LOXOSOMELLA — RUTZLER 



vided with a large beanlike gland. There are two distinct ear-shaped 

 lateral wings on the foot that contain several conspicuous pear- 

 shaped glands. In stained histological sections of sponge tissue with 

 Loxosomella tedaniae, a certain amount of mucus that might have 

 originated from these glands is apparent around the foot. 



The calyx, stalk, and foot of the animals are penetrated frequently 

 by the spearlike spicules of the host sponge. The buds are formed 

 in two anterolateral pockets just above the oval stomach. A maximum 

 number of 2 + 1 buds has been observed in December. They reach a 

 size of 750/j possessing 8-10 tentacles. 



Figures 7-10. — Loxosomella tedaniae, new species: 7, frontal view; 8, posterior view, both 

 pierced by spicules of the host sponge; 9, posterolateral view of a freshly fixed unmounted 

 specimen; 10, frontal view of the foot with foot gland, groove, and additional glands 

 in the wings. 



Discussion. — Many morphological characters of this species, 

 particularly the comparatively long stalk, resemble Loxosomella 

 tethyae (Salensky) from the Mediterranean. Nielsen (1966a) identified 

 specimens from North Carolina as the same species. Loxosomella 

 tedaniae differs from specimens from both of the above locations by 

 its considerably smaller size [1125/* maximum in comparison to more 

 than 2 mm (Prenant and Bobin, 1956) and 1710/* (Nielsen, 1966a)], 

 by having 12-16 rows of epithelial cells on the stalk instead of eight, 



