A new species of Biemna (Porifera: Poecilosclerida) from Antarctica: Biemna strongylota
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 August 2006
Abstract
A new species of Biemna, Biemnastrongylota sp. nov. is described from Antarctica. The new species is compared to other Antarctic species of Biemna, B. chilensis and B. macrorhaphis from which it differs in that it possesses strongyle megascleres, instead of styles, and of the microsclere complement which includes microxeas, raphides and two categories of sigmata.
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- Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 86 , Issue 5 , October 2006 , pp. 949 - 955
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- 2006 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
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