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Subgenus
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.
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with a choanosomal skeleton consisting of a delicate, regular, unispicular, isotropic reticulation. Ectosomal skeleton, if present, also a tangential, unispicular, isotropic, very regular and continuous reticulation. Spongin always present at the nodes of the spicules, but never abundant. Microscleres, if present, toxas and sigmas. Sponges commonly soft and fragile.
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species.
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For synonymy and discussion of the subgenus
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see
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.
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(
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)
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:
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Por. 19096 (fragment deposited as
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: Port Royal
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: Fort Rocky lagoon, Kingston Harbour complex,
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, from prop root of red mangrove,
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, coll. C. Jackson
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, 1999 (# 39).
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Description of the
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(now fragmented). Shape and size (
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): digitate, with a few slightly swollen areas, to
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high and
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thick. Oscula scattered, some laterally flush with the surface, measuring
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, and one up to
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at the bulbous basis. Surface smooth and even, microhispid. Consistency. Soft, easily torn, but somewhat resilient. Colour. Purple alive, beige in alcohol.
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Ectosomal skeleton (
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). Dermis not easily removed, pierced by pores of 55.588.8 µm in diameter. Pores irregularly distributed. Spongin particularly evident at the nodes, some spicules wholly enclosed in spongin.
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Choanosomal skeleton (
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). A unispicular reticulation, but less uniform than that of the ectosome. There are also some multispicular tracts of varying length. Numerous toxas are dispersed throughout the structure of the sponge. A few collagen fibres up to 37 µm wide with no interconnections are irregularly placed within the matrix of the sponge. Spicula (
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): megascleres: oxeas, straight to slightly curved, with short, conical points, measuring [max­
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(standard deviation)­max] 153177 (15.4)209.7
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(0.9)8.7 µm. Microscleres: toxas, numerous in the ectosome and choanosome, very variable in length and curvature, 3.6 x ca. 0.3 µm to 112.5 x ca. 1.5 µm.
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1EFFBCD742FBDCFE26EA6F" bold="true" box="[264,394,1091,1115]" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1EFFBCD7DBFBDCFCA4EA6E" box="[401,776,1091,1114]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">Haliclona (Reniera) portroyalensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1EFFBCD545FBDCFCE7EA6F" bold="true" box="[783,843,1091,1115]" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, holotype, preserved specimen.
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1EFFBCD742F8B2FE3CE971" bold="true" box="[264,400,1837,1861]" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1EFFBCD7D4F8B1FC8EE971" box="[414,802,1838,1861]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">Haliclona (Reniera) portroyalensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1EFFBCD565F8B2FCDEE971" bold="true" box="[815,882,1837,1861]" pageId="4" pageNumber="63">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, holotype, Transverse section showing skeletal structure of the choanosome. Scale bar = 100 µm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="364C369E5E1FFFBDD742FC43FE4DEA22" blockId="5.[264,1323,988,1046]" pageId="5" pageNumber="64">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1FFFBDD742FC43FE27EDC0" bold="true" box="[264,395,988,1012]" pageId="5" pageNumber="64">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1FFFBDD7D8FC43FCA6EDC7" box="[402,778,988,1011]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="64">Haliclona (Reniera) portroyalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1FFFBDD558FC43FCE2EDC0" bold="true" box="[786,846,988,1012]" pageId="5" pageNumber="64">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, holotype, Tangential view of the ectosome. Scale bar = 100 µm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="364C369E5E1FFFBDD742F8B4FEDBE951" blockId="5.[264,1322,1835,1893]" pageId="5" pageNumber="64">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1FFFBDD742F8B4FE26E977" bold="true" box="[264,394,1835,1859]" pageId="5" pageNumber="64">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1FFFBDD7D8F8B3FCA5E977" box="[402,777,1836,1859]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="64">Haliclona (Reniera) portroyalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1FFFBDD55BF8B4FCE1E977" bold="true" box="[785,845,1835,1859]" pageId="5" pageNumber="64">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, holotype, SEM photo of spicules. Scale bar = 100 µm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="364C369E5E1CFFBED772FE83FB9DEF6A" blockId="6.[264,1323,284,350]" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">
Numerous gemmule­like bodies (
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) measuring an average of 55.5 µm, with thin spicules arranged in a confused manner were present in the
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.
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1CFFBED742FBA0FE20EA63" bold="true" box="[264,396,1087,1111]" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1CFFBED7DEFBA0FCA3EA62" box="[404,783,1087,1110]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">Haliclona (Reniera) portroyalensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1CFFBED55DFBA0FCF9EA63" bold="true" box="[791,853,1087,1111]" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, holotype, gemmule­like body. Scale bar = 100 µm.
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</caption>
<paragraph id="364C369E5E1CFFBED772FB33FC32EADA" blockId="6.[264,1323,1196,1902]" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1CFFBED772FB33FDD4EAF2" bold="true" box="[312,632,1196,1222]" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">Habitat and distribution</emphasis>
. Prop roots of the red mangrove,
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1CFFBED27FFB32FA8FEAF2" box="[1077,1315,1197,1222]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">Rhizophora mangle</emphasis>
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. Known only from the
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locality, Port Royal,
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="364C369E5E1CFFBED742FB63FCD4EB22" blockId="6.[264,1323,1196,1902]" box="[264,888,1276,1302]" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">
Etymology. Named after its
<typeStatus id="E948883C5E1CFFBED419FB63FD29EB22" box="[595,645,1276,1302]" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">type</typeStatus>
locality, Port Royal.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="364C369E5E1CFFBED772FABBFAB5E862" blockId="6.[264,1323,1196,1902]" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1CFFBED772FABBFE07EB0A" bold="true" box="[312,427,1316,1342]" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">RemarkS</emphasis>
. Although none of the characters is unique, the combination of the unispicular, isotropic skeleton typical of the subgenus
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1CFFBED5E0FAD2FBABEB52" box="[938,1031,1357,1382]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">Reniera</emphasis>
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, digitate shape, conical pointed oxeas and toxas of variable length distinguishes
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1CFFBED266FAEAFE1CEB82" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">Haliclona (Reniera) portroyalensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1CFFBED7F6FA03FDA8EB82" bold="true" box="[444,516,1436,1462]" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">n. sp.</emphasis>
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from other members of the genus and subgenus occurring in the Caribbean. Although only a few specimens of our new species were found at mangrove roots in Port Royal, it seems premature to conclude that the species is endemic to
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. Systematic studies of similar habitats in other Caribbean localities are necessary to reveal its occurrence outside
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and its distribution throughout and outside the Caribbean.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="364C369E5E1CFFBED772F9FBFD19E95A" blockId="6.[264,1323,1196,1902]" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">
The new species cannot be confused with digitate forms of
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1CFFBED253F9FAFB58E84A" box="[1049,1268,1637,1662]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">Chalinula molitba</emphasis>
(
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<bibRefCitation id="52624B6F5E1CFFBED742F913FE74E892" author="Laubenfels" box="[264,472,1676,1702]" pageId="6" pageNumber="67" refString="Laubenfels, M. W. de. (1949) Sponges of the western Bahamas. American Museum Novitates, 1431, 1 - 25." type="journal article" year="1949">Laubenfels, 1949</bibRefCitation>
)
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(cf.
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<bibRefCitation id="52624B6F5E1CFFBED403F913FD49E892" author="Weerdt" box="[585,741,1676,1702]" pageId="6" pageNumber="68" refString="Weerdt, W. H. de. (2000). A monograph of the shallow-water Chalinidae (Porifera, Haplosclerida) of the Caribbean. Beaufortia, 50 (1), 1.67." type="journal article" year="2000">Weerdt 2000</bibRefCitation>
, fig. 2E), a wide­spread Caribbean species, also known from the Azores and Canary Islands but not from
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, because this species has the skeleton typical of the genus
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1CFFBED4D4F942FCBFE8C2" box="[670,787,1757,1782]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="65">Chalinula</emphasis>
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, i.e. primary and secondary lines which are both more than one spicule long, it has oxeas which vary from vestigial strongyloxeas with truncated ends to sharply pointed oxeas, but which are never conical, no toxas, and an extremely soft and limp consistency.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD772FE83FD0CEF01" box="[312,672,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">Haliclona (Soestella) luciensis</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="52624B6F5E1DFFBFD499FE83FCC1EF02" author="Weerdt" box="[723,877,284,310]" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" refString="Weerdt, W. H. de. (2000). A monograph of the shallow-water Chalinidae (Porifera, Haplosclerida) of the Caribbean. Beaufortia, 50 (1), 1.67." type="journal article" year="2000">Weerdt 2000</bibRefCitation>
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, only known from its
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locality
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, has conical pointed oxeas of ca. 145174 x 4.47 µm, very similar in shape and size to those of
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD7C7FEF3FC87EFB1" box="[397,811,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">Haliclona (Reniera) portroyalensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD579FEF4FCDAEFB1" bold="true" box="[819,886,363,389]" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">n. sp.</emphasis>
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, but it has the skeleton typical of the subgenus
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD7C1FE0BFE59EF99" box="[395,501,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">Soestella</emphasis>
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, i.e. the ectosome a discontinuous, uni­pauspicular tangential reticulation, the oxeas showing a tendency to form rounded meshes, and a choanosome with somewhat ill­defined primary and secondary lines with oxeas also showing a tendency to form uni­paucispicular rounded meshes. Other differences associated with
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD742FDABFD05EC79" box="[264,681,564,589]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">Haliclona (Reniera) portroyalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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are its laterally spreading, thickly encrusting to lobate­cushion shaped form, dark brown colour, the absence of toxas, and the presence of raphides as microscleres.
</paragraph>
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Toxas in a wide size range, and of similar shape as those of
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD272FD33FE1CECD9" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">Haliclona (Reniera) portroyalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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occur in
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD420FD4BFC64ECD9" box="[618,968,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">Haliclona (Reniera) ruetzleri</emphasis>
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, a species originally described from Twin Cays,
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, and recently collected by C. Jackson from the mangrove roots in Port Royal.
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<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD4D6FCBBFCFAED09" box="[668,854,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">H. (R.) ruetzleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
belongs to same subgenus as
<taxonomicName id="F1F34D1D5E1DFFBFD2FFFCBBFD86ED51" ID-CoL="3JCDD" class="Demospongiae" family="Chalinidae" genus="Haliclona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="portroyalensis" status="sp. nov." subGenus="Reniera">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD2FFFCBBFD86ED51" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">Haliclona (Reniera) portroyalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="1FB457F75E1DFFBFD47EFCD3FDC1ED52" box="[564,621,844,870]" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" rank="species">n.sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, which means that the species are difficult to tell apart on basis of the skeletal structure alone. The following differences are, however, sufficiently evident to distinguish the two species: shape and consistency,
<taxonomicName id="F1F34D1D5E1DFFBFD5A7FC03FB07ED81" ID-CoL="3JCDF" box="[1005,1195,924,949]" class="Demospongiae" family="Chalinidae" genus="Haliclona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="ruetzleri" subGenus="Reniera">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD5A7FC03FB07ED81" box="[1005,1195,924,949]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">H. (R.) ruetzleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
consisting of clusters of anastomosing, extremely slender and soft branches and proliferations,
<taxonomicName id="F1F34D1D5E1DFFBFD344FC5BFE45EA31" ID-CoL="3JCDD" class="Demospongiae" family="Chalinidae" genus="Haliclona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="portroyalensis" status="sp. nov." subGenus="Reniera">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD344FC5BFE45EA31" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">H. (R.) portroyalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="1FB457F75E1DFFBFD7BCFC73FD92EA32" box="[502,574,1004,1030]" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" rank="species">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD7BCFC73FD92EA32" bold="true" box="[502,574,1004,1030]" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
forming digitate and slightly swollen processes of less soft, somewhat elastic consistency; size and form of the oxeas:
<taxonomicName id="F1F34D1D5E1DFFBFD5FBFB8BFBC7EA19" ID-CoL="3JCDF" box="[945,1131,1044,1069]" class="Demospongiae" family="Chalinidae" genus="Haliclona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="ruetzleri" subGenus="Reniera">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD5FBFB8BFBC7EA19" box="[945,1131,1044,1069]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">H. (R.) ruetzleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
having oxeas of smaller size (105168 x 3.36 µm in the Twin Cays material; 102117 x 3.66 µm in the Jamaican material) with long and sharp points versus the conical, short pointed oxeas of
<taxonomicName id="F1F34D1D5E1DFFBFD344FBFBFE44EA91" ID-CoL="3JCDD" class="Demospongiae" family="Chalinidae" genus="Haliclona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="portroyalensis" subGenus="Reniera">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD344FBFBFE44EA91" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">H. (R.) portroyalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
n. sp, in which they measure 153210
<date id="424D105E5E1DFFBFD59BFB13FC55EA92" box="[977,1017,1164,1190]" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">x 6</date>
8.7 µm; the presence of sigmas of variable size in addition to the toxas in
<taxonomicName id="F1F34D1D5E1DFFBFD51EFB2BFBBDEAF9" ID-CoL="3JCDF" box="[852,1041,1204,1229]" class="Demospongiae" family="Chalinidae" genus="Haliclona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="ruetzleri" subGenus="Reniera">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD51EFB2BFBBDEAF9" box="[852,1041,1204,1229]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">H. (R.) ruetzleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which are absent in
<taxonomicName id="F1F34D1D5E1DFFBFD344FB2BFE47EAC1" ID-CoL="3JCDD" class="Demospongiae" family="Chalinidae" genus="Haliclona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="portroyalensis" status="sp. nov." subGenus="Reniera">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD344FB2BFE47EAC1" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">H. (R.) portroyalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="1FB457F75E1DFFBFD7B0FB43FDE8EAC2" box="[506,580,1244,1270]" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" rank="species">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD7B0FB43FDE8EAC2" bold="true" box="[506,580,1244,1270]" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
scarce spongin in
<taxonomicName id="F1F34D1D5E1DFFBFD571FB43FBA8EAC1" ID-CoL="3JCDF" box="[827,1028,1244,1269]" class="Demospongiae" family="Chalinidae" genus="Haliclona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="ruetzleri" subGenus="Reniera">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD571FB43FBA8EAC1" box="[827,1028,1244,1269]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">H. (R.) ruetzleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
versus rather abundant spongin in
<taxonomicName id="F1F34D1D5E1DFFBFD7DAFA9BFD3AEB29" ID-CoL="3JCDD" box="[400,662,1284,1309]" class="Demospongiae" family="Chalinidae" genus="Haliclona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="portroyalensis" status="sp. nov." subGenus="Reniera">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD7DAFA9BFD3AEB29" box="[400,662,1284,1309]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">H. (R.) portroyalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="1FB457F75E1DFFBFD4EBFA9BFD4AEB2A" box="[673,742,1284,1310]" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" rank="species">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD4EBFA9BFD4AEB2A" bold="true" box="[673,742,1284,1310]" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
; and the colour which is light brown in
<taxonomicName id="F1F34D1D5E1DFFBFD29DFA9BFEC7EB71" ID-CoL="3JCDF" class="Demospongiae" family="Chalinidae" genus="Haliclona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="ruetzleri" subGenus="Reniera">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD29DFA9BFEC7EB71" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">H. (R.) ruetzleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and purple in
<taxonomicName id="F1F34D1D5E1DFFBFD45FFAB3FCB9EB71" ID-CoL="3JCDD" box="[533,789,1324,1349]" class="Demospongiae" family="Chalinidae" genus="Haliclona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="portroyalensis" status="sp. nov." subGenus="Reniera">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD45FFAB3FCB9EB71" box="[533,789,1324,1349]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">H. (R.) portroyalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="1FB457F75E1DFFBFD556FAB3FCF2EB72" box="[796,862,1324,1350]" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" rank="species">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD556FAB3FCF2EB72" bold="true" box="[796,862,1324,1350]" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">n. sp.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="7EE965155E1DFFB0D772FACBFC43EFB2" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="67" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" type="description">
<paragraph id="364C369E5E1DFFBFD772FACBFE03EBD2" blockId="7.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">
The other Caribbean chalinids of the subgenus
<taxonomicName id="F1F34D1D5E1DFFBFD58BFACBFBB2EB59" box="[961,1054,1364,1389]" class="Demospongiae" family="Chalinidae" genus="Reniera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" phylum="Porifera" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD58BFACBFBB2EB59" box="[961,1054,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">Reniera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are:
<taxonomicName id="F1F34D1D5E1DFFBFD23EFACBFDC5EBA2" authority="Hechtel 1965" authorityName="Hechtel" authorityYear="1965" class="Demospongiae" family="Chalinidae" genus="Haliclona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="implexiformis" subGenus="Reniera">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD23EFACBFE05EBA1" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">Haliclona (R.) implexiformis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="52624B6F5E1DFFBFD7F1FAE3FDCCEBA2" author="Hechtel" box="[443,608,1404,1430]" pageId="7" pageNumber="67" 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>
)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="F1F34D1D5E1DFFBFD432FAE3FBA4EBA2" authority="Alcolado 1984" authorityName="Alcolado" authorityYear="1984" box="[632,1032,1404,1430]" class="Demospongiae" family="Chalinidae" genus="Haliclona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="manglaris" subGenus="Reniera">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD432FAE3FCE0EBA1" box="[632,844,1404,1429]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">H. (R.) manglaris</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="52624B6F5E1DFFBFD51FFAE3FBA4EBA2" author="Alcolado" box="[853,1032,1404,1430]" pageId="7" pageNumber="67" refString="Alcolado, P. M. (1984) Nuevas especies de esponjas encontradas en Cuba. Poeyana, 271, 1 - 22." type="journal article" year="1984">Alcolado 1984</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="F1F34D1D5E1DFFBFD25CFAE3FE43EB8A" authority="De Weerdt et al. 1991" authorityName="De Weerdt et al." authorityYear="1991" class="Demospongiae" family="Chalinidae" genus="Haliclona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="mucifibrosa" subGenus="Reniera">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD25CFAE3FB53EBA1" box="[1046,1279,1404,1429]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">H. (R.) mucifibrosa</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="4EE4760E5E1DFFBFD342FAE3FA86EBA2" box="[1288,1322,1404,1430]" name="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">De</collectingCountry>
<bibRefCitation id="52624B6F5E1DFFBFD742FA3BFE43EB8A" author="Weerdt" box="[264,495,1444,1470]" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" refString="Weerdt, W. H. de, Rutzler, K. &amp; Smith, K. P. (1991) The Chalinidae (Porifera) of Twin Cays, Belize, and adjacent waters. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 104 (1), 189 - 205." type="journal article" year="1991">
Weerdt
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD722FA3BFE0BEB89" box="[360,423,1444,1469]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">et al.</emphasis>
1991
</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="F1F34D1D5E1DFFBFD44AFA3BFC36EB8A" authority="De Weerdt 2000" authorityName="De Weerdt" authorityYear="2000" box="[512,922,1444,1470]" class="Demospongiae" family="Chalinidae" genus="Haliclona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="ruetzleri" subGenus="Reniera">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD44AFA3BFD6FEB89" box="[512,707,1444,1469]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">H. (R.) ruetzleri</emphasis>
<collectingCountry id="4EE4760E5E1DFFBFD485FA3BFD5DEB8A" box="[719,753,1444,1470]" name="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">De</collectingCountry>
<bibRefCitation id="52624B6F5E1DFFBFD4B7FA3BFC36EB8A" author="Weerdt" box="[765,922,1444,1470]" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" refString="Weerdt, W. H. de. (2000). A monograph of the shallow-water Chalinidae (Porifera, Haplosclerida) of the Caribbean. Beaufortia, 50 (1), 1.67." type="journal article" year="2000">Weerdt 2000</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="F1F34D1D5E1DFFBFD5AAFA3BFE07EBD2" authority="George &amp; Wilson 1919" authorityName="George &amp; Wilson" authorityYear="1919" class="Demospongiae" family="Chalinidae" genus="Haliclona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="tubifera" subGenus="Reniera">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD5AAFA3BFB32EB89" box="[992,1182,1444,1469]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">H. (R.) tubifera</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="52624B6F5E1DFFBFD2FAFA3BFE0EEBD2" author="George" pageId="7" pageNumber="67" refString="George W. C. &amp; Wilson, H. V. (1919) Sponges of Beaufort (N. C.) Harbor and vicinity. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Washinton 36, 129 - 179." type="journal article" year="1919">George &amp; Wilson 1919</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="364C369E5E1DFFBFD772FA6BFE3BE86A" blockId="7.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">
<taxonomicName id="F1F34D1D5E1DFFBFD772FA6BFD27E839" box="[312,651,1524,1549]" class="Demospongiae" family="Chalinidae" genus="Haliclona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="implexiformis" subGenus="Reniera">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD772FA6BFD27E839" box="[312,651,1524,1549]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">Haliclona (R.) implexiformis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is cushion­shaped with well­defined, regular outline and large, conspicuous oxeas rounded at the ends with strongylote spicula of ca. 95167 x 3.79.3 µm.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="364C369E5E1DFFBFD772F9F3FBD2E8E2" blockId="7.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">
<taxonomicName id="F1F34D1D5E1DFFBFD772F9F3FDCFE8B1" box="[312,611,1644,1669]" class="Demospongiae" family="Chalinidae" genus="Haliclona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="manglaris" subGenus="Reniera">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD772F9F3FDCFE8B1" box="[312,611,1644,1669]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">Haliclona (R.) manglaris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
consists of laterally spreading sheets of conspicuous bright turquoise green colour, with sharply pointed oxeas of ca. 75108
<date id="424D105E5E1DFFBFD254F90BFBCDE89A" box="[1054,1121,1684,1710]" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">x 24</date>
µm. It is known from several Caribbean localities, but not from
<collectingCountry id="4EE4760E5E1DFFBFD57CF923FC39E8E2" box="[822,917,1724,1750]" name="Jamaica" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">Jamaica</collectingCountry>
(
<collectingCountry id="4EE4760E5E1DFFBFD5EEF923FC64E8E2" box="[932,968,1724,1750]" name="South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">De</collectingCountry>
<bibRefCitation id="52624B6F5E1DFFBFD585F923FBDEE8E2" author="Weerdt" box="[975,1138,1724,1750]" pageId="7" pageNumber="68" refString="Weerdt, W. H. de. (2000). A monograph of the shallow-water Chalinidae (Porifera, Haplosclerida) of the Caribbean. Beaufortia, 50 (1), 1.67." type="journal article" year="2000">Weerdt, 2000</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="364C369E5E1DFFBFD772F97BFE09E97A" blockId="7.[264,1325,284,1870]" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">
<taxonomicName id="F1F34D1D5E1DFFBFD772F97BFD2EE8C9" box="[312,642,1764,1789]" class="Demospongiae" family="Chalinidae" genus="Haliclona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="7" pageNumber="66" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="mucifobrosa" subGenus="Reniera">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E1DFFBFD772F97BFD2EE8C9" box="[312,642,1764,1789]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="66">Haliclona (R.) mucifobrosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
consists of irregular, lumpy masses with short, truncate oscular chimneys grayish purple to bluish grey colour, with large oxeas of ca. 185250 x 7.413.5 µm.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="364C369E5E12FFB0D772FE83FC43EFB2" blockId="8.[264,1321,284,390]" pageId="8" pageNumber="67">
<taxonomicName id="F1F34D1D5E12FFB0D772FE83FDE5EF01" box="[312,585,284,309]" class="Demospongiae" family="Chalinidae" genus="Haliclona" kingdom="Animalia" order="Haplosclerida" pageId="8" pageNumber="67" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="tubifera" subGenus="Reniera">
<emphasis id="0487EA8C5E12FFB0D772FE83FDE5EF01" box="[312,585,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="67">Haliclona (R.) tubifera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
consists of cushion­shaped masses with volcano­ or chimney shaped oscular elevations, frequently with numerous long, thin proliferations branching off from the main body, with oxeas of ca. 105170
<date id="424D105E5E12FFB0D52BFEF3FC29EFB2" box="[865,901,364,390]" pageId="8" pageNumber="67">x 4</date>
9.5 µm.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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