Taxonomic notes on Poecillastra sponges (Astrophorida: Pachastrellidae), with the description of three new bathyal southeastern Pacific species

Three new species of Poecillastra are described here from bathyal waters off central Chile. P. antonbruunae n. sp. is diagnosed by its two categories of oxeas, the smaller one only up to 621 μm in length, and calthrops as the sole triaene category; P. sinetridens n. sp. by the possession of oxeas...

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Main Authors: Mariana S. Carvalho, Ruth Desqueyroux-Faúndez, Eduardo Hajdu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2011-09-01
Series:Scientia Marina
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Online Access:http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1271