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<taxonomicName box="[151,482,905,931]" class="Demospongiae" family="Spirastrellidae" genus="Diplastrella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="169" pageNumber="170" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="spirastrelloides" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,482,905,931]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Diplastrella spirastrelloides</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[489,583,905,931]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<figureCitation box="[151,282,940,965]" captionStart="FIGURE 106" captionStartId="170.[151,250,1424,1446]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,375,1402]" captionTargetId="figure@170.[151,1436,375,1402]" captionTargetPageId="170" captionText="FIGURE 106. Diplastrella spirastrelloides sp. nov., a, habitus of holotype RMNH Por. 9843 (scale bar = 1 cm), b – f, SEM images of the spicules, b, large tylostyle, b 1, details of b, c, middle-sized tylostyle, c 1, details of c, d, small tylostyle, d 1, detail of d, e, large diplaster, f, small diplasters." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/273056/files/figure.png" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Figures 106</figureCitation>
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a–f
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<materialsCitation ID-GBIF-Occurrence="1424726576" collectingDate="1966-05-11" collectionCode="RMNH" collectorName="Snellius O. C. P. S." country="Guyana" elevation="94" latitude="7.595" location="Guyana" longLatPrecision="55" longitude="-56.8767" pageId="169" pageNumber="170" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="holotype">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,386,1012,1037]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Material examined.</emphasis>
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<collectionCode box="[510,594,1013,1036]" country="Netherlands" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34992" name="National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">RMNH</collectionCode>
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Por. 9843,
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, ‘
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<collectorName box="[838,1042,1012,1037]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Snellius O.C.P.S.</collectorName>
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’
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<collectingCountry box="[1057,1144,1012,1036]" name="Guyana" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Guyana</collectingCountry>
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Shelf Expedition, station H57,
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, depth
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<elevation box="[524,583,1048,1072]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.4" pageId="169" pageNumber="170" unit="m" value="94.0">94 m</elevation>
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, bottom coarse sand shells,
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<date box="[896,1047,1047,1072]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170" value="1966-05-11">
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<collectingDate box="[896,1047,1047,1072]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170" value="1966-05-11">11 May 1966</collectingDate>
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</date>
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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<subSubSection pageId="169" pageNumber="170" type="description">
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<paragraph blockId="169.[151,1437,1012,2011]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,345,1084,1109]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Description.</emphasis>
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(
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<figureCitation box="[359,454,1084,1109]" captionStart="FIGURE 106" captionStartId="170.[151,250,1424,1446]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,375,1402]" captionTargetId="figure@170.[151,1436,375,1402]" captionTargetPageId="170" captionText="FIGURE 106. Diplastrella spirastrelloides sp. nov., a, habitus of holotype RMNH Por. 9843 (scale bar = 1 cm), b – f, SEM images of the spicules, b, large tylostyle, b 1, details of b, c, middle-sized tylostyle, c 1, details of c, d, small tylostyle, d 1, detail of d, e, large diplaster, f, small diplasters." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/273056/files/figure.png" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Fig. 106</figureCitation>
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a) Three fragments presumed to have originally been a single piece, thinly encrusting on sandy rubble. Thickness about
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, lateral size several cm2. Surface microhispid. Color in alcohol dirty white to pale beige. Consistency soft.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,309,1194,1219]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Skeleton.</emphasis>
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Small groups of tylostyles erect on the substratum rising beyond a thick mass of microscleres.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="169.[151,1437,1012,2011]" box="[199,715,1230,1255]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,304,1230,1255]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Spicules.</emphasis>
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(
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<figureCitation box="[319,416,1230,1255]" captionStart="FIGURE 106" captionStartId="170.[151,250,1424,1446]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,375,1402]" captionTargetId="figure@170.[151,1436,375,1402]" captionTargetPageId="170" captionText="FIGURE 106. Diplastrella spirastrelloides sp. nov., a, habitus of holotype RMNH Por. 9843 (scale bar = 1 cm), b – f, SEM images of the spicules, b, large tylostyle, b 1, details of b, c, middle-sized tylostyle, c 1, details of c, d, small tylostyle, d 1, detail of d, e, large diplaster, f, small diplasters." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/273056/files/figure.png" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Figs 106</figureCitation>
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b–f) Tylostyles, diplasters.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="169.[151,1437,1012,2011]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">
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Tylostyles, slightly fusiform, with prominent rounded tyles, in a large size range, divisible in two-three overlapping categories, (1) largest (
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<figureCitation box="[547,651,1302,1327]" captionStart="FIGURE 106" captionStartId="170.[151,250,1424,1446]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,375,1402]" captionTargetId="figure@170.[151,1436,375,1402]" captionTargetPageId="170" captionText="FIGURE 106. Diplastrella spirastrelloides sp. nov., a, habitus of holotype RMNH Por. 9843 (scale bar = 1 cm), b – f, SEM images of the spicules, b, large tylostyle, b 1, details of b, c, middle-sized tylostyle, c 1, details of c, d, small tylostyle, d 1, detail of d, e, large diplaster, f, small diplasters." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/273056/files/figure.png" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Figs 106</figureCitation>
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b,b1), with prominent tyles, faintly curved especially in the upper half, 528–952 x 15.5–24 µm, (2) middle-sized (
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<figureCitation box="[641,748,1338,1363]" captionStart="FIGURE 106" captionStartId="170.[151,250,1424,1446]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,375,1402]" captionTargetId="figure@170.[151,1436,375,1402]" captionTargetPageId="170" captionText="FIGURE 106. Diplastrella spirastrelloides sp. nov., a, habitus of holotype RMNH Por. 9843 (scale bar = 1 cm), b – f, SEM images of the spicules, b, large tylostyle, b 1, details of b, c, middle-sized tylostyle, c 1, details of c, d, small tylostyle, d 1, detail of d, e, large diplaster, f, small diplasters." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/273056/files/figure.png" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Figs 106</figureCitation>
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c,c1), 324–486
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<date box="[921,972,1338,1363]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170" value="2012-10">x 12</date>
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–14.5 µm, and (3) small (
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<figureCitation box="[1270,1376,1338,1363]" captionStart="FIGURE 106" captionStartId="170.[151,250,1424,1446]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,375,1402]" captionTargetId="figure@170.[151,1436,375,1402]" captionTargetPageId="170" captionText="FIGURE 106. Diplastrella spirastrelloides sp. nov., a, habitus of holotype RMNH Por. 9843 (scale bar = 1 cm), b – f, SEM images of the spicules, b, large tylostyle, b 1, details of b, c, middle-sized tylostyle, c 1, details of c, d, small tylostyle, d 1, detail of d, e, large diplaster, f, small diplasters." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/273056/files/figure.png" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Figs 106</figureCitation>
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d,d1), 267–374
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<date box="[259,338,1374,1399]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170" value="2012-10-05">x 5–12</date>
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µm, the latter tend to have slightly irregular tyles. Overall, tylostyles measure 268–
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<emphasis box="[1314,1356,1375,1399]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">542</emphasis>
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–952
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<date pageId="169" pageNumber="170">x 5</date>
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–
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<emphasis box="[179,228,1411,1435]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">15.4</emphasis>
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–24 µm.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="169.[151,1437,1012,2011]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">
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Diplasters with conical rays, in two shapes/size ranges, (1) large spheraster-like, slightly extended spicules (
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<figureCitation box="[159,256,1482,1507]" captionStart="FIGURE 106" captionStartId="170.[151,250,1424,1446]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,375,1402]" captionTargetId="figure@170.[151,1436,375,1402]" captionTargetPageId="170" captionText="FIGURE 106. Diplastrella spirastrelloides sp. nov., a, habitus of holotype RMNH Por. 9843 (scale bar = 1 cm), b – f, SEM images of the spicules, b, large tylostyle, b 1, details of b, c, middle-sized tylostyle, c 1, details of c, d, small tylostyle, d 1, detail of d, e, large diplaster, f, small diplasters." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/273056/files/figure.png" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Fig. 106</figureCitation>
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e), 31–
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<emphasis box="[330,379,1482,1507]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">41.6</emphasis>
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–48 µm, and (2) small condensed, irregular, spiraster-like spicules (
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<figureCitation box="[1129,1228,1482,1507]" captionStart="FIGURE 106" captionStartId="170.[151,250,1424,1446]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,375,1402]" captionTargetId="figure@170.[151,1436,375,1402]" captionTargetPageId="170" captionText="FIGURE 106. Diplastrella spirastrelloides sp. nov., a, habitus of holotype RMNH Por. 9843 (scale bar = 1 cm), b – f, SEM images of the spicules, b, large tylostyle, b 1, details of b, c, middle-sized tylostyle, c 1, details of c, d, small tylostyle, d 1, detail of d, e, large diplaster, f, small diplasters." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/273056/files/figure.png" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Figs 106</figureCitation>
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f), 11–
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<emphasis box="[1300,1349,1483,1507]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">18.3</emphasis>
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–26 µm
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<paragraph blockId="169.[151,1437,1012,2011]" box="[199,1103,1518,1543]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,498,1518,1543]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Distribution and ecology.</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry box="[505,592,1519,1543]" name="Guyana" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Guyana</collectingCountry>
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Shelf, on sandy-shelly bottom at
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<quantity box="[970,1027,1519,1543]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.4" pageId="169" pageNumber="170" unit="m" value="94.0">94 m</quantity>
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depth.
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<subSubSection box="[199,1187,1554,1579]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170" type="etymology">
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<paragraph blockId="169.[151,1437,1012,2011]" box="[199,1187,1554,1579]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,334,1554,1579]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Etymology.</emphasis>
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The name refers to the smaller diplasters resembling compressed spirasters.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="170" lastPageNumber="171" pageId="169" pageNumber="170" type="discussion">
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<paragraph blockId="169.[151,1437,1012,2011]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,315,1590,1615]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Remarks.</emphasis>
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The new species is very similar in spiculation to the
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<typeStatus box="[915,963,1592,1616]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">type</typeStatus>
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species of
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<emphasis box="[1089,1223,1590,1615]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Diplastrella</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, Mediterranean
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<taxonomicName authority="Schmidt, 1862" authorityName="Schmidt" authorityYear="1862" class="Demospongiae" family="Spirastrellidae" genus="Diplastrella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="169" pageNumber="170" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="bistellatus">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">D. bistellatus</emphasis>
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(
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)
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</taxonomicName>
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(originally
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<emphasis box="[624,817,1626,1651]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Tethya bistellata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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) as redescribed by
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<bibRefCitation author="Rutzler" box="[1072,1259,1626,1651]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170" refString="Rutzler, K. (2002 b) Family Spirastrellidae Ridley & Dendy, 1886. In: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (Eds.), Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow, pp. 220 - 233." type="journal article" year="2002" yearSuffix="b">Rützler (2002b)</bibRefCitation>
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(p. 221–222). Differences are the smaller tylostyles, only up to 630 µm, and the less compact smaller spiraster-like microscleres in
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<emphasis box="[181,332,1698,1723]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">D. bistellatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. A second species of
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<emphasis box="[585,719,1698,1723]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Diplastrella</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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in the
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<collectingRegion box="[801,883,1698,1723]" country="Sri Lanka" name="Central" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Central</collectingRegion>
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<collectingRegion box="[892,947,1699,1722]" country="Tanzania" name="Mjini Magharibi" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">West</collectingRegion>
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Atlantic is
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<taxonomicName authority="Hechtel, 1965" authorityName="Hechtel" authorityYear="1965" box="[1083,1432,1698,1723]" class="Demospongiae" family="Spirastrellidae" genus="Diplastrella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="169" pageNumber="170" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="megastellata">
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<emphasis box="[1083,1261,1698,1723]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">D. megastellata</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation author="Hechtel" box="[1270,1432,1698,1723]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170" refString="Hechtel, G. J. (1965) A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 20, 1 - 103." type="journal article" year="1965">Hechtel, 1965</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
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. This differs strongly in having large (up to 79 µm) irregular, anthaster-like microscleres in addition to small diplasters. See for a detailed view of the spicules
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<bibRefCitation author="Rutzler" box="[704,912,1770,1795]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170" refString="Rutzler, K., Piantoni, C., Van Soest, R. W. M. & Diaz, M. C. (2014) Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. Zootaxa, 3805 (1), 1 - 129. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3805.1.1" type="journal article" year="2014">
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Rützler
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<emphasis box="[794,850,1770,1795]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">et al.</emphasis>
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2014
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</bibRefCitation>
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(p. 36 fig. 14).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="169.[151,1437,1012,2011]" lastBlockId="170.[151,1436,151,320]" lastPageId="170" lastPageNumber="171" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">
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A further dubious species,
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<emphasis box="[517,782,1806,1831]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">Diplastrella ministrella</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, was erected by
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<bibRefCitation author="Gammill" box="[987,1174,1806,1831]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170" refString="Gammill, E. (1997) Identification of coral reef sponges. Providence Marine Pub. Inc., Tampa, FL, USA, 117 pp." type="book" year="1997">Gammill (1997)</bibRefCitation>
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, but his description is unrecognizable, contains no information on the spicules and the in situ illustration of the specimen is of low magnification lacking any details that would make it possible to recognize it.
|
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<collectingRegion box="[1017,1051,1880,1903]" country="Haiti" name="Nord" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">No</collectingRegion>
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material was apparently kept. It is possible that Gammill’s species is the same as
|
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<taxonomicName box="[678,886,1914,1939]" class="Demospongiae" family="Spirastrellidae" genus="Diplastrella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="169" pageNumber="170" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="spirastrelloides" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis box="[678,886,1914,1939]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">D. spirastrelloides</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[893,983,1914,1939]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">
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<taxonomicNameLabel box="[893,983,1914,1939]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
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, but there is no way to verify this and it seems inescapable to declare the name a
|
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<emphasis box="[607,765,1950,1975]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">nomen nudum</emphasis>
|
||
in the sense of art.13 of the
|
||
<collectionCode box="[1081,1150,1951,1975]" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">ICZN</collectionCode>
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. I contemplated using the name
|
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<taxonomicName box="[219,339,1986,2011]" class="Demospongiae" family="Spirastrellidae" genus="Diplastrella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="169" pageNumber="170" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="ministrella">
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<emphasis box="[219,339,1986,2011]" italics="true" pageId="169" pageNumber="170">ministrella</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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for the present species (which would remove the unavailability of the name), because the present diplasters are indeed small compared to those of
|
||
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<emphasis box="[699,876,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="170" pageNumber="171">D. megastellata</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. However, the habitat (Bahamian reefs at shallow depth) is clearly different from soft substratum at
|
||
<quantity box="[708,766,188,212]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.4" pageId="170" pageNumber="171" unit="m" value="94.0">94 m</quantity>
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depth off
|
||
<collectingCountry box="[881,971,188,212]" name="Guyana" pageId="170" pageNumber="171">Guyana</collectingCountry>
|
||
, rendering the conspecificity unlikely. Apart from the above discussed, the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName box="[639,773,223,248]" class="Demospongiae" family="Spirastrellidae" genus="Diplastrella" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="170" pageNumber="171" phylum="Porifera" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[639,773,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="170" pageNumber="171">Diplastrella</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has four additional species, two in the Mediterranean, one in East Africa, and one in the
|
||
<collectingRegion box="[497,562,260,285]" country="Tanzania" name="Kusini Unguja" pageId="170" pageNumber="171">South</collectingRegion>
|
||
Pacific (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Van" box="[664,915,260,285]" pageId="170" pageNumber="171" refString="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., Diaz, M. C., Cardenas, P. & Carballo, J. L. (2016) World Porifera database. Avaliable from: http: // www. marinespecies. org / porifera on 2016 - 05 - 21 (Accessed 11 Jan. 2017)" type="journal article" year="2016">
|
||
Van Soest
|
||
<emphasis box="[788,846,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="170" pageNumber="171">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
2016
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). This distribution pattern appears incomplete and more species are expected to be found.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
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||
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