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Corriero, G.; Scalera-Liaci, L.; Pronzato, R. (1997). Didiscus spinoxeatus, a new species of Porifera (Demospongiae) from the Mediterranean Sea. Ophelia. 47(1): 63-70.
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Corriero, G.; Scalera-Liaci, L.; Pronzato, R.
1997
<i>Didiscus spinoxeatus</i>, a new species of Porifera (Demospongiae) from the Mediterranean Sea
Ophelia
47(1): 63-70
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A new species of Porifera, Didiscus spinoxeatus (Ustica Island, Tyrrhenian Sea), is here described. The analysis of the spicular characters shows a close affinity of the new species with the Mediterranean D. styliferus Tsurnamal. Moreover, D. spinoxeatus shares some characters of its microscleres with D. verdensis Hiemstra & van Soest, recorded from Cape Verde Islands. The homogeneity of this Atlantic-Mediterranean group is discussed on the basis of the morphology of species-specific didiscorhabds.
Mediterranean Sea in general
Systematics, Taxonomy
Didiscus spinoxeatus Corriero, Scalera-Liaci & Pronzato, 1997 (original description)
Didiscus styliferus Tsurnamal, 1969 accepted as Didiscus stylifer Tsurnamal, 1969 (additional source) Didiscus verdensis Hiemstra & van Soest, 1991 (additional source)
Western Mediterranean for Didiscus spinoxeatus Corriero, Scalera-Liaci & Pronzato, 1997
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