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Histodermella kagigunensis sp. nov. from the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands; first records of the genus from the North Pacific

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2012

Helmut Lehnert*
Affiliation:
Eichenstrasse 14, 86507 Oberottmarshausen, Germany
Robert P. Stone
Affiliation:
Auke Bay Laboratories, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA 17109 Point Lena Loop, Juneau, Alaska 99801USA
Wolfgang Heimler
Affiliation:
Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, Staudtstrasse 5, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: H. Lehnert, Eichenstrasse 14, 86507 Oberottmarshausen, Germany email: Lehnert@spongetaxonomics.de

Abstract

The genus Histodermella grows to four species with the addition of H. kagigunensis sp. nov. from the North Pacific. The new species is described and compared with all congeners. Histodermella kagigunensis shows affinities to H. ingolfi Lundbeck 1910 as it has the same spicule types but differs clearly in size, habitus and the dimensions of two occurring spicule types. The discovery of H. kagigunensis represents the first record of the genus Histodermella in the North Pacific Ocean.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2012 

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