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Porifera source details
Reiswig, H.M. (2015). First Lanuginellinae (Porifera, Hexactinellida, Rossellidae) from the NE Pacific and first species of Doconesthes from the Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa. 3920 (4): 572.
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10.11646/zootaxa.3920.4.6 [view]
Reiswig, H.M.
2015
First Lanuginellinae (Porifera, Hexactinellida, Rossellidae) from the NE Pacific and first species of <em>Doconesthes</em> from the Pacific Ocean
Zootaxa
3920 (4): 572
Publication
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A new sac-shaped hexactinellid collected from western Canada bearing long lateral prostal spicules was first thought to be a typical Rossellinae. Subsequent examination of its spiculation proved it to have distinctive strobiloplumicomes, typical of the subfamily Lanuginellinae. Other spicules showed it to be a member of the monospecific genus Doconesthes, known previously only from the North Atlantic Ocean. The new species described here as Doconesthes dustinchiversi is only the second known species of the genus and the first to be found in the Pacific Ocean.
North-eastern Pacific boreal
Abyssal, Deep-Sea
Systematics, Taxonomy Date action by
Doconesthes dustinchiversi Reiswig, 2015 (original description)
North American Pacific Fijordland for Doconesthes dustinchiversi Reiswig, 2015
Northern Pacific Boreal Lower Bathyal Province for Doconesthes dustinchiversi Reiswig, 2015
Holotype RBCM 014-00412-01, geounit North American Pacific Fijordland, identified as Doconesthes dustinchiversi Reiswig, 2015
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