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Table 3 in Porifera from Ponta do Ouro (Mozambique)

  • 1. Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita e dell'Ambiente, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy.

Description

Table 3. Species of the genus Phoriospongia Marshall, 1880; characteristics based on the original descriptions.

SpeciesAuthorDistributionShapeMegascleresSize (μm)MicroscleresSize (μm)
P. arenifibrosa(Dendy, 1896)Australia“Broken”“Not measured”Isochelae16
P. argentea(Marshall, 1880)AustraliaMassiveStyles80
P. caniculataLendenfeld, 1889AustraliaOxeas160 × 4Sigmas47
P. carcinophila(Lendenfeld, 1889)AustraliaTwo sizes of strongyles200 × 1 and 200 × 2
P. flabellopalmata(Carter, 1885)AustraliaStyles270 × 4Raphids
P. levisLendenfeld, 1888AustraliaStrongyles100 × 1Sigmas30
P. mammilata(Lendenfeld, 1888)AustraliaStrongyles250 × 6
P. papillosa(Lamarck, 1815)AustraliaNo macrosleres
P. poni(de Laubenfels, 1950)HawaiiStrongyles; oxeas; styles90 × 5; 120 × 5; 120 × 5Raphids90 × 0.5
P. reticulumMarshall, 1880AustraliaTylostylesSigmas50
P. solidaMarshall, 1880AustraliaMassiveTylostyles200–300Sigmas40
P. squalida(Lendenfeld, 1888)Australia
P. syringiana(Whitelegge, 1906)AustraliaBranchingStrongyles130–150 × 5.5Sigmas, chelae“Various”

Notes

Published as part of Calcinai, Barbara, Belfiore, Giuseppe, Pica, Daniela, Torsani, Fabrizio, Palma, Marco & Cerrano, Carlo, 2020, Porifera from Ponta do Ouro (Mozambique), pp. 36 in European Journal of Taxonomy 698 on page 36, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.698, http://zenodo.org/record/3978511

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References

  • Lendenfeld von R. 1889. A Monograph of the Horny Sponges. Trubner and Co., London.
  • Lendenfeld von R. 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum: 188. Taylor & Francis, Sidney, London.