A new genus and species of deep-sea glass sponge (Porifera, Hexactinellida, Aulocalycidae) from the Indian Ocean

By

Sautya, Sabyasachi
Tabachnick, Konstantin R
Ingole, Baban

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

136

Pages

13-21

Subjects

Aulocalycidae , Carlsberg Ridge , glass sponge , Hexactinellida , Indian Ocean , new genus , new species , Porifera

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.136.1626

 

Abstract

New hexactinellid sponges were collected from 2589 m depth on the Carlsberg Ridge in the Indian Ocean during deep-sea dredging. All fragments belong to a new genus and species, Indiella gen. n. ridgenensis sp. n., a representative of the family Aulocalycidae described here. The peculiar features of this sponge, not described earlier for other Aulocalycidae, are: longitudinal strands present in several layers and epirhyses channelization.