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(
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AE)
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.
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Por. 16887,
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,
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, near Carmabi,
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-
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, in reef cavity at approx.
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, 10-2001, coll. S. Scheffers #35.
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<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFF4DFE54D92BFD97" bold="true" box="[197,343,487,513]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Description</emphasis>
. Thinly encrusting, microlobate and microhispid; size of now fragmented
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15 x
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. Live color not noted, off-white in alcohol.
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<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFF4DFD86D94EFDD9" bold="true" box="[197,306,565,591]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Skeleton</emphasis>
. Individual tylostyles are erect on the substrate, tyles down. Pointed ends protrude far beyond the surface. The tylostyles are partly hidden by a dense layer of asters.
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<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFF4DFD31D957FD0A" bold="true" box="[197,299,642,668]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Spicules</emphasis>
. Tylostyles and two categories of asters, one of which has branching rays.
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Tylostyles (
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AB) with elongate tyles, often style-like or with subterminal tyles, 299-
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-
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-
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-14 µm
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Larger asters (
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CD), seemingly but not truly asymmetrical, with 45 rays which have 2 or 3 secondary branches, juvenile large asters have smooth rays, while adult asters have thicker rays, often with a few spines along the shaft, and they have proliferated terminal branches, overall diameter 14-
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-23 µm.
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Small tylasters (
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E) with 89 unbranched terminally spined rays, 5.5-
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-7.5 µm in diameter.
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<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFF4DFC23D95AFC3C" bold="true" box="[197,294,912,938]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Ecology</emphasis>
. In reef cavities at approx.
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.
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<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFF4DFC04D936FC47" bold="true" box="[197,330,951,977]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Etymology</emphasis>
. Named after its
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locality.
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. Members of the genus are typical sciophilous specialists, invariably found in thin patches under stones or overhangs (e.g.
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;
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). The North Atlantic and Mediterranean
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species were recently listed by
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. Along with some representatives of other genera (
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and
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), they list seven recognizably described species reported from the Caribbean region,
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(
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)
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,
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<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFC23FBCADC44FB04" box="[939,1080,1145,1170]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T. stelligera</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B57AE76FFFCFBC1FBCADC9EFB05" author="Carter" box="[1097,1250,1145,1171]" pageId="11" pageNumber="37" refString="Carter, H. J. (1882) Some sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco in the Liverpool Free Museum described, with general and classificatory remarks. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (5) 9, 266 - 301, 346 - 368." type="journal article" year="1882">Carter, 1882</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFB7FFBCADDE0FB04" box="[1271,1436,1145,1170]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T. stenosclera</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B57AE76FFFCFF1FFB13D932FB2C" author="Hechtel" box="[151,334,1184,1210]" pageId="11" pageNumber="37" refString="Hechtel, G. J. (1969) New species and records of shallow water Demospongiae from Barbados, West Indies. Postilla, 132, 1 - 38." type="journal article" year="1969">Hechtel (1969)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFED3FB13D9C5FB2F" box="[347,441,1184,1209]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T. mixta</emphasis>
sensu
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B57AE76FFFCFD86FB13DB73FB2C" author="Wiedenmayer" box="[526,783,1184,1210]" pageId="11" pageNumber="40" refString="Wiedenmayer, F. (1977 b) Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. Experientia Supplementum, 28, 1 - 287. Zea, S. (1987) Esponjas del Caribe Colombiano. Catalogo Cientifico, Bogota, Colombia, 1 - 286." type="journal article" year="1977">Wiedenmayer (1977)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFC94FB13DD6EFB2C" authority="Pulitzer-Finali (1986)" authorityName="Pulitzer-Finali" authorityYear="1986" box="[796,1298,1184,1210]" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="unistellata">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFC94FB13DBC4FB2F" box="[796,952,1184,1209]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T. unistellata</emphasis>
sensu
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B57AE76FFFCFB83FB13DD6EFB2C" author="Pulitzer-Finali" box="[1035,1298,1184,1210]" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="39" pageId="11" pageNumber="38" refString="Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986) A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 86, 65 - 216." type="journal article" year="1986">Pulitzer-Finali (1986)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFA97FB13D9A0FB76" authority="Lehnert &amp; Heimler (2001)" authorityName="Lehnert &amp; Heimler" authorityYear="2001" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="hechteli">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFA97FB13DDE0FB2F" box="[1311,1436,1184,1209]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T. hechteli</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B57AE76FFFCFF1FFB75D9A0FB76" author="Lehnert" box="[151,476,1222,1248]" pageId="11" pageNumber="38" refString="Lehnert, H. &amp; Heimler, W. (2001) Description of the North Jamaican Timea micraster n. sp. (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida: Timeidae). Beaufortia, 51 (12), 213 - 220." type="journal article" year="2001">Lehnert &amp; Heimler (2001)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFD95FB74DB8AFB76" authority="Lehnert &amp; Heimler (2001)" authorityName="Lehnert &amp; Heimler" authorityYear="2001" box="[541,1014,1222,1248]" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="micraster">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFD95FB74DAD9FB76" box="[541,677,1223,1248]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T.micraster</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B57AE76FFFCFD38FB75DB8AFB76" author="Lehnert" box="[688,1014,1222,1248]" pageId="11" pageNumber="38" refString="Lehnert, H. &amp; Heimler, W. (2001) Description of the North Jamaican Timea micraster n. sp. (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida: Timeidae). Beaufortia, 51 (12), 213 - 220." type="journal article" year="2001">Lehnert &amp; Heimler (2001)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. In view of the proximity it makes sense to include in a comparison of our new species also Brazilian respresentatives:
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFB11FB5EDD42FA90" box="[1177,1342,1261,1286]" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="agnani">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFB11FB5EDD42FA90" box="[1177,1342,1261,1286]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Timea agnani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Boury-
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B57AE76FFFCFF1FFAA7D937FAB8" author="Esnault" box="[151,331,1300,1326]" pageId="11" pageNumber="36" refString="Boury-Esnault, N. (1973) Resultats scientifiques des campagnes de la ' Calypso'. Campagne de la ' Calypso' au large des cotes atlantiques de l'Amerique du Sud (1961 - 1962). I. 29. Spongiaires. Annales de l'Institut oceanographique, 49 (Supplement 10), 263 - 295." type="journal article" year="1973">Esnault (1973)</bibRefCitation>
and
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<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFE0FFAA7DA3EFABB" box="[391,578,1300,1325]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T. stellifasciata</emphasis>
sensu
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B57AE76FFFCFD1EFAA7DBDFFAB8" author="Boury-Esnault" box="[662,931,1300,1326]" pageId="11" pageNumber="36" refString="Boury-Esnault, N. (1973) Resultats scientifiques des campagnes de la ' Calypso'. Campagne de la ' Calypso' au large des cotes atlantiques de l'Amerique du Sud (1961 - 1962). I. 29. Spongiaires. Annales de l'Institut oceanographique, 49 (Supplement 10), 263 - 295." type="journal article" year="1973">Boury-Esnault (1973)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFC38FAA7DC60FABB" box="[944,1052,1300,1325]" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="authia">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFC38FAA7DC60FABB" box="[944,1052,1300,1325]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T. authia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sensu de
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B57AE76FFFCFB1EFAA7DD04FAB8" author="Laubenfels" box="[1174,1400,1300,1326]" pageId="11" pageNumber="38" refString="Laubenfels, M. W. de (1956) Preliminary discussion of the sponges of Brasil. Contribuicoes Avulsas Instituto Oceanografico Sao Paulo, 1, 1 - 4." type="journal article" year="1956">Laubenfels (1956)</bibRefCitation>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFA0EFAA7D984FAC3" authority="Hechtel (1976)" authorityName="Hechtel" authorityYear="1976" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="mixta">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFA0EFAA7D8A2FAC2" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T. mixta</emphasis>
sensu
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B57AE76FFFCFEBFFA88D984FAC3" author="Hechtel" box="[311,504,1339,1365]" pageId="11" pageNumber="37" refString="Hechtel, G. J. (1976) Zoogeography of Brazilian Marine Demospongiae. Pp. 237 - 260. In: Harrison, F. W. &amp; Cowden, R. R. (Eds), Aspects of Sponge Biology. Academic Press, New York &amp; London, i - xiii, 1 - 354." type="book chapter" year="1976">Hechtel (1976)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFDB0FA88DC60FAC3" authority="Mothes et al. (2004)" authorityName="Mothes et al." authorityYear="2004" box="[568,1052,1339,1365]" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="bioxyasterina">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFDB0FA88DB7BFAC2" box="[568,775,1339,1364]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T. bioxyasterina</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B57AE76FFFCFC98FA88DC60FAC3" box="[784,1052,1339,1365]" pageId="11" pageNumber="38" refString="Mothes, B., Santos, C. P. &amp; Campos, M. A. (2004). Timea bioxyasterina sp. n., a new species from the Northeastern coast of Brazil (Demospongiae, Hadromerida). Zootaxa, 443, 1 - 8." type="journal article">
Mothes
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFCF0FA88DBC6FAC2" box="[888,954,1339,1364]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">et al.</emphasis>
(2004)
</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. Of these species, only
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFAD8FA88DA02FAED" authority="Boury-Esnault (1973)" authorityName="Boury-Esnault" authorityYear="1973" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="stellifasciata">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFAD8FA88D951FAEC" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Timea stellifasciata</emphasis>
sensu
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B57AE76FFFCFEF5FAD2DA02FAED" author="Boury-Esnault" box="[381,638,1377,1403]" pageId="11" pageNumber="36" refString="Boury-Esnault, N. (1973) Resultats scientifiques des campagnes de la ' Calypso'. Campagne de la ' Calypso' au large des cotes atlantiques de l'Amerique du Sud (1961 - 1962). I. 29. Spongiaires. Annales de l'Institut oceanographique, 49 (Supplement 10), 263 - 295." type="journal article" year="1973">Boury-Esnault (1973)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
bears some resemblance to our new species. Boury-Esnault records two
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of asters, the larger of which has reduced number of rays with multifide endings, size also similar to ours, 1228 µm. These asters, called sphaeranthasters by Boury-Esnault, do not have really branched rays. The second smaller category of asters are oxyasters, unlike the tylasters of our species. The
<collectingCountry id="F37E7636AE76FFFCFAD9FA66DDE0FA79" box="[1361,1436,1493,1519]" name="Brazil" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Brazil</collectingCountry>
material probably belongs to an undescribed species, as the Mediterranean
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFB99FA4FD936F9AB" authority="Sara &amp; Siribelli (1960)" authorityName="Sara &amp; Siribelli" authorityYear="1960" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="stellifasciata">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFB99FA4FDC8BF983" box="[1041,1271,1532,1557]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Timea stellifasciata</emphasis>
sensu
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B57AE76FFFCFAC0FA4FD936F9AB" author="Sara" pageId="11" pageNumber="39" refString="Sara, M. &amp; Siribelli, L. (1960) La fauna di Poriferi delle ' secche' del Golfo di Napoli. 1. La ' secca' della Gaiola. Annuario dell'Istituto e Museo de Zoologia dell'Universita di Napoli, 12 (3), 1 - 93." type="journal article" year="1960">Sarà &amp; Siribelli (1960)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
appears to be distinct from the
<collectingCountry id="F37E7636AE76FFFCFD36F990DB7AF9AB" box="[702,774,1571,1597]" name="Brazil" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Brazil</collectingCountry>
material, with irregular, but unbranched asters, showing no signs of having multifide rays.
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFDECF9FADA95F9F4" box="[612,745,1609,1634]" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="hechteli">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFDECF9FADA95F9F4" box="[612,745,1609,1634]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T. hechteli</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFD73F9FADB1CF9F4" box="[763,864,1609,1634]" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="mixta">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFD73F9FADB1CF9F4" box="[763,864,1609,1634]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T. mixta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFCFBF9FADC5FF9F4" box="[883,1059,1609,1634]" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="stenosclera">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFCFBF9FADC5FF9F4" box="[883,1059,1609,1634]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T. stenosclera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFBEBF9FADC87F9F4" box="[1123,1275,1609,1634]" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="micraster">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFBEBF9FADC87F9F4" box="[1123,1275,1609,1634]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T. micraster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
possess two categories of asters one of which is a spheraster, which is not found in our new species, while
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFB57F9C3DD14F91F" box="[1247,1384,1648,1673]" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="stelligera">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFB57F9C3DD14F91F" box="[1247,1384,1648,1673]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T. stelligera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFF1FF924D964F926" box="[151,280,1687,1712]" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="perastra">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFF1FF924D964F926" box="[151,280,1687,1712]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T. perastra</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have only one category of tiny asters, lacking the larger ones, whereas
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFBE6F924DD74F926" box="[1134,1288,1687,1712]" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="unistellata">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFBE6F924DD74F926" box="[1134,1288,1687,1712]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T. unistellata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a single category of larger spheroxyasters.
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFDBAF90EDABCF940" box="[562,704,1725,1750]" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="stelligera">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFDBAF90EDABCF940" box="[562,704,1725,1750]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T. stelligera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may not be a true
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFC28F90EDB9BF940" box="[928,999,1725,1750]" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFC28F90EDB9BF940" box="[928,999,1725,1750]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Timea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as its
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is described as a massive conical sponge, unlike any other
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFD96F957DA18F96B" box="[542,612,1764,1789]" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFD96F957DA18F96B" box="[542,612,1764,1789]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Timea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFDFDF957DAA7F96B" box="[629,731,1764,1789]" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="authia">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFDFDF957DAA7F96B" box="[629,731,1764,1789]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T. authia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sensu de
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B57AE76FFFCFCDAF957DC56F968" author="Laubenfels" box="[850,1066,1764,1790]" pageId="11" pageNumber="38" refString="Laubenfels, M. W. de (1956) Preliminary discussion of the sponges of Brasil. Contribuicoes Avulsas Instituto Oceanografico Sao Paulo, 1, 1 - 4." type="journal article" year="1956">Laubenfels (1956)</bibRefCitation>
is not described, but the use of the name of a species originally described from California is presumed to testify of morphological similarities between the Californian and Brazilian specimens.
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFD6FF882DB32F8DC" box="[743,846,1841,1866]" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="authia">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFD6FF882DB32F8DC" box="[743,846,1841,1866]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T. authia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was extensively redescribed by Carballo &amp; Cruz- Barraza (2006) and the asters are regular strongylasters quite different from the present new species.
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFA0EF8EBD941F80E" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="bioxyasterina">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFA0EF8EBD941F80E" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T. bioxyasterina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has three categories of asters, one tylaster and two categories of oxyasters.
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFB6AF8CCDD29F80E" box="[1250,1365,1919,1944]" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="agnani">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFB6AF8CCDD29F80E" box="[1250,1365,1919,1944]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">T. agnani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a single category of very large four-rayed asters, and reexamination of the
<typeStatus id="54D28804AE76FFFCFC6DF816DC64F829" box="[997,1048,1957,1983]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">type</typeStatus>
material led
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B57AE76FFFCFB38F816DDE0F829" box="[1200,1436,1957,1983]" pageId="11" pageNumber="38" refString="Mothes, B., Santos, C. P. &amp; Campos, M. A. (2004). Timea bioxyasterina sp. n., a new species from the Northeastern coast of Brazil (Demospongiae, Hadromerida). Zootaxa, 443, 1 - 8." type="journal article">Mothes et al. (2004)</bibRefCitation>
to conclude that this is probably a
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFDA2F87FDAF0F873" box="[554,652,1996,2021]" class="Demospongiae" family="Raspailiidae" genus="Cyamon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE76FFFCFDA2F87FDAF0F873" box="[554,652,1996,2021]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Cyamon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFD12F87FDB2EF870" box="[666,850,1996,2022]" class="Demospongiae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="order">Poecilosclerida</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE76FFFCFCD6F87FDB88F870" box="[862,1012,1996,2022]" class="Demospongiae" family="Raspailiidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Porifera" rank="family">Raspailiidae</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD636A6AE71FFFBFF1FF9BEDBF4F9FF" blockId="12.[151,1436,1549,1641]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE71FFFBFF1FF9BED96BF9B3" bold="true" box="[151,279,1549,1573]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">FIGURE 4</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE71FFFBFEAEF9BEDA79F9B2" box="[294,517,1549,1572]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Timea curacaoensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE71FFFBFD84F9BEDA30F9B3" bold="true" box="[524,588,1549,1573]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, SEM images of spicules (Holotype ZMA Por. 16887). AB. Tylostyle and details of head and apex; C. Full grown, thick-rayed, branched euaster, each ray with 24 spined cladi; D. Thinner branched euaster, each ray showing 23 spined cladi; E. small tylaster.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BD636A6AE71FFFBFF4EF92FDB56F852" blockId="12.[151,1437,1692,2027]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
Elsewhere, several species seem close, notably Mediterranean
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<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE71FFFBFC42F92FDC35F923" box="[970,1097,1692,1717]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">T. fasciata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B57AE71FFFBFBDDF92FDD73F920" author="Topsent" box="[1109,1295,1692,1718]" pageId="12" pageNumber="39" refString="Topsent, E. (1934) Eponges observees dans les parages de Monaco. (Premiere partie) Bulletin de l'Institut oceanographique, Monaco, 650, 1 - 42." type="journal article" year="1934">Topsent (1934)</bibRefCitation>
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, which has irregular asters with proliferated ray endings, next to smaller normal strongylasters. Mediterranean
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE71FFFBFA0DF970DA1CF895" authority="Pulitzer-Finali (1978)" authorityName="Pulitzer-Finali" authorityYear="1978" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="geministellata">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE71FFFBFA0DF970D934F894" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">T. geministellata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B57AE71FFFBFED8F95ADA1CF895" author="Pulitzer-Finali" box="[336,608,1769,1795]" pageId="12" pageNumber="38" refString="Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1978). Report on a collection of sponges from the Bay of Naples. III Hadromerida, Axinellida, Poecilosclerida, Halichondrida, Haplosclerida. Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici della Universita di Genova, 45, 7 - 89." type="journal article" year="1978">Pulitzer-Finali (1978)</bibRefCitation>
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possesses similar ambiguous spicules but some of these assume a diplaster-shape. Mediterranean
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE71FFFBFD80F8A3DBCBF8BC" authority="Sara &amp; Siribelli (1960)" authorityName="Sara &amp; Siribelli" authorityYear="1960" box="[520,951,1808,1834]" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="irregularis">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE71FFFBFD80F8A3DADFF8BF" box="[520,675,1808,1833]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">T. irregularis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B57AE71FFFBFD23F8A3DBCBF8BC" author="Sara" box="[683,951,1808,1834]" pageId="12" pageNumber="39" refString="Sara, M. &amp; Siribelli, L. (1960) La fauna di Poriferi delle ' secche' del Golfo di Napoli. 1. La ' secca' della Gaiola. Annuario dell'Istituto e Museo de Zoologia dell'Universita di Napoli, 12 (3), 1 - 93." type="journal article" year="1960">Sarà &amp; Siribelli (1960)</bibRefCitation>
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has irregular larger asters of which some shapes could be interpreted as having branching rays in addition to small regular asters. The same could perhaps be said for Mediterranean
<taxonomicName id="4C694D25AE71FFFBFDBAF8EEDB8FF8E1" authority="Pulitzer-Finali (1983)" authorityName="Pulitzer-Finali" authorityYear="1983" box="[562,1011,1885,1911]" class="Demospongiae" family="Timeidae" genus="Timea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hadromerida" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="bifidostellata">
<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE71FFFBFDBAF8EEDA95F8E0" box="[562,745,1885,1910]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">T. bifidostellata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF84B57AE71FFFBFD7AF8EEDB8FF8E1" author="Pulitzer-Finali" box="[754,1011,1885,1911]" pageId="12" pageNumber="38" refString="Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1983) A collection of Mediterranean Demospongiae (Porifera) with, in appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the Mediterranean Sea. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 84, 445 - 621." type="journal article" year="1983">Pulitzer-Finali (1983)</bibRefCitation>
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, but the drawings of the spicules do not look very much like those of the new species, possibly because the drawings are rather vague. No other
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<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE71FFFBFF1FF818D8A1F852" box="[151,221,1963,1988]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Timea</emphasis>
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species appear to possess similar branched asters.
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To facilitate recognition of
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<emphasis id="B91DEAB4AE71FFFBFD8EF862DA30F87C" box="[518,588,2001,2026]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Timea</emphasis>
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species in the area, a key is presented below.
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