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: MBM179994, South
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, 3542 m depth, hard rock cliff above the mouth of an extinct volcano.
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Body is globular with several rows of radially arranged protrusions surrounding a central atrial cavity. The color is white. It looks like a beautiful flower with a long stalk growing on the cliff of a seamount (
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A). Central atrial cavity is large, with a
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diameter at the upper margin. Roughly 20 suboscula,
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diameter open into the central atrial cavity. Radially arranged digitiform protrusions are up to
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in diameter. A lateral osculum with
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diameter is present at the apex of each protrusion. In situ, the body is swollen, with protrusions pointing outward, like a blooming snow lotus herb. After being transported to deck, body with protrusions collapsed. Sponge attached to rock with a long tubular peduncle,
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thick wall, and at least
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Choanosomal skeleton solid (
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), with some spicules separated from skeleton only after digestion by concentrated nitric acid overnight. Spicules mainly contain hexactins and diactins. Pinular hexactins with rays having sparsely distributed short spines are present in dermalia and gastralia (
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P), whereas diactins are present in the choanosome. Spirodiscohexasters are numerous and present in the whole body. Drepanocomes occur near dermal and gastral surfaces.
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Megascleres consist of diactins and hexactins. Diactins are smooth, 2120.33557.5/5.315.1 µm, usually with four tubercles in middle (
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H). Dermalia and atrialia are similar in size and shape. Dermalia or atrialia (
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A) pinular rays (
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I) are 245.8450.6 µm long, tangential rays are 173.6246.8 µm long, proximal rays are 188.2585.8 µm long. Choanosomal hexactins ((
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) are relatively less than diactins, they have short spines in terminal, rays are 126.5355.8 µm. The skeleton of the peduncle (
<figureCitation id="13292A6FFFDC5A2AFC53FBB7137133BD" box="[992,1058,1134,1159]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1854,1876]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1832]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1833]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 4. Saccocalyx microhexactin sp. nov. A N, SEM images of spicules. A, dermal or atrial hexactin; B, drepanocome I; C, drepanocome II; D, spirodiscohexaster; E, plumicome; F, microhexactin I; G, microhexactin II; H, detail of tubercles in the middle of a diactine; I, detail of the pinular ray of a hexactin; J, detail of the hook-like secondary ray of a drepanocome I; K, detail of the middle part of a drepanocome II; L, detail of the tooth disc of a spirodiscohexaster; M, detail of the whorl of a plumicome; N, spicules of the peduncle; O Q, LM images of spicule and skeleton; O, choanosomal hexactin; P, tangential view of choanosomal structure; Q, transversal view of choanosomal structure." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/238844/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
N) is composed of diactines fused to each other by numerous synapticulae.
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<paragraph id="8BAD36EAFFDC5A2AFF74FB6F14EB3129" blockId="6.[151,1437,450,2023]" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">
Microscleres consist of spirodiscohexasters, drepanocomes, plumicomes and microhexactins. Drepanocomes are in two
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. Drepanocomes I (
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B) 254.4318.6 µm in diameter, with 6 clusters of 8 hook-like secondary rays (
<figureCitation id="13292A6FFFDC5A2AFF66FB271648322D" box="[213,283,1278,1303]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1854,1876]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1832]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1833]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 4. Saccocalyx microhexactin sp. nov. A N, SEM images of spicules. A, dermal or atrial hexactin; B, drepanocome I; C, drepanocome II; D, spirodiscohexaster; E, plumicome; F, microhexactin I; G, microhexactin II; H, detail of tubercles in the middle of a diactine; I, detail of the pinular ray of a hexactin; J, detail of the hook-like secondary ray of a drepanocome I; K, detail of the middle part of a drepanocome II; L, detail of the tooth disc of a spirodiscohexaster; M, detail of the whorl of a plumicome; N, spicules of the peduncle; O Q, LM images of spicule and skeleton; O, choanosomal hexactin; P, tangential view of choanosomal structure; Q, transversal view of choanosomal structure." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/238844/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
J). Drepanocomes II (
<figureCitation id="13292A6FFFDC5A2AFDBDFB271501322D" box="[526,594,1278,1303]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1854,1876]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1832]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1833]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 4. Saccocalyx microhexactin sp. nov. A N, SEM images of spicules. A, dermal or atrial hexactin; B, drepanocome I; C, drepanocome II; D, spirodiscohexaster; E, plumicome; F, microhexactin I; G, microhexactin II; H, detail of tubercles in the middle of a diactine; I, detail of the pinular ray of a hexactin; J, detail of the hook-like secondary ray of a drepanocome I; K, detail of the middle part of a drepanocome II; L, detail of the tooth disc of a spirodiscohexaster; M, detail of the whorl of a plumicome; N, spicules of the peduncle; O Q, LM images of spicule and skeleton; O, choanosomal hexactin; P, tangential view of choanosomal structure; Q, transversal view of choanosomal structure." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/238844/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
C) 123.0137.5 µm in diameter, with 6 clusters (
<figureCitation id="13292A6FFFDC5A2AFBCBFB2713E8322D" box="[1144,1211,1278,1303]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1854,1876]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1832]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1833]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 4. Saccocalyx microhexactin sp. nov. A N, SEM images of spicules. A, dermal or atrial hexactin; B, drepanocome I; C, drepanocome II; D, spirodiscohexaster; E, plumicome; F, microhexactin I; G, microhexactin II; H, detail of tubercles in the middle of a diactine; I, detail of the pinular ray of a hexactin; J, detail of the hook-like secondary ray of a drepanocome I; K, detail of the middle part of a drepanocome II; L, detail of the tooth disc of a spirodiscohexaster; M, detail of the whorl of a plumicome; N, spicules of the peduncle; O Q, LM images of spicule and skeleton; O, choanosomal hexactin; P, tangential view of choanosomal structure; Q, transversal view of choanosomal structure." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/238844/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
K) of 46 hook-like secondary rays. Structure of drepanocomes easy to destroy during digestion, and hard to isolate completed ones. Spirodiscohexasters (
<figureCitation id="13292A6FFFDC5A2AFE34FA9F169F3265" box="[391,460,1350,1375]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1854,1876]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1832]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1833]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 4. Saccocalyx microhexactin sp. nov. A N, SEM images of spicules. A, dermal or atrial hexactin; B, drepanocome I; C, drepanocome II; D, spirodiscohexaster; E, plumicome; F, microhexactin I; G, microhexactin II; H, detail of tubercles in the middle of a diactine; I, detail of the pinular ray of a hexactin; J, detail of the hook-like secondary ray of a drepanocome I; K, detail of the middle part of a drepanocome II; L, detail of the tooth disc of a spirodiscohexaster; M, detail of the whorl of a plumicome; N, spicules of the peduncle; O Q, LM images of spicule and skeleton; O, choanosomal hexactin; P, tangential view of choanosomal structure; Q, transversal view of choanosomal structure." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/238844/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
D) 112.4149.8 µm in diameter, formed by 6 spirally twisted clusters of roughly 812 terminal rays ending in discs (
<figureCitation id="13292A6FFFDC5A2AFE4EFAB3151732B9" box="[509,580,1386,1411]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1854,1876]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1832]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1833]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 4. Saccocalyx microhexactin sp. nov. A N, SEM images of spicules. A, dermal or atrial hexactin; B, drepanocome I; C, drepanocome II; D, spirodiscohexaster; E, plumicome; F, microhexactin I; G, microhexactin II; H, detail of tubercles in the middle of a diactine; I, detail of the pinular ray of a hexactin; J, detail of the hook-like secondary ray of a drepanocome I; K, detail of the middle part of a drepanocome II; L, detail of the tooth disc of a spirodiscohexaster; M, detail of the whorl of a plumicome; N, spicules of the peduncle; O Q, LM images of spicule and skeleton; O, choanosomal hexactin; P, tangential view of choanosomal structure; Q, transversal view of choanosomal structure." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/238844/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
L) with approximately 18 marginal teeth. Plumicomes (
<figureCitation id="13292A6FFFDC5A2AFB7CFAB3124532B9" box="[1231,1302,1386,1411]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1854,1876]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1832]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1833]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 4. Saccocalyx microhexactin sp. nov. A N, SEM images of spicules. A, dermal or atrial hexactin; B, drepanocome I; C, drepanocome II; D, spirodiscohexaster; E, plumicome; F, microhexactin I; G, microhexactin II; H, detail of tubercles in the middle of a diactine; I, detail of the pinular ray of a hexactin; J, detail of the hook-like secondary ray of a drepanocome I; K, detail of the middle part of a drepanocome II; L, detail of the tooth disc of a spirodiscohexaster; M, detail of the whorl of a plumicome; N, spicules of the peduncle; O Q, LM images of spicule and skeleton; O, choanosomal hexactin; P, tangential view of choanosomal structure; Q, transversal view of choanosomal structure." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/238844/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
E) have six shield-like primary termination, one on the top and one on the bottom, the other four are in the middle area. A single sheild (
<figureCitation id="13292A6FFFDC5A2AFE81FA6B162032F1" box="[306,371,1458,1483]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1854,1876]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1832]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1833]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 4. Saccocalyx microhexactin sp. nov. A N, SEM images of spicules. A, dermal or atrial hexactin; B, drepanocome I; C, drepanocome II; D, spirodiscohexaster; E, plumicome; F, microhexactin I; G, microhexactin II; H, detail of tubercles in the middle of a diactine; I, detail of the pinular ray of a hexactin; J, detail of the hook-like secondary ray of a drepanocome I; K, detail of the middle part of a drepanocome II; L, detail of the tooth disc of a spirodiscohexaster; M, detail of the whorl of a plumicome; N, spicules of the peduncle; O Q, LM images of spicule and skeleton; O, choanosomal hexactin; P, tangential view of choanosomal structure; Q, transversal view of choanosomal structure." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/238844/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
M) have approximately 70 marginal sigma-like secondary rays. Each sigma-like secondary rays has prominent teeth on the inside curve. The diameter of Plumicomes is 35.858.5. Microhexactins (
<figureCitation id="13292A6FFFDC5A2AFAAFFA0F123232D5" box="[1308,1377,1494,1519]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1854,1876]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1832]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1833]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 4. Saccocalyx microhexactin sp. nov. A N, SEM images of spicules. A, dermal or atrial hexactin; B, drepanocome I; C, drepanocome II; D, spirodiscohexaster; E, plumicome; F, microhexactin I; G, microhexactin II; H, detail of tubercles in the middle of a diactine; I, detail of the pinular ray of a hexactin; J, detail of the hook-like secondary ray of a drepanocome I; K, detail of the middle part of a drepanocome II; L, detail of the tooth disc of a spirodiscohexaster; M, detail of the whorl of a plumicome; N, spicules of the peduncle; O Q, LM images of spicule and skeleton; O, choanosomal hexactin; P, tangential view of choanosomal structure; Q, transversal view of choanosomal structure." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/238844/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
FG) with rays covered short and minute spines, rays are 21.470.3 µm long.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3086561FFDC5A2AFF74F9C712453161" pageId="6" pageNumber="188" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BAD36EAFFDC5A2AFF74F9C712453161" blockId="6.[151,1437,450,2023]" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">
<emphasis id="B966EAF8FFDC5A2AFF74F9C7161D310D" bold="true" box="[199,334,1566,1591]" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">Etymology.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B966EAF8FFDC5A2AFED3F9C716F8310C" box="[352,427,1566,1590]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">mikros</emphasis>
”, Greek, small; “
<emphasis id="B966EAF8FFDC5A2AFDDCF9C715C6310C" box="[623,661,1566,1590]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">hex</emphasis>
”, Greek, six; “
<emphasis id="B966EAF8FFDC5A2AFC8DF9C71420310C" box="[830,883,1566,1590]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">aktis</emphasis>
”, Greek, ray, light beam.
<taxonomicName id="4C124D69FFDC5A2AFB27F9C71264310D" box="[1172,1335,1566,1591]" class="Hexactinellida" family="Euplectellidae" genus="Saccocalyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lyssacinosida" pageId="6" pageNumber="191" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="microhexactin" status="sp. nov.">Microhexactin</taxonomicName>
is a kind of sponge microscleres. The specific name refers to the presence of microhexactins in the new species.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C3086561FFDC5A2AFF74F9BF145D30DC" pageId="6" pageNumber="188" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BAD36EAFFDC5A2AFF74F9BF145D30DC" blockId="6.[151,1437,450,2023]" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">
<emphasis id="B966EAF8FFDC5A2AFF74F9BF16683145" bold="true" box="[199,315,1638,1663]" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">Remarks.</emphasis>
Only two species of
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<emphasis id="B966EAF8FFDC5A2AFD81F9BF15E33144" box="[562,688,1638,1662]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">Saccocalyx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are known in the world:
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<emphasis id="B966EAF8FFDC5A2AFC65F9BF13A13144" box="[982,1266,1638,1662]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">Saccocalyx pedunculatus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF834B1BFFDC5A2AFB48F9BF12CF3145" author="Schulze" box="[1275,1436,1638,1663]" pageId="6" pageNumber="188" refString="Schulze, F. E. (1896) Hexactinelliden des indischen Oceanes. II. Theil. Die Hexasterophora. Abhandlungen der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1896, 1 - 92, pls. I - VIII." type="journal article" year="1896">Schulze, 1896</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C124D69FFDC5A2AFF74F95215003199" authority="Reiswig, 1999" authorityName="Reiswig" authorityYear="1999" box="[199,595,1674,1699]" class="Hexactinellida" family="Euplectellidae" genus="Saccocalyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lyssacinosida" pageId="6" pageNumber="188" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="careyi">
<emphasis id="B966EAF8FFDC5A2AFF74F95216C13198" box="[199,402,1675,1699]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">Saccocalyx careyi</emphasis>
(Reiswig, 1999)
</taxonomicName>
. The main difference between the two species is that all pinular rays of
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<emphasis id="B966EAF8FFDC5A2AFA34F952178F31FC" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">S. careyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are clavate, while only part of the pinular rays of
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<emphasis id="B966EAF8FFDC5A2AFCBEF97614ED31FC" box="[781,958,1710,1734]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">S. pedunculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are clavate. However, since these spicules have a big variety in size and shape, and their ranges overlap,
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<emphasis id="B966EAF8FFDC5A2AFCF4F90A14F431D0" box="[839,935,1747,1770]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">S. careyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was considered a doubtful species and could be a junior synonym of
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<emphasis id="B966EAF8FFDC5A2AFE15F92E150B3034" box="[422,600,1782,1806]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">S. pedunculatus</emphasis>
(Tabachnick, 2002)
</taxonomicName>
. Because there are no described microsclere structure details available for
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<emphasis id="B966EAF8FFDC5A2AFEC8F8C2157F3009" box="[379,556,1819,1843]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">S. pedunculatus</emphasis>
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, we cannot tell what other differences between both species there may be. But our specimen has two distinctive characteristics which are different from the two known species: (a) presence of drepanocomes II, (b) presence of microhexactins. Both
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of microscleres have not been found in the other two species of
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<emphasis id="B966EAF8FFDC5A2AFEA2F85F16DC30A4" box="[273,399,1926,1950]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">Saccocalyx</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The new species has all pinular rays clavate as reported for
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<emphasis id="B966EAF8FFDC5A2AFBE3F85E13E030A4" box="[1104,1203,1927,1950]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">S. careyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, there are other differences:
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<emphasis id="B966EAF8FFDC5A2AFED8F872157930F9" box="[363,554,1963,1987]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">S. microhexactin</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B966EAF8FFDC5A2AFD85F87315C730F9" bold="true" box="[566,660,1962,1987]" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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has less terminal discs in spirodiscohexasters, and more marginal sigma-like secondary rays in plumicomes than
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<emphasis id="B966EAF8FFDC5A2AFD15F816145430DC" box="[678,775,1999,2022]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="188">S. careyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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