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Issue: Vol. 5380 No. 5: 4 Dec. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-12-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5380.5.3
Page range: 461-474
Abstract views: 261
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Is the North Atlantic Geodia barretti (Porifera, Tetractinellida, Geodiidae) present on the Southwest Indian Ridge?

National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research; Headland Sada; Ministry of Earth Sciences; Vasco-da-Gama; Goa; India
Pharmacognosy; Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences; Uppsala University; Uppsala; Sweden; Museum of Evolution; Uppsala University; Norbyvägen 16; 752 36 Uppsala; Sweden
National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research; Headland Sada; Ministry of Earth Sciences; Vasco-da-Gama; Goa; India
National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research; Headland Sada; Ministry of Earth Sciences; Vasco-da-Gama; Goa; India
Department of Forestry; Fisheries; and Environment: Oceans and Coasts Research; Cape Town; South Africa; University of the Western Cape; Biodiversity Conservation Department; Bellville; Cape Town; South Africa; University of Cape Town; Biological Sciences; Rondebosch; Cape Town; South Africa
Porifera demospongiae Geodia barretti interoceanic deep water Southwest Indian ocean

Abstract

There are currently 163 species of Geodia Lamarck, 1815 described worldwide, many of which are found in deep waters, but none of which have been recorded from the Southwest Indian Ridge (SWIR). Spicule morphology and barcodes (Folmer COI, 28S (C2–D2), partial 18S) suggest that a specimen of Geodia collected on the SWIR at a depth of 2236 m is closely comparable to Geodia barretti Bowerbank, 1858. Geodia barretti is the most studied and thus well-known deep-sea Geodia species, due to its wide North Atlantic distribution and key role in boreal sponge grounds. This unexpected and markedly disjunct record would extend the distribution range of this species considerably, consequently challenging our knowledge about interoceanic deep-sea sponges.

 

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