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Erylus aleuticus sp. nov. (Porifera: Demospongiae: Astrophorida: Geodiidae) from the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 August 2006

Helmut Lehnert ,
Robert Stone  and
Wolfgang Heimler
Helmut Lehnert
Affiliation:
Eichenstrasse 14, 86507 Oberottmarshausen, Germany
Robert Stone
Affiliation:
Auke Bay Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service, 11305 Glacier Highway, Juneau 99801-8626, Alaska, USA
Wolfgang Heimler
Affiliation:
Institut für Zoologie 1, Staudtstrasse 4, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
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Abstract

A new species of Erylus from the Aleutian Islands is described. This is the first record of the genus from the Aleutian Islands. The new species differs from all other known species of Erylus in the presence of different types of monaxonic megascleres, ranging from oxeas, strongyles, styles, tylostyles to tylotes, often with unequal ends and irregular modifications of these types. The lack of a secondary category of asters is also unusual for the genus.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 86 , Issue 5 , October 2006 , pp. 971 - 975
Copyright
2006 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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