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Issue: Vol. 5297 No. 1: 31 May 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-05-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5297.1.2
Page range: 48-60
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Redescription of Ophlitaspongia (?) arbuscula Row, 1911 and Ophlitaspongia (?) horrida Row, 1911 from the Red Sea, and their placement in Clathria (Clathria) Schmidt, 1862

National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries; Hurghada; Egypt
Queensland Museum; PO Box 3300; South Brisbane 4101; Brisbane; Queensland; School of Biological Sciences; University of Queensland; St. Lucia; Queensland; 4072; Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery; Griffith University; Brisbane 4111 Queensland
Porifera Microcionidae Ophlitaspongia (acantho)styles Clathria

Abstract

Ophlitaspongia (?) arbuscula Row, 1911 and Ophlitaspongia (?) horrida Row, 1911 from the type locality in the Red Sea, have been re-described based on the type and fresh material from the Red Sea, Egypt. New specimens were used to illustrate the variation within the species. Examination of the type and fresh material indicates both species are unlikely to belong to the genus Ophlitaspongia, due to the possession of echinating (acantho)styles. The presence of a reticulate skeleton indicates Clathria (Clathria) Schmidt, 1862, is the most likely generic assignment for both species. 

 

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