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A new haplosclerid sponge species from the Red Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 December 2001

Jean Vacelet ,
Abdulmohsin Al Sofyani ,
Sultan Al Lihaibi  and
Jean-Michel Kornprobst
Jean Vacelet
Affiliation:
Centre d'Océanologie de Marseille (CNRS-Université de la Méditerranée, UMR 6540 DIMAR), Station Marine d'Endoume, rue Batterie des Lions, 13007 Marseille, France
Abdulmohsin Al Sofyani
Affiliation:
Faculty of Marine Science, King Abdulaziz University, PO Box 1540, Jeddah 21441, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Sultan Al Lihaibi
Affiliation:
Faculty of Marine Science, King Abdulaziz University, PO Box 1540, Jeddah 21441, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Jean-Michel Kornprobst
Affiliation:
ISOMer, Université de Nantes, 2 rue de La Houssinière, BP 1024, 44322 Nantes Cedex 03, France
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Abstract

A new species of Chalinula (Haplosclerida: Chalinidae), C. saudiensis, is described from the coral reefs of the Red Sea off Jeddah. The new species is remarkable in its vivid blue colour and its bioactivity. Its description includes cytological features in transmission electron microscopy.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 81 , Issue 6 , December 2001 , pp. 943 - 948
Copyright
© 2001 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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