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AF)
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Material examined.
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.
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(cross-reference Ts 948 &amp; Saf 03-Sod 103),
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, collected by
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, depth
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locality.
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reef,
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, east coast of
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.
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FF588AFDFE8661FB" bold="true" box="[199,345,724,749]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Description.</emphasis>
Thinly encrusting sponge measuring
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in length,
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in width and
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in height (
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). The surface is fuzzy and no oscules are visible. The texture is tough and firm. Colour
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dull orange, in preservative beige.
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FF588B16FEF1604E" bold="true" box="[199,302,831,856]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Skeleton</emphasis>
(
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). Choanosomal skeleton radial, consisting of subtylostyle tracks Interstitial subtylostyles found between these tracts. Large and small oxyspherasters are common throughout the choanosome. The ectosomal skeleton is a dense mass of oxyspherasters and tylasters. Subtylostyles protrude through the surface.
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FF588B85FEF660D3" bold="true" box="[199,297,940,965]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Spicules</emphasis>
.
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(
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). Subtylostyles, smooth, straight and distal end fusiform, sometimes hastate, in two size classes: I) 2154 (
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) × 64 (64) µm, n = 10; II) 697 (631722) × 9 (9) µm, n = 10.
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(
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). Oxyspherasters either smooth or spined, in two size classes: I) 139 (109240) µm, n = 10; II), 13 (9 16) µm, n = 10. Tylasters terminally spined: 15 (1018) µm, n = 10.
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FF588C15FD7B6743" bold="true" box="[199,676,1084,1109]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Substratum, depth range and ecology.</emphasis>
The sponge is found attached to a rocky ledge and fed on by hawksbill turtles at a depth of
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.
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FF588CADFE99678B" bold="true" box="[199,326,1156,1181]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Etymology</emphasis>
. Named for the thinly encrusting shape of the sponge.
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FF588C8EFEEB67D6" bold="true" box="[199,308,1191,1216]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Remarks</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FEDC8C8EFE1F67D6" box="[323,448,1191,1216]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Stellitethya</emphasis>
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contains three known species described from
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and southwestern
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(
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;
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). These are
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FDF18CE4FD3B67F2" box="[622,740,1229,1252]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">S. murrayi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FB8D8CE4FB5D67F2" box="[1042,1154,1229,1252]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">S. extensa</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="CE744B7B2B61FFE3FB0F8CE5FA9667F2" author="Hentschel" box="[1168,1353,1228,1253]" firstAuthor="Hentschel" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" pagination="347 - 402" refId="ref45019" refString="Hentschel, E. (1909) Tetraxonida. I. In: Michaelsen, W. &amp; Hartmeyer, R. (Eds.), Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger sudwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. 2 (21). Teil. Fischer, Jena, pp. 347 - 402 + pls. XXII-XXIII" type="book chapter" year="1909">Hentschel, 1909</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FA188CE4FF3F661E" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">S. ingens</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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This is the first record of the genus in
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. All
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FCA38D3DFC66663B" box="[828,953,1300,1325]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Stellitethya</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are described from the Indo-Pacific region with records from the Arabian coast and western Australia (
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).
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FBAE8D1EFADF6646" box="[1073,1280,1335,1360]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Stellitethya ingens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is irregularly massive whereas
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FEF58D74FE3D6662" box="[362,482,1373,1396]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">S. extensa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FDB78D74FD7A6662" box="[552,677,1373,1396]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">S. murrayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are thickly encrusting (or cushion shaped) similar in external morphology to
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FEDB8DA9FE09668E" box="[324,470,1408,1432]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">S. incrustans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FE428D56FDE7668E" bold="true" box="[477,568,1407,1432]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
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</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FDA08D56FCC1668E" box="[575,798,1407,1432]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Stellitethya murrayi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FCC98DA9FC64668E" box="[854,955,1408,1432]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">S. ingens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have giant oxyasters,
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in diameter, whereas
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FF658D8CFE5466AA" box="[250,395,1445,1468]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">S. incrustans</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
have smaller oxyasters,
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in diameter. Other distinguishing characters are the shape and size of the micrasters.
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FD908DEEFCD566F6" box="[527,778,1479,1504]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Stellitethya incrustans</emphasis>
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have tylasters similar in shape to
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FB6E8DE1FAB666F6" box="[1265,1385,1480,1504]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">S. murrayi</emphasis>
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, but larger in size,
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, instead of
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(see
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). The micrasters in
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FA9A8DC4FAB16512" box="[1285,1390,1517,1540]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">S. ingens</emphasis>
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are strongylasters and not tylasters as in
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FDF88E39FCDF653E" box="[615,768,1552,1576]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">S. incrustans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FC8F8E26FCAD653E" bold="true" box="[784,882,1551,1576]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="83A257E32B61FFE3FC8F8E26FCAD653E" box="[784,882,1551,1576]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FC1D8E26FB5C653E" box="[898,1155,1551,1576]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Stellitethya incrustans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FB0C8E26FB2A653E" bold="true" box="[1171,1269,1551,1576]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="83A257E32B61FFE3FB0C8E26FB2A653E" box="[1171,1269,1551,1576]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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have smaller subtylostyles on average (
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FE5F8E1CFD8D655A" box="[448,594,1589,1612]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">S. incrustans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FDC48E1DFD69655B" bold="true" box="[603,694,1588,1613]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="83A257E32B61FFE3FDC48E1DFD69655B" box="[603,694,1588,1613]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
primary subtylostyles
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,
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FBAD8E1CFB7B655A" box="[1074,1188,1589,1612]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">S. extensa</emphasis>
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;
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FABB8E1CFA43655A" box="[1316,1436,1589,1612]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">S. murrayi</emphasis>
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;
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FE948E71FEB06566" box="[267,367,1624,1648]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">S. ingens</emphasis>
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="9891EA982B61FFE3FF588E55FDDC6583" bold="true" box="[199,515,1660,1685]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Key diagnostic characters.</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="AA5A368A2B61FFE3FF588E88FC6965AE" blockId="22.[151,1437,615,1792]" box="[199,950,1695,1720]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">• Sponge thinly encrusting and often fed on by hawksbill turtles.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="E2FF65012B61FFE3FF588EECFDF36416" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="description">
<paragraph id="AA5A368A2B61FFE3FF588EECFCDE65CB" blockId="22.[151,1437,615,1792]" box="[199,769,1732,1757]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">• Small oxyspherasters, either smooth or spined.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AA5A368A2B61FFE3FF588EC0FDF36416" blockId="22.[151,1437,615,1792]" box="[199,556,1767,1792]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">• Tylasters terminally spined.</paragraph>
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