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AB  - The genus <i>Latrunculia</i> in New Zealand was believed to be represented by at least three species: <i>L. brevis</i> Ridley & Dendy and two undescribed species. However, results from recent studies indicate that the genus contained a complex of at least eight genetically distinct species. In this paper we revise the taxonomy of <i>Latrunculia</i> in New Zealand and describe nine new species. Eight of these were previously identified using genetic techniques (i.e., <i>L. kaakaariki</i> sp. nov., <i>L. duckworthi</i> sp. nov., <i>L.procumbens</i> sp. nov., <i>L. wellingtonensis</i> sp. nov., <i>L. kaikoura</i> sp. nov., <i>L. triverticillata</i> sp. nov., <i>L.
fiordensis</i> sp. nov. , and <i>L. millerae</i> sp. nov.) and one
(<i>L. oxydiscorhabda</i> sp. nov.) was distinguished based only on morphological differences. The species described fall into two morphological groups, spinispiraefera and triverticillata, which can be diagnosed by the number of whorls present along the discorhabd axis. The status of <i>L. brevis</i>, and other subantarctic species (i.e., <i>Latrunculìa bocagei</i>, <i>L. antarctica</i>, <i>L. lendenfeldi</i>, <i>L. spinispiraefera</i>) is discussed; all of these species are considered to be valid but not conspecific with any of the species described here.
A1  - Alvarez, B.
A1  - Bergquist, P.R.
A1  - Battershill, C.N.
DO  - 10.1080/00288330.2002.9517078
JO  - New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
SP  - 151
EP  - 184
C1  - 36: 151-184
TI  - Taxonomic revision of the genus <i>Latrunculia</i> Du Bocage (Porifera: Demospongiae: Latrunculiidae) in New Zealand
UR  - https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=7043
VL  - 36
PY  - 2002
Y2  - 2026-06-13
ER  -