Caulophacus (Oxydiscus) weddelli Janussen, Tabachnick & Tendal 2004
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Description
Caulophacus (Oxydiscus) weddelli Janussen, Tabachnick & Tendal, 2004
(Fig. 9)
Material examined: SMF 10527, ANDEEP III Exped., R.V. 'Polarstern', stn PS67/094-11, Weddell Sea, Antarctica, 0 2 Mar. 2005, 66°38.05'S, 27°05.90'W to 66°38.10'S, 27°05.46'W, 4893–4894 m, ethanol.
Description and remarks: The second known specimen of this species is nearly complete in its upper part, but is lacking most of the stalk (Fig. 9 A). It is a stalked funnel, similar in form to the type specimen collected in 2002 on the ANDEEP II Expedition (Janussen et al., 2004), but much larger, 201 x 136 mm. Spiculation is identical to that of the type material, with the same dermal pinule (Fig. 9 B), but with addition of a few onychohexaster microscleres (Fig. 9 C). The new collection location is 446 km southwest of the type location at a similar depth.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Rossellidae
- Genus
- Caulophacus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Lyssacinosida
- Phylum
- Porifera
- Scientific name authorship
- Janussen, Tabachnick & Tendal
- Species
- weddelli
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Caulophacus (Oxydiscus) weddelli Janussen, 2004 sec. Janussen & Reiswig, 2009
References
- Janussen, D., Tabachnick, K. R., Tendal, O. S., 2004. Deep-sea Hexactinellida (Porifera) of the Weddell Sea. Deep-Sea Research II 51, 1857 - 1882.