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Thick clump of large lobes (
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diameter and
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. Surface optically smooth, provided with starshaped subdermal spaces (
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No special ectosomal skeleton; the choanosome is dominated by a heavily spiculated anisotropic skeleton forming squarish meshes, on average
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the ascending tracts).
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<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761F9CC6B16AA1FB417" box="[199,304,823,848]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" reason="1">
<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761F9CC6B16AA06B408" bold="true" box="[199,297,823,848]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Spicules</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Oxeas.
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Oxeas (
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Figs.
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h
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), smooth, relatively robust, usually curved, with abruptly pointed or mucronate ends, rather uniform in shape, but with a large size range 165
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264 x 11
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.
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<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761F9CC6B85AADAB4E3" box="[199,501,932,957]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" reason="1">
<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761F9CC6B85AAC1B4E5" bold="true" box="[199,494,932,957]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Ecology and distribution</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
In the sand at
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off the SW coast of
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; at
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off
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3076542123CA761F9CC6BE6A9CDB35D" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BA236C9123CA761F9CC6BE6A9CDB35D" blockId="26.[151,1437,463,1496]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">
<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761F9CC6BE6AA62B487" box="[199,333,967,992]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" reason="1">
<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761F9CC6BE6AA69B4B8" bold="true" box="[199,326,967,992]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Etymology</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
The name is given to acknowledge Adriaan (Dutch) Schriers, the owner of the Curasub for making it available for our scientific sponge studies.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3076542123CA761F9CC6C2EAF8BB280" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BA236C9123CA761F9CC6C2EAF8BB280" blockId="26.[151,1437,463,1496]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">
<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761F9CC6C2EAA14B37F" box="[199,315,1039,1064]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" reason="1">
<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761F9CC6C2EAA1BB370" bold="true" box="[199,308,1039,1064]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Remarks</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
This species was previously reported from
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as
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<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761FAB96C31AF66B37F" box="[946,1097,1040,1063]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Xestospongia</emphasis>
cf.
<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761FD7F6C31AFDFB37F" box="[1140,1264,1040,1063]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">rosariensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF8C4B38123CA761FDFD6C31ABE0B315" author="Zea, S. &amp; Rutzler, K." pageId="26" pageNumber="427" pagination="817 - 831" refId="ref26731" refString="Zea, S. &amp; Rutzler, K. (1983) A new species of Xestospongia (Porifera, Demospongea) from the Colombian Caribbean. Caldasia, 10, 817 - 831." type="journal article" year="1983">Zea &amp; Rützler, 1983</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="EF8C4B38123CA761F9F06C15A96FB315" author="Van Soest R. W. M. &amp; Stentoft, N." box="[251,576,1076,1101]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" pagination="1 - 175" refId="ref26529" refString="Van Soest R. W. M. &amp; Stentoft, N. (1988) Barbados deep-water Sponges. Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands, 70 (215), 1 - 175." type="journal article" year="1988">Van Soest &amp; Stentoft (1988)</bibRefCitation>
. We compared that material with our new species and concluded that this is not
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<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761F9C86C79AAE1B337" box="[195,462,1112,1135]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Neopetrosia rosariensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. That species has a dark brown colour and is tube-shaped, unlike the pale beige color and lobate shape of the present species. Besides
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<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761FBCE6C5CA84BB3CC" box="[709,868,1149,1172]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">N. rosariensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
four additional species of
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<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761FD936C5CAE0FB3CC" box="[1176,1312,1149,1172]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Neopetrosia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have been reported from the Western Atlantic, viz.
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<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761FB7E6C80A837B3E0" box="[629,792,1183,1208]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">N. carbonaria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Lamarck, 1814 as
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<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761FD0C6C81AF4CB3EF" box="[1031,1123,1184,1207]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Spongia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
),
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<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761FD756C80AE08B3E0" box="[1150,1319,1183,1208]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">N. dominicana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Pulitzer-Finali, 1986 as
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<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761F8476CE4AACCB384" box="[332,483,1221,1244]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Xestospongia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
),
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<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761F8F66CE4A952B384" box="[509,637,1221,1244]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">N. proxima</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF8C4B38123CA761FB856CE5AF29B385" author="Duchassaing De Fonbressin, P. &amp; Michelotti, G." box="[654,1030,1220,1245]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" pagination="1 - 124" refId="ref23312" refString="Duchassaing De Fonbressin, P. &amp; Michelotti, G. (1864) Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem, 21 (2), 1 - 124. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 11943" type="journal article" year="1864">Duchassaing &amp; Michelotti, 1864</bibRefCitation>
as
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<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761FD3A6CE5AFB2B385" box="[1073,1181,1220,1245]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Thalysias</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with junior synonym
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<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761F99C6CC8AA7BB3A7" box="[151,340,1256,1280]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Densa araminta</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF8C4B38123CA761F86A6CC9A972B258" author="De Laubenfels, M. W." box="[353,605,1255,1280]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" pagination="1 - 28" refId="ref22793" refString="De Laubenfels, M. W. (1934) New sponges from the Puerto Rican deep. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 91 (17), 1 - 28." type="journal article" year="1934">De Laubenfels, 1934</bibRefCitation>
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), and
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<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761FBA56CC8A8ACB258" box="[686,899,1255,1280]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">N. subtriangularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF8C4B38123CA761FA936CC6AF59B258" author="Duchassaing De Fonbressin, P" box="[920,1142,1255,1280]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" refId="ref23291" refString="Duchassaing De Fonbressin, P (1850) Animaux radiaires des Antilles. Plon Freres, Paris, 35 pp." type="book" year="1850">Duchassaing, 1850</bibRefCitation>
as
<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761FDA16CC9AFD8B3A7" box="[1194,1271,1256,1279]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Spongi</emphasis>
a, with junior synonyms
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D4A123CA761F81B6D2DA995B27D" authority="De Laubenfels, 1936" authorityName="De Laubenfels" authorityYear="1936" box="[272,698,1292,1317]" class="Demospongiae" family="Chalinidae" genus="Haliclona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="doria">
<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761F81B6D2DAAEAB27D" box="[272,453,1292,1317]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Haliclona doria</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF8C4B38123CA761F8C76D2DA995B27D" author="De Laubenfels, M. W." box="[460,698,1292,1317]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" pagination="1 - 225" refId="ref22824" refString="De Laubenfels, M. W. (1936) A discussion of the sponge fauna of the Dry Tortugas in particular and the West Indies in general, with material for a revision of the families and orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication, 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper, 30), 1 - 225." type="journal article" year="1936">De Laubenfels, 1936</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D4A123CA761FBCD6D2CAF16B27D" authority="De Laubenfels, 1932" authorityName="De Laubenfels" authorityYear="1932" box="[710,1081,1292,1317]" class="Demospongiae" family="Chalinidae" genus="Haliclona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="longleyi">
<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761FBCD6D2CA86CB27D" box="[710,835,1292,1317]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">H. longleyi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF8C4B38123CA761FA406D2DAF16B27D" author="De Laubenfels, M. W." box="[843,1081,1292,1317]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" pagination="37 - 66" refId="ref22754" refString="De Laubenfels, M. W. (1932) Physiology and morphology of Porifera exemplified by Iotrochota birotulata Higgin. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication, 435 (Papers Tortugas Laboratory 28), 37 - 66." type="journal article" year="1932">De Laubenfels, 1932</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D4A123CA761FD4F6D2DAA59B210" authority="Duchassaing &amp; Michelotti, 1864" authorityName="Duchassaing &amp; Michelotti" authorityYear="1864" class="Demospongiae" family="Petrosiidae" genus="Thalysias" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="rugosa">
<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761FD4F6D2DAE2AB27C" box="[1092,1285,1292,1317]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Thalysias rugosa</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF8C4B38123CA761FC066D2DAA59B210" author="Duchassaing De Fonbressin, P. &amp; Michelotti, G." pageId="26" pageNumber="427" pagination="1 - 124" refId="ref23312" refString="Duchassaing De Fonbressin, P. &amp; Michelotti, G. (1864) Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem, 21 (2), 1 - 124. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 11943" type="journal article" year="1864">Duchassaing &amp; Michelotti, 1864</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761F8BF6D0EA9B9B210" box="[436,662,1327,1352]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Schmidtia aulopora</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF8C4B38123CA761FBAB6D0EA867B210" author="Schmidt, O." box="[672,840,1327,1352]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" pagination="iii - iv" refId="ref25229" refString="Schmidt, O. (1870) Grundzuge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. Engelmann, Leipzig, iii - iv, 88 pp." type="book chapter" year="1870">Schmidt, 1870</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
) (
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Van Soest
<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761FAE86D10AF30B210" box="[995,1055,1327,1352]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">et al.</emphasis>
2014
</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D4A123CA761FD766D10AE0FB210" baseAuthorityName="Lamarck" baseAuthorityYear="1814" box="[1149,1312,1327,1352]" class="Demospongiae" family="Petrosiidae" genus="Neopetrosia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="carbonaria">
<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761FD766D10AE0FB210" box="[1149,1312,1327,1352]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">N. carbonaria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a black massive species, whereas
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D4A123CA761F8C86D74A9BBB235" baseAuthorityName="Duchassaing" baseAuthorityYear="1850" box="[451,660,1364,1389]" class="Demospongiae" family="Petrosiidae" genus="Neopetrosia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="subtriangularis">
<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761F8C86D74A9BBB235" box="[451,660,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">N. subtriangularis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is brown ramose; both are common shallow-water species, clearly different from our new species in habit and color.
<taxonomicName id="4C1D4D4A123CA761FBDB6D58A858B2C8" baseAuthorityName="Pulitzer-Finali" baseAuthorityYear="1986" box="[720,887,1399,1424]" class="Demospongiae" family="Petrosiidae" genus="Neopetrosia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="26" pageNumber="427" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="dominicana">
<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761FBDB6D58A858B2C8" box="[720,887,1399,1424]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">N. dominicana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from our new species in the shape of the spicules, which are strongyles.
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<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761F8F26DBCA957B2EC" box="[505,632,1437,1460]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">N. proxima</emphasis>
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is encrusting, orange-brown, and has a much denser skeleton (see also below in the comparison with
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<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761F8E06DE1A998B280" box="[491,695,1472,1496]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Neopetrosia ovata</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761FBB46D9EA9D2B280" bold="true" box="[703,765,1471,1496]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">
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</emphasis>
and
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<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761FA3F6DE1AF61B280" box="[820,1102,1472,1496]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">Neopetrosia eurystomata</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B969EADB123CA761FD5F6D9EAFBCB280" bold="true" box="[1108,1171,1471,1496]" pageId="26" pageNumber="427">
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</emphasis>
).
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