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Revision of the genus Asconema (Porifera: Hexactinellida: Rossellidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 December 2007

Konstantin R. Tabachnick
Affiliation:
P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Larisa L. Menshenina
Affiliation:
Biophysical Department, Physical Faculty, MSU 2, b.2, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia

Abstract

The genus Asconema, widely distributed in the North Atlantic and Arctic, was for some time considered to be monospecific. Its revision shows that it contains five species including the previously known A. setubalense, reinstated A. foliata and three new species (two of which are subdivided into three and four subspecies). The generic diagnosis is changed to encompass the specific characters of the new species.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2007 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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