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D, 2AE)
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Material examined.
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,
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,
<date id="21081029FFD17026FD9AC8C5DED183FB" box="[606,736,2008,2032]" pageId="1" pageNumber="22" value="2009-11-05">05-11-2009</date>
, depth
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Fieldnr #TER20/
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. Tuti
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:
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. 5509,
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, Halmahera,
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Sulamadah I., stat TER.022,
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,
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, depth
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/260, coll. K. van Egmond;
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, Halmahera,
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,
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,
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, depth
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/226, coll. K. van Egmond.
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Other Material examined:
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(
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(as
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(
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(as
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD27025FC63CE51D893856F" box="[935,1186,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="23">Phoriospongia fibrosa</emphasis>
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), Torres Strait, Northern Great Barrier Reef.
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,
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1920.12.9.36, Indian Ocean,
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.
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1886:12:15:341 (as
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,
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4414 (as
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).
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD27025FBADCEA5D9A585DB" box="[1129,1428,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="23">Psammochela psammodes</emphasis>
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, Sulawesi, NE Take Bone Rate, stn. 222, 06°31.5
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E,
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, coll. R.W.M. van Soest.
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E, light red, sandy bottom with sponges and gorgonians, dredged at
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Description. Shape: The
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consists of a part of a larger specimen (see fig. 1a and 1b). The specimen is bushy with anastomosing thorny branches with pointy endings. Raised oscules (diameter of
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) along one side of the branch every
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. The surface is irregularly rugose and smooth in between and the ectosomal reticulation is clearly visible in live and preserved specimens. Colour is pale salmon pink to light orange alive, grayish in spirit. The texture is compressible, brittle.
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD27025FF53C810DD228328" bold="true" box="[151,275,1805,1828]" pageId="2" pageNumber="23">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
A,
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, in situ photograph of holotype (photo Y. Tuti); B, preserved specimen (scale bar 5 cm); C, Light micrograph of ectosomal skeleton; D, Light micrograph of choanosomal skeleton.
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Skeleton. Ectosomal skeleton consists of a large irregular meshed reticulation outlined by large sand grains, other foreign material and thin strongyles, meshes
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in diameter with few microscleres in the soft tissue between the fibres. Choanosomal skeleton is an isotropic to irregular reticulation of spicule tracts mixed with foreign material. The mega-and microscleres are obscured by the large size of the foreign materials.
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD37024FF53CF85DD3984BB" bold="true" box="[151,264,152,176]" pageId="3" pageNumber="24">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Comparison of spicule dimensions (µm) among specimens of
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.
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RMNH 5409* Halmahera 125142 x 2.5 2532.5 12.520 1517.5 RMNH 5509 Ternate 120140 x 2.5 27.540 1520 17.520 RMNH 5475 Tidore 137.5155 x 2.5 3035 1517.5 1517.5
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*
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Spicules. Thin strongyles (120155 x 2.5 μm), two sizes of sigmas (
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μm; II 12.520 μm) and spatulate and/or equianchorate chelae (1520 μm) (see table 1 and fig. 2).
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Ecology. Reef slopes and sandy bottom
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deep.
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Geographic distribution. Specimens were found near the island of
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,
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&amp; Halmahera in the northern
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,
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.
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Etymology.
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is named after Ir. Yosephine Tuti, who collected and photographed the
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specimen. She is also acknowledged for all the logistic support provided in the past years to make our biodiversity studies in
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possible.
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD37024FF53C89EDD238392" bold="true" box="[151,274,1923,1946]" pageId="3" pageNumber="24">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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Scanning electron micrographies of spicules made from the holotype and paratype. A, Strongyle; B, Anchorate chelae RMNH 5509; C, RMNH 5490; D, Sigma I; E, sigma II (scale bars 10 µm, except B, C 5 µm)
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FF03CF85DD9F84BB" box="[199,430,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Psammochela tutiae</emphasis>
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is characterized by its bushy growth form, thin strongyles and absence of polydentate chelae. Only five other species belonging to
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FD54CFA1DF1C84DF" box="[656,813,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Psammochela</emphasis>
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are presently recognized:
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FB9CCFA0D88984DF" box="[1112,1208,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">P. rigida</emphasis>
(
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)
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from the Strait of
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,
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FE0CCFFCDE0084F3" box="[456,561,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">P. fibrosa</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
from NW
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,
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FC00CFFCD84484F3" box="[964,1141,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">P. chaliniformis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="31274B18FFD47023FB46CFC2D93E84FC" author="Carter" box="[1154,1295,223,247]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25" refString="Carter, H. J. (1885) Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5, 196 - 222." type="journal article" year="1885">Carter, 1885</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
from South
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,
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FEC8CE18DD4F8517" box="[268,382,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">P. elegans</emphasis>
(
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)
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from NW
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and
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FCD3CE18DF868517" box="[791,951,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">P. psammodes</emphasis>
(
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</taxonomicName>
from SW
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. For the present study I re-examined the
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specimens of all species and discovered some crucial differences in spicule combination and dimensions deviating from the original descriptions. In addition I examined as comparative material some recent specimens deposited at the Zoological Museum of Amsterdam from
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(
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&amp;
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). The
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specimens of
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and
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FCD1CE88DFF485A7" box="[789,965,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">P. chaliniformis</emphasis>
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have already been depicted and discussed in the recent revision of the classification of sponges (van
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:618, fig.11), however the spicule measurements deviated somewhat from the present ones (see table 2).
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is very different from the other
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FE8ECD1DDDD68613" box="[330,487,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Psammochela</emphasis>
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species; the megascleres are completely replaced by sand grains and it has only polydentate unguiferate isochelae. These chelae differ subtly from those in other species: the shaft is rather straight and the alae are shorter, more numerous and pointy (fig.3 and
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:618, fig.11L). Although Burton specimen source megasclers Sigma I Sigma II Chelae I Chelae II
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FF53CD8DDD3986A3" bold="true" box="[151,264,656,680]" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">TABLE 2.</emphasis>
Comparison of spicule dimensions (µm) among species of
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Anchorate polydentate
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*
</emphasis>
b Styles 150175 x 56
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15 2022.5 9
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*
</emphasis>
a Styles 160190 32 - 22 -
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*
</emphasis>
b (aniso) Strongyles 140155
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37.5 1012.5 17.5 22.5 8
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FF62CCADDD6787CE" box="[166,342,943,965]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">
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*
</emphasis>
c - - - - 1012
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b - 12.517.5
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*
</emphasis>
a Styles (strongylote)160 x 5
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12 24
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12
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FF02CB29DCEA8041" box="[198,219,1076,1098]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">P.</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</specimenCount>
elegans* b Styles 145160
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37.5 1015 21.522.5 1012.5
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*
</emphasis>
c Styles 160 x 57 50
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ZMA.9053 b Styles 155180 x 5 30
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10 2022.5
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8
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FF6BCBA7DCF480C4" box="[175,197,1210,1231]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">P.</emphasis>
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psammodes* a (aniso) Strongyles 136166
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1517 9
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FF6BCBFBDD7F80F0" box="[175,334,1253,1275]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">
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*
</emphasis>
b (aniso) Strongyles 145175 x 2.5
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12.5 1317.5 812.5 ZMA.9463 b (aniso) Strongyles 160175 2535 12.517.5 1317.5 1012.5 *
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species. Abbreviations: a) original description, b) present study, c) van Soest, 2002
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(1934) synonymized
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FE40CA97DDC481AA" box="[388,501,1417,1441]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">P. elegans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with
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, there are some clear differences between the two species. Strangely enough, the original description by Ridley misses the small polydentate chelae and the second category of sigmas. More importantly, the megascleres consist of strongyles and aniso(strongyles) instead of styles (
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d). He might have confused alien styles as real megascleres. This species is therefore more related to
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FB5ECAEBD90A8206" box="[1178,1339,1525,1549]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">P. psammodes</emphasis>
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, but the latter species has smaller microscleres (both sigmas and chelae) and I believe that both
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FBA7C907D8E5823A" box="[1123,1236,1561,1585]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">P. elegans</emphasis>
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and
<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FACDC907D95E823A" box="[1289,1391,1561,1585]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">P. f i b ro s a</emphasis>
are valid species.
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FEF2C923DDA6825E" box="[310,407,1597,1621]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">P. rigida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described by
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from the Strait of
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as a
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FB6FC920D973825E" box="[1195,1346,1597,1621]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Halichondria</emphasis>
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, and he described tension spicule acuate (=styles); rather numerous bihamate spicula (=sigmas), simple and contort, rare, rather stout bidentate equianchorates (=anchorate chelae). The sponge itself is massive and the surface is rugged, uneven and full of ridges and depressions. After examining the
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of
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FBDDC9B7D84882CA" box="[1049,1145,1705,1729]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">P. rigida</emphasis>
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, I conclude that it is very similar to
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FECCC9D3DD4882EE" box="[264,377,1741,1765]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">P. elegans</emphasis>
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and might be a senior synonym of
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FCC7C9D3DF4582EE" box="[771,884,1741,1765]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">P. elegans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The
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localities of both are also close to each other (NE
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and Strait of
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). The shapes of all
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specimens were more or less similar, being massive to irregularly shaped with digitate processes. The ectosomal skeletons of all specimens are also very similar having a tight meshed reticulation of fine sand grains and can therefore not be used as distinguishing character among species (
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G, I). Species belonging to
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD47023FDAFC840DF39837E" box="[619,776,1885,1909]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="25">Psammochela</emphasis>
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are not often observed during biodiversity surveys and the specimens collected during the present study show some variation in the abundance of the microscleres as often observed in some Poecilosclerid sponges. For instance,
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RMNH POR.5475 has only few chelae in contrast with the other specimens, thus showing the difficulty in identifying this species despite its very characteristic outer morphology. The polydentate chelae were observed in all species, except in
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<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD67021FBEDCF84D8BA84BB" box="[1065,1163,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="27">P. tutiae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, and are very numerous in the interstitial membranes of the choanosomal skeleton together with the sigmas. On the other hand, all species have spatulate anchorate chelae, characteristic of the
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, but these are not very numerous and are hard to detect among the foreign material. A striking similarity is observed in the species
<taxonomicName id="92B64D6AFFD67021FB35CE18DDE78534" ID-CoL="34ZZ4" authority="Van Soest, 1998" authorityName="Van Soest" authorityYear="1998" class="Demospongiae" family="Desmacididae" genus="Desmapsamma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="6" pageNumber="27" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="vervoorti">
<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD67021FB35CE18DCCF854B" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="27">Desmapsamma vervoorti</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="31274B18FFD67021FECACE35DDE78534" author="Van" box="[270,470,295,319]" pageId="6" pageNumber="27" refString="Van Soest, R. W. M. (1998) A new sponge Desmapsamma vervoorti spec. nov. (Poeciloslerida: Desmacididae) from Indonesia. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 323, 427 - 434." type="journal article" year="1998">Van Soest, 1998</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="92B64D6AFFD67021FDDBCE35DF13854B" ID-CoL="4NC32" box="[543,802,296,320]" class="Demospongiae" family="Myxillidae" genus="Psammochela" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="6" pageNumber="27" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="elegans">
<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD67021FDDBCE35DF13854B" box="[543,802,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="27">Psammochela elegans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The species cannot be distinguished by the outer morphology and the same holds true for both the ectosomal and choanosomal skeleton. The only difference lies in the morphology of the spicules;
<taxonomicName id="92B64D6AFFD67021FE3BCE6CDF268583" ID-CoL="34ZZ4" box="[511,791,369,392]" class="Demospongiae" family="Desmacididae" genus="Desmapsamma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="6" pageNumber="27" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="vervoorti">
<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD67021FE3BCE6CDF268583" box="[511,791,369,392]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="27">Desmapsamma vervoorti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has exclusively hastate oxeote megascleres and two sizes of anchorate chelae and sigmas, but lacks polydentate chelae.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="550936E9FFD57022FF53C852DDC583E8" blockId="5.[151,1436,1870,2019]" pageId="5" pageNumber="26">
<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD57022FF53C852DD24836F" bold="true" box="[151,277,1871,1894]" pageId="5" pageNumber="26">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
AB, Unreg. type BMNH
<taxonomicName id="92B64D6AFFD57022FDF7C852DF36836E" ID-CoL="4NC36" box="[563,775,1871,1893]" class="Demospongiae" family="Myxillidae" genus="Psammochela" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="5" pageNumber="26" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="rigida">
<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD57022FDF7C852DF36836E" box="[563,775,1871,1893]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="26">Psammochela rigida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Bowerbank, 1875 as
<taxonomicName id="92B64D6AFFD57022FC30C852D84D836E" box="[1012,1148,1871,1893]" class="Demospongiae" family="Halichondriidae" genus="Halichondria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Halichondrida" pageId="5" pageNumber="26" phylum="Porifera" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD57022FC30C852D84D836E" box="[1012,1148,1871,1893]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="26">Halichondria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); CD, unreg. type BMNH
<taxonomicName id="92B64D6AFFD57022FF53C872DD49838E" ID-CoL="4NC33" box="[151,376,1903,1925]" class="Demospongiae" family="Myxillidae" genus="Psammochela" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="5" pageNumber="26" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="fibrosa">
<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD57022FF53C872DD49838E" box="[151,376,1903,1925]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="26">Psammochela fibrosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Ridley, 1884 as
<taxonomicName id="92B64D6AFFD57022FDFBC872DEE4838E" ID-CoL="84S4J" box="[575,725,1903,1925]" class="Demospongiae" family="Chondropsidae" genus="Phoriospongia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="5" pageNumber="26" phylum="Porifera" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD57022FDFBC872DEE4838E" box="[575,725,1903,1925]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="26">Phoriospongia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
); EF, ZMB 4414
<taxonomicName id="92B64D6AFFD57022FC69C872D88C838E" ID-CoL="4NC34" box="[941,1213,1903,1925]" class="Demospongiae" family="Myxillidae" genus="Psammochela" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="5" pageNumber="26" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="psammodes">
<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD57022FC69C872D88C838E" box="[941,1213,1903,1925]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="26">Psammochela psammodes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Hentschel, 1911 as
<taxonomicName id="92B64D6AFFD57022FF53C892DD2483AE" ID-CoL="84N55" box="[151,277,1935,1957]" class="Demospongiae" family="Desmacididae" genus="Desmacidon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="5" pageNumber="26" phylum="Porifera" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD57022FF53C892DD2483AE" box="[151,277,1935,1957]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="26">Desmacidon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (scale bars SEM, strongyle &amp; style 20 µm; sigma I 10 µm; chelae, sigma II, tip strongyle 5 µm; GJ, Light micrographies. G, Ectosomal skeleton and H, choanosomal skeleton of
<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD57022FC48C8B2DFCD83CF" box="[908,1020,1966,1988]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="26">P. e l e g a n s;</emphasis>
I
<taxonomicName id="92B64D6AFFD57022FBD8C8B3D91B83CF" ID-CoL="4NC34" box="[1052,1322,1966,1988]" class="Demospongiae" family="Myxillidae" genus="Psammochela" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="5" pageNumber="26" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="psammodes">
<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD57022FBD8C8B3D91B83CF" box="[1052,1322,1966,1988]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="26">Psammochela psammodes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ectosomal skeleton, J, choanosomal skeleton.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="550936E9FFD67021FF03CEAAD8D5871F" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,789]" pageId="6" pageNumber="27">
The species,
<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD67021FE93CEA4DE5D85DB" box="[343,620,440,464]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="27">
<taxonomicName id="92B64D6AFFD67021FE93CEA4DDF285DB" ID-CoL="4NC33" box="[343,451,440,464]" class="Demospongiae" family="Myxillidae" genus="Psammochela" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="6" pageNumber="27" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="fibrosa">P. fibrosa</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="92B64D6AFFD67021FE0ACEA4DE5D85DB" ID-CoL="4NC34" box="[462,620,440,464]" class="Demospongiae" family="Myxillidae" genus="Psammochela" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="6" pageNumber="27" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="psammodes">P. psammodes</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="92B64D6AFFD67021FD65CEA4DECD85DB" ID-CoL="4NC37" box="[673,764,441,464]" class="Demospongiae" family="Myxillidae" genus="Psammochela" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="6" pageNumber="27" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="tutiae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD67021FD65CEA4DECD85DB" box="[673,764,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="27">P. tutiae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="7CF15780FFD67021FCC6CEA5DF6985C4" box="[770,856,440,463]" pageId="6" pageNumber="27" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
share thin strongyles also observed with
<taxonomicName id="92B64D6AFFD67021FAE6CEA5DC8585FF" ID-CoL="84MC6" class="Demospongiae" family="Chondropsidae" genus="Chondropsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="6" pageNumber="27" phylum="Porifera" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD67021FAE6CEA5DC8585FF" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="27">Chondropsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but the present species all have chelae. Looking more closely at
<taxonomicName id="92B64D6AFFD67021FC00CEC1D86385FF" ID-CoL="84MC6" box="[964,1106,476,500]" class="Demospongiae" family="Chondropsidae" genus="Chondropsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="6" pageNumber="27" phylum="Porifera" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD67021FC00CEC1D86385FF" box="[964,1106,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="27">Chondropsis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, of the 13 species currently assigned to the genus, only
<taxonomicName id="92B64D6AFFD67021FE15CD1DDEF88613" ID-CoL="5XZM9" box="[465,713,512,536]" class="Demospongiae" family="Chondropsidae" genus="Chondropsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="6" pageNumber="27" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="australis">
<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD67021FE15CD1DDEF88613" box="[465,713,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="27">Chondropsis australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(as
<taxonomicName id="92B64D6AFFD67021FD3ECD1DDFDE8613" box="[762,1007,512,536]" class="Demospongiae" family="Desmacididae" genus="Desmacidon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="6" pageNumber="27" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="australis">
<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD67021FD3ECD1DDFDE8613" box="[762,1007,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="27">Desmacidon australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) contains reduced thin isochelae (van
<bibRefCitation id="31274B18FFD67021FF53CD39DD178637" author="Soest" box="[151,294,548,572]" pageId="6" pageNumber="27" refString="Van Soest, R. W. M. (2002 b) Family Desmacididae Schmidt, 1870. In: Hooper, J. N. A. &amp; Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow, pp. 572 - 574." type="journal article" year="2002" yearSuffix="b">Soest 2002b</bibRefCitation>
), but this species clearly has an irregular plumose arrangement characteristic for the
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. In contrast, the six species united here under
<taxonomicName id="92B64D6AFFD67021FD68CD55DF78866B" ID-CoL="84SV7" box="[684,841,584,608]" class="Demospongiae" family="Myxillidae" genus="Psammochela" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="6" pageNumber="27" phylum="Porifera" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="67C2EAFBFFD67021FD68CD55DF78866B" box="[684,841,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="27">Psammochela</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
share the presence of a reticulate skeleton of sand grains and/or of megascleres and anchorate chelae and/or polydentate chelae. In other respects they show considerable differences and their relationships with members of the
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and
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remains unclear. Further research on evolutionary signal contained in different classes of morphological characters (e.g.
<bibRefCitation id="31274B18FFD67021FAFCCDA9DD7D86E4" author="Hajdu" pageId="6" pageNumber="27" refString="Hajdu, E. &amp; Van Soest, R. W. M. (1996) Choosing among Poriferan morphological characters within the cladistic paradigm. Pp. 81 - 88. In: Willenz, Ph. (Ed.), Recent Advances in Sponge Biodiversity Inventory and Documentation. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Biologie, 66 (supplement), 1 - 24" type="journal article" year="1996">Hajdu &amp; Van Soest, 1996</bibRefCitation>
) coupled to the search for molecular markers may eventually yield more objective criteria for decisions on which competing character states may best direct genus assignments in the sand-sponges.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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