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AF)
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Examined material. Sample Bugor 327:
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, North Sulawesi, Siladen
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, Siladen Barat,
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.
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, the arrow indicates the massively encrusting portion of the sponge; B, Close up of the gelatinous, smooth surface, the arrows indicate larvae; C, Choanosomal skeleton of sinuous tracts of styles; D, Style; E, Sigma; F, Anchorate isochela and magnification of the crest.
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Description. The sponge encrusts several branches of
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A); on some branches the sponge becomes thicker and massively encrusting (
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A); in all the branches the anthocodiae are free to expand and retract (
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B). Consistency is gelatinous, surface smooth. Light yellow in ethanol (
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A, B). Numerous larvae and eggs are dispersed in the tissue (
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Skeleton. The skeleton organisation is difficult to determine, due to the consistency of the sponge. Scattered, tangential styles are present on the sponge surface; sinuous tracts of styles, vaguely interconnecting and running without a clear direction, are present in the inner part of the sponge. Scattered spicules among tracts (
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C).
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Spicules. Straight, smooth styles (
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D), 167.5 (180.8 ± 9.1) 195
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(2.4 ± 0.2) 2.5 μm. Sigmas “C” shaped (
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E), 15 (22.3 ± 8.5) 40 μm. Anchorate isochelae with three narrow teeth and a groove along the dorsal margin of the spicule, forming a crest (
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F), 12.5 (13 ± 1.1) 15 μm.
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Remarks. The species here described has chelae that remind of the arcuate, often unguiferate chelae typical of the genera
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and
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<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FE56C003FD41C710" box="[505,648,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Chondropsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(family
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). However,
<taxonomicName id="4C1E14F98A0FF857FBB3C003FB0DC710" box="[1052,1220,548,572]" class="Demospongiae" family="Chondropsidae" genus="Strongylacidon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Porifera" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FBB3C003FB0DC710" box="[1052,1220,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Strongylacidon</emphasis>
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is characterised by strongyles as megascleres and by an ectosomal skeleton consisting of brushes of strongyles deriving from the choanosomal tracts (van Soest, 2002b). Moreover, sand grains and foreign material are conspicuous in this genus and have a structural role in the fibres. These features do not seem to characterise the present specimen. On the other hand, the skeleton is not clearly interpretable. The presence of an ectosomal skeleton of tangential styles, absent in species of
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<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FED8C0FFFDCCC7DC" box="[375,517,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Chondropsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, is here detectable but structural sand or foreign material (typical of
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<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FAABC0FFFA5BC7DC" box="[1284,1426,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Chondropsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) are not present. On the basis of these considerations we prefer to attribute this specimen to
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<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FB14C0DBFA8FC638" box="[1211,1350,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Amphilectus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, taking choanosomal architecure as a better performing character than microsclere shape (Hajdu &amp; van
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA16F7A8A0FF857FF68C163FF12C118" blockId="32.[151,1437,151,1471]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
The presence of styles, isochelae and sigmas characterizes the genera
<taxonomicName id="4C1E14F98A0FF857FB92C162FB09C670" box="[1085,1216,837,860]" class="Demospongiae" family="Esperiopsidae" genus="Esperiopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Porifera" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FB92C162FB09C670" box="[1085,1216,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Esperiopsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FAA4C163FA5CC670" box="[1291,1429,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Amphilectus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FF38C14FFEEBC6AC" box="[151,290,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Amphilectus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is very close to
<taxonomicName id="4C1E14F98A0FF857FE7AC14EFD9EC6AC" box="[469,599,873,896]" class="Demospongiae" family="Esperiopsidae" genus="Esperiopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Porifera" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FE7AC14EFD9EC6AC" box="[469,599,873,896]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Esperiopsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the main discriminating characters are the size of the styles (&lt;400 μm) and the absence of sigmas in
<taxonomicName id="4C1E14F98A0FF857FDA2C1ABFC32C688" authority="van Soest &amp; Hajdu 2002a" authorityName="van Soest &amp; Hajdu" authorityYear="2002" box="[525,1019,908,932]" class="Demospongiae" family="Esperiopsidae" genus="Amphilectus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Porifera" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FDA2C1ABFD5EC688" box="[525,663,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Amphilectus</emphasis>
(van
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)
</taxonomicName>
. However, at least one species of
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<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FF38C197FEEBC6E4" box="[151,290,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Amphilectus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described with sigmas (
<taxonomicName id="4C1E14F98A0FF857FDC5C197FC51C6EB" authority="Brondsted, 1924" authorityName="Brondsted" authorityYear="1924" box="[618,920,943,968]" class="Demospongiae" family="Esperiopsidae" genus="Amphilectus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="glaber">
<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FDC5C197FD1DC6E4" box="[618,724,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">A. glaber</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF8F128B8A0FF857FD73C188FC51C6EB" author="Brondsted" box="[732,920,943,967]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Brondsted, H. V. (1924) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914 - 16. XV. Sponges from the Auckland and Campbell Islands. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn, 75, 117 - 167." type="journal article" year="1924">Brøndsted, 1924</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
) and at least two species of
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<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FB73C196FA96C6E4" box="[1244,1375,945,968]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Esperiopsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have styles &lt;400 μm. In van
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these two genera are described as possessing a different skeleton:
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<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FF38C1DFFEEBC13C" box="[151,290,1016,1040]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Amphilectus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with regularly isodictyal, anisotropic skeleton, and
<taxonomicName id="4C1E14F98A0FF857FCC5C1DEFC24C13C" box="[874,1005,1017,1040]" class="Demospongiae" family="Esperiopsidae" genus="Esperiopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Porifera" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FCC5C1DEFC24C13C" box="[874,1005,1017,1040]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Esperiopsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with irregularly anastomosing spicule tracts.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BA16F7A8A0FF857FF68C667FBC7C093" blockId="32.[151,1437,151,1471]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
<taxonomicName id="4C1E14F98A0FF857FF68C667FDB4C17B" ID-CoL="D32M" authority="Brondsted, 1924" authorityName="Brondsted" authorityYear="1924" box="[199,637,1087,1112]" class="Demospongiae" family="Esperiopsidae" genus="Amphilectus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="glaber">
<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FF68C667FE6AC174" box="[199,419,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Amphilectus glaber</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF8F128B8A0FF857FE1BC618FDBDC17B" author="Brondsted" box="[436,628,1087,1111]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Brondsted, H. V. (1924) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914 - 16. XV. Sponges from the Auckland and Campbell Islands. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn, 75, 117 - 167." type="journal article" year="1924">Brøndsted, 1924</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C1E14F98A0FF857FD24C667FC13C17B" ID-CoL="D32Y" authority="Whitelegge, 1907" authorityName="Whitelegge" authorityYear="1907" box="[651,986,1087,1112]" class="Demospongiae" family="Esperiopsidae" genus="Amphilectus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="munitus">
<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FD24C667FCCCC174" box="[651,773,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">A. munitus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF8F128B8A0FF857FCA1C618FC13C17B" author="Whitelegge" box="[782,986,1087,1111]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Whitelegge, T. (1907) Sponges. Part I. - Addenda. Part II. Monaxonida continued. In: Scientific Results of the Trawling Expedition of H. M. C. S. ' Thetis' off the Coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898. Memoirs of the Australian Museum, 4 (10), 487 - 515." type="journal article" year="1907">Whitelegge, 1907</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C1E14F98A0FF857FBB7C667FA85C17B" ID-CoL="D33C" authority="Topsent, 1928" authorityName="Topsent" authorityYear="1928" box="[1048,1356,1087,1112]" class="Demospongiae" family="Esperiopsidae" genus="Amphilectus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="unciger">
<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FBB7C667FB46C174" box="[1048,1167,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">A. unciger</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF8F128B8A0FF857FB0FC618FA8AC17B" author="Topsent" box="[1184,1347,1087,1111]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Topsent, E. (1928) Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Mediterranee provenant des croisieres du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. Resultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco, 74, 376 pp." type="book" year="1928">Topsent, 1928</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
are all reported from the Indo-Pacific (van
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).
<taxonomicName id="4C1E14F98A0FF857FCA0C643FC35C150" ID-CoL="D32Y" box="[783,1020,1124,1148]" class="Demospongiae" family="Esperiopsidae" genus="Amphilectus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="munitus">
<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FCA0C643FC35C150" box="[783,1020,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Amphilectus munitus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1E14F98A0FF857FB98C643FB64C150" ID-CoL="D33C" box="[1079,1197,1124,1148]" class="Demospongiae" family="Esperiopsidae" genus="Amphilectus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="unciger">
<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FB98C643FB64C150" box="[1079,1197,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">A. unciger</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
do not have sigmas.
<taxonomicName id="4C1E14F98A0FF857FF38C6AFFEBCC18C" ID-CoL="D32M" box="[151,373,1160,1184]" class="Demospongiae" family="Esperiopsidae" genus="Amphilectus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="glaber">
<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FF38C6AFFEBCC18C" box="[151,373,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Amphilectus glaber</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has larger styles (200 370
<date id="FFA049BA8A0FF857FD7EC6AEFCCFC1B3" box="[721,774,1159,1184]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" value="2010-10">x 10</date>
μm) and the choanosomal skeleton consists of a regular network of rectangular meshes. Numerous species of
<taxonomicName id="4C1E14F98A0FF857FD42C68AFCB9C1E8" ID-CoL="84NHQ" box="[749,880,1197,1220]" class="Demospongiae" family="Esperiopsidae" genus="Esperiopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Porifera" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FD42C68AFCB9C1E8" box="[749,880,1197,1220]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Esperiopsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are known from the Indo-Pacific (van
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), but only two of these species have styles that are &lt;400 μm:
<taxonomicName id="4C1E14F98A0FF857FCD4C6F6FB47C1CB" ID-CoL="3BJDW" authority="Levi, 1993" authorityName="Levi" authorityYear="1993" box="[891,1166,1231,1256]" class="Demospongiae" family="Esperiopsidae" genus="Esperiopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="diasolenia">
<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FCD4C6F6FBC7C1C4" box="[891,1038,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">E. diasolenia</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF8F128B8A0FF857FBBAC6E8FB47C1CB" author="Levi" box="[1045,1166,1231,1255]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Levi, C. (1993) Porifera Demospongiae: Spongiaires bathyaux de Nouvelle-Caledonie, recoltes par le ' Jean Charcot'. Campagne BIOCAL, 1985. In: Crosnier, A. (Eds.), Resultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 11. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (A, Zoologie), 158, 9 - 87." type="journal article" year="1993">Lévi, 1993</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1E14F98A0FF857FB6CC6F6FF06C020" ID-CoL="6GT3H" authority="Levi, 1993" authorityName="Levi" authorityYear="1993" class="Demospongiae" family="Esperiopsidae" genus="Esperiopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="magnifolia">
<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FB6CC6F6FA92C1C4" box="[1219,1371,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">E. magnifolia</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF8F128B8A0FF857FACEC6E8FF06C020" author="Levi" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Levi, C. (1993) Porifera Demospongiae: Spongiaires bathyaux de Nouvelle-Caledonie, recoltes par le ' Jean Charcot'. Campagne BIOCAL, 1985. In: Crosnier, A. (Eds.), Resultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM, Vol. 11. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (A, Zoologie), 158, 9 - 87." type="journal article" year="1993">Lévi, 1993</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(250300 μm and 350450 μm, respectively); nevertheless these species are devoid of sigmas, and chelae are longer (2840 μm in
<taxonomicName id="4C1E14F98A0FF857FE2AC73EFDD0C01C" ID-CoL="3BJDW" box="[389,537,1304,1328]" class="Demospongiae" family="Esperiopsidae" genus="Esperiopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="diasolenia">
<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FE2AC73EFDD0C01C" box="[389,537,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">E. diasolenia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 30 μm, and 4060 μm in
<taxonomicName id="4C1E14F98A0FF857FCC3C73EFBCCC01C" ID-CoL="6GT3H" box="[876,1029,1304,1328]" class="Demospongiae" family="Esperiopsidae" genus="Esperiopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="magnifolia">
<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FCC3C73EFBCCC01C" box="[876,1029,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">E. magnifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). These species are clearly different from our Indonesian specimen, which is characterised by short styles (&lt;400 μm) and by a single category of chelae and sigmas. This spicule complement, in particular the short styles, prompts us to attribute this specimen to the genus
<taxonomicName id="4C1E14F98A0FF857FF4FC7A3FEA3C0B0" ID-CoL="84LCH" box="[224,362,1412,1436]" class="Demospongiae" family="Esperiopsidae" genus="Amphilectus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Porifera" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B96AB3688A0FF857FF4FC7A3FEA3C0B0" box="[224,362,1412,1436]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Amphilectus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Unfortunately the small size of the sample prevents a clear interpretation of the skeleton, and therefore we refrain from formally describing a new species from this material.
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