Abstract
Five new species of poecilosclerid sponges, Artemisina amlia sp. nov., Coelosphaera oglalai sp. nov., Melonanchora globogilva sp. nov., Tedania kagalaskai sp. nov., and Mycale carlilei sp. nov, are described from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, from depths ranging between 100–190m and are compared with congeners of the North Pacific Ocean.Keywords: Taxonomy, Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida, new species, N-Pacific, Aleutian Islands, AlaskaReferences
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