplexa</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFEEEFE5C244FF91FB10F8D6FE77F84B" author="Bergquist P. R. &amp; Kelly-Borges M." pageId="8" pageNumber="9" pagination="37 - 72" refId="ref9090" refString="Bergquist P. R. &amp; Kelly-Borges M. 1991. An evaluation of the genus Tethya (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida) with descriptions of new species from the southwest Pacific. The Beagle. Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 8: 37 - 72." type="journal article" year="1991">Bergquist &amp; Kelly-Borges, 1991</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C7FE997C244FF91FE01F832FBCBF84B" authority="Bergquist &amp; Kelly-Borges, 1991" authorityName="Bergquist &amp; Kelly-Borges" authorityYear="1991" box="[498,1047,1948,1975]" class="Demospongiae" family="Tethyidae" genus="Tethya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="fastigata">
<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FE01F832FDA7F84B" box="[498,635,1949,1975]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. fastigata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
); species with very different micrasters (
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FEB6F86EFE72F826" box="[325,430,1984,2010]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. ingalli</emphasis>
Bowerbank, 1858
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C7FE997C244FF91FD62F86EFC3BF826" authority="Sara &amp; Sara, 2004" authorityName="Sara &amp; Sara" authorityYear="2004" box="[657,999,1984,2010]" class="Demospongiae" family="Tethyidae" genus="Tethya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="flexuosa">
<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FD62F86EFCD0F826" box="[657,780,1984,2010]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. flexuosa</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFEEEFE5C244FF91FCE0F86FFC3BF826" author="Sara M. &amp; Sara A." box="[787,999,1984,2010]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" pagination="117 - 156" refId="ref11507" refString="Sara M. &amp; Sara A. 2004. A revision of Australian and New Zealand Tethya (Porifera: Demospongiae) with a preliminary analysis of species-groupings. Invertebrate Systematics 18: 117 - 156. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / IS 03008" type="journal article" year="2004">Sarà &amp; Sarà, 2004</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C7FE997C244FF91FBEEF86EFAAFF826" authority="(Burton, 1924))" authorityName="" authorityYear="1924" baseAuthorityName="Burton" baseAuthorityYear="1924" box="[1053,1395,1984,2010]" class="Demospongiae" family="Tethyidae" genus="Tethya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="monstrosa">
<emphasis id="B90B4E06C244FF91FBEEF86EFB6EF826" box="[1053,1202,1985,2010]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">T. monstrosa</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFEEEFE5C244FF91FB33F86FFA83F826" author="Burton M." box="[1216,1375,1984,2010]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" pagination="1033 - 1045" refId="ref9245" refString="Burton M. 1924. A revision of the sponge family Donatiidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1924 (4): 1033 - 1045. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1924. tb 03326. x" type="journal article" year="1924">Burton, 1924</bibRefCitation>
))
</taxonomicName>
. In addition,
<taxonomicName id="4C7FE997C245FF90FEBEFBCDFE71FB87" authorityName="Sorokin, Ekins, Yang, Cárdenas &amp; Cárdenas" authorityYear="2019" box="[333,429,1122,1147]" class="Demospongiae" family="Tethyidae" genus="Tethya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="irisae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FEBEFBCDFE71FB87" box="[333,429,1122,1147]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">T. irisae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A238F37DC245FF90FE46FBCEFDCCFB87" box="[437,528,1121,1147]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is collected at the start of the bathyal zone (~
<quantity id="4C873FF1C245FF90FBDAFBCEFB55FB87" box="[1065,1161,1121,1147]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" unit="m" value="1000.0">1000 m</quantity>
). The deepest of the
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FF4EFB2BFED6FB62" box="[189,266,1156,1182]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Tethya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is
<taxonomicName id="4C7FE997C245FF90FEDFFB2AFD55FB62" authority="Bergquist, 1961" authorityName="Bergquist" authorityYear="1961" box="[300,649,1156,1182]" class="Demospongiae" family="Tethyidae" genus="Tethya" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="compactus">
<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FEDFFB2AFE1AFB62" box="[300,454,1157,1182]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">T. compactus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFEEEFE5C245FF90FE3DFB2BFD55FB62" author="Bergquist P. R." box="[462,649,1156,1182]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="169 - 206" refId="ref9049" refString="Bergquist P. R. 1961. Demospongiae (Porifera) of the Chatham Islands and Chatham Rise, collected by the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 13 (139): 169 - 206." type="journal article" year="1961">Bergquist, 1961</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(
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), which has very different external morphology.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BC09214C245FF90FF4EFEA3FDF2FEB5" blockId="9.[189,1398,267,329]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FF4EFEA3FEF4FED9" bold="true" box="[189,296,267,294]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Table 1.</emphasis>
Spicule dimensions of
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FDACFEA4FD23FED9" box="[607,767,267,293]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Tethya irisae</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A238F37DC245FF90FCFCFEA3FCAFFEDA" box="[783,883,268,294]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
holotype (SAMA S3387) and paratypes (QM G305000, QM G305001).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BC09214C245FF90FEE0FE38FB46FBE1" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
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<tr id="354F9056C2450066FEE0FE28FADAFE43" box="[275,1286,391,447]" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<th id="769EF92AC2450066FEE0FE28FDBCFE43" box="[275,608,391,447]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FEE0FE38FE41FE4C" bold="true" box="[275,413,407,432]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Spicule type</emphasis>
</th>
<th id="769EF92AC2450066FD64FE28FCC4FE43" box="[663,792,391,447]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FD64FE38FCC4FE53" bold="true" box="[663,792,407,431]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Specimen #</emphasis>
</th>
<th id="769EF92AC2450066FC91FE28FCA1FE43" box="[866,893,391,447]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FC9BFE37FCABFE4C" bold="true" box="[872,887,408,432]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">n</emphasis>
</th>
<th id="769EF92AC2450066FC37FE28FADAFE43" box="[964,1286,391,447]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FBF8FE28FB63FE63" bold="true" box="[1035,1215,391,416]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Size range (µm)</emphasis>
Mean value underlined
</th>
</tr>
<tr id="354F9056C2450066FEE0FE79FADAFE13" box="[275,1286,470,495]" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" rowspan-0="1">
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FD64FE79FCC4FE13" box="[663,792,470,495]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">S3387</td>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FC91FE79FCA1FE13" box="[866,893,470,495]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">34</td>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FC37FE79FADAFE13" box="[964,1286,470,495]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">89713613060 × 172752</td>
</tr>
<tr id="354F9056C2450066FEE0FE51FADAFDEA" box="[275,1286,510,534]" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<th id="769EF92AC2450066FEE0FE51FDBCFDEA" box="[275,608,510,534]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Strongyloxeas (l × w)</th>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FD64FE51FCC4FDEA" box="[663,792,510,534]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">G305000</td>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FC91FE51FCA1FDEA" box="[866,893,510,534]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">26</td>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FC37FE51FADAFDEA" box="[964,1286,510,534]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">111023103130 × 194272</td>
</tr>
<tr id="354F9056C2450066FEE0FD89FADAFDC2" box="[275,1286,550,574]" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" rowspan-0="1">
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FD64FD89FCC4FDC2" box="[663,792,550,574]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">G305001</td>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FC91FD89FCA1FDC2" box="[866,893,550,574]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">36</td>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FC37FD89FADAFDC2" box="[964,1286,550,574]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">127024953160 × 203964</td>
</tr>
<tr id="354F9056C2450066FEE0FDE1FADAFD9A" box="[275,1286,590,614]" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" rowspan-0="1">
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FD64FDE1FCC4FD9A" box="[663,792,590,614]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">S3387</td>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FC91FDE1FCA1FD9A" box="[866,893,590,614]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">13</td>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FC37FDE1FADAFD9A" box="[964,1286,590,614]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">2626751090 × 71623</td>
</tr>
<tr id="354F9056C2450066FEE0FDD9FADAFD72" box="[275,1286,630,654]" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<th id="769EF92AC2450066FEE0FDD9FDBCFD72" box="[275,608,630,654]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Styles (l × w)</th>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FD64FDD9FCC4FD72" box="[663,792,630,654]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">G305000</td>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FC91FDD9FCA1FD72" box="[866,893,630,654]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">16</td>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FC37FDD9FADAFD72" box="[964,1286,630,654]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">83010671730 × 112033</td>
</tr>
<tr id="354F9056C2450066FEE0FD32FADAFD4A" box="[275,1286,669,694]" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" rowspan-0="1">
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FD64FD32FCC4FD4A" box="[663,792,669,694]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">G305001</td>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FC91FD32FCA1FD4A" box="[866,893,669,694]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">8</td>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FC37FD32FADAFD4A" box="[964,1286,669,694]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">125015251970 × 192734</td>
</tr>
<tr id="354F9056C2450066FEE0FD69FADAFCD2" box="[275,1286,710,814]" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<th id="769EF92AC2450066FEE0FD69FDBCFCD2" box="[275,608,710,814]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Short-rayed oxyspherasters (diam.)</th>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FD64FD69FCC4FCD2" box="[663,792,710,814]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">S3387 G305000 G305001</td>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FC91FD69FCA1FCD2" box="[866,893,710,814]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">75 41 59</td>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FC37FD69FADAFCD2" box="[964,1286,710,814]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">5381154 4499177 4998133</td>
</tr>
<tr id="354F9056C2450066FEE0FC92FADAFC59" box="[275,1286,829,933]" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<th id="769EF92AC2450066FEE0FC92FDBCFC59" box="[275,608,829,933]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Long-rayed oxyspherasters (diam.)</th>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FD64FC92FCC4FC59" box="[663,792,829,933]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">S3387 G305000 G305001</td>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FC91FC92FCA1FC59" box="[866,893,829,933]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">21 17 2</td>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FC37FC92FADAFC59" box="[964,1286,829,933]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">120153185 154196253 131134136</td>
</tr>
<tr id="354F9056C2450066FEE0FC1AFADAFC31" box="[275,1286,949,973]" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" rowspan-0="1">
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FD64FC1AFCC4FC31" box="[663,792,949,973]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">S3387</td>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FC91FC1AFCA1FC31" box="[866,893,949,973]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">55</td>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FC37FC1AFADAFC31" box="[964,1286,949,973]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">121520</td>
</tr>
<tr id="354F9056C2450066FEE0FC72FADAFC09" box="[275,1286,989,1013]" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<th id="769EF92AC2450066FEE0FC72FDBCFC09" box="[275,608,989,1013]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Acanthooxyspherasters (diam.)</th>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FD64FC72FCC4FC09" box="[663,792,989,1013]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">G305000</td>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FC91FC72FCA1FC09" box="[866,893,989,1013]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">43</td>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FC37FC72FADAFC09" box="[964,1286,989,1013]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">131519</td>
</tr>
<tr id="354F9056C2450066FEE0FBABFADAFBE1" box="[275,1286,1028,1053]" gridrow="11" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" rowspan-0="1">
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FD64FBABFCC4FBE1" box="[663,792,1028,1053]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">G305001</td>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FC91FBABFCA1FBE1" box="[866,893,1028,1053]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">32</td>
<td id="769EF92AC2450066FC37FBABFADAFBE1" box="[964,1286,1028,1053]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">131619</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC09214C245FF90FF4EFB69FAAAF9E1" blockId="9.[189,1399,1221,1565]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
It occurred to us that when using the key to genera of
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Tethyidae (
<bibRefCitation id="EFEEEFE5C245FF90FC69FB6AFBC8FB1C" author="Sara M." box="[922,1044,1221,1248]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="245 - 267" refId="ref11387" refString="Sara M. 2002. Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. In: Hooper J. N. A. &amp; van Soest R. W. M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges: 245 - 267. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York." type="book chapter" year="2002">Sarà 2002</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FBD5FB6AFB67FB23" box="[1062,1211,1221,1247]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Tethya irisae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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appears closest to the monospecific genus
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FDA7FB46FD29FAFF" box="[596,757,1257,1283]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Burtonitethya</emphasis>
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, a tethyid with a stalk of equal length to the diameter of the sponge. The
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of
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FE09FAA3FD47FADA" box="[506,667,1292,1318]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Burtonitethya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FD5EFAA2FCBBFADA" box="[685,871,1292,1318]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">B. gemmiformis</emphasis>
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), was collected from the Andaman Sea at an unknown depth (Sarà 1994).
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FDE6FA80FC8BFAB5" box="[533,855,1327,1353]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Burtonitethya gemmiformis</emphasis>
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was originally assigned to
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FB69FA80FB3BFAB5" box="[1178,1255,1327,1353]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Tethya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(labelled as
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FF4EFAFDFE77FA90" box="[189,427,1362,1388]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Tethya gemmiformis</emphasis>
Burton &amp; Rao, 1957
</taxonomicName>
on the NHM microscope slide) but was re-assigned to a new genus
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FEF9FADAFE77FA73" box="[266,427,1397,1423]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Burtonitethya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by Sarà (1994) on account of the stalk, the conspicuous nucleus with strongyles, the reduced lacunar cortex, the specialised surface tubercules and the giant oxyaster megasters. Our new species clearly differs from this species in having different microscleres and does not have the giant megasters present in
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FE46FA4FFDACFA05" box="[437,624,1503,1529]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">B. gemmiformis</emphasis>
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. As there is no specimen of the
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species of
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FB50FA70FA98FA05" box="[1187,1348,1503,1529]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Burtonitethya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and thus no potential to sequence the sponge, we cannot test if
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FC98F9ADFBD0F9E0" box="[875,1036,1538,1564]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Burtonitethya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FAD1F9ADFAB3F9E0" box="[1314,1391,1538,1564]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Tethya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BC09214C245FF90FF4EF9EBFE6BF842" blockId="9.[189,1399,1604,1982]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
As seen above, the genus
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FE0BF9EBFD99F9A2" box="[504,581,1604,1630]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Tethya</emphasis>
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shows many different modes of attachment including basal stolons, basal roots, curved peduncles, flattened rooting processes as well as attachment discs and narrow skirts of tissue. Our results suggest that the stalk may not be a good genus-defining character within the family.
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FEFBF901FE9AF93B" box="[264,326,1709,1735]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">et al.</emphasis>
(2007)
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in their analysis of
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species, for which they used morphological characters and molecular markers, suggest that characters pertaining to ecological influences may have developed several times. Similarly, we suggest that some of the external morphological characters used to separate genera of
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are homoplasious, probably appearing several times in different clades of
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and we question whether they should be grouped as definitive characters in morphological identifications. In the same way the genus
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FE0EF8F2FD4DF88B" box="[509,657,1885,1911]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Amphitethya</emphasis>
Lendenfeld, 1907
</taxonomicName>
(Family
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) was created based on its stalk, but phylogenies show it is a
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FCFAF82FFC7DF866" box="[777,929,1920,1946]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Cinachyrella</emphasis>
Wilson, 1925
</taxonomicName>
(
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<emphasis id="B90B4E06C245FF90FB19F82EFAF5F866" box="[1258,1321,1920,1946]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">et al.</emphasis>
2013
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