Sarcotragus geomunensis, Sim & Lee & Kim, 2016
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.12651/JSR.2016.5.3.443 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D7F24C-FFC3-4A45-FCB3-FEE0FABCFB42 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Sarcotragus geomunensis |
status |
sp. nov. |
2. Sarcotragus geomunensis View in CoL n. sp. ( Fig. 2 View Fig )
Type specimen. Holotype (NIBRIV0000325790), Korea: Geomundo Island , Samsanmyeon , Yeosusi, Jeollanamdo, 27 Feb 2002, Lee KJ, by SCUBA, depth 20 m, deposited in the NIBR.
Description. Irregular mass, size up to 8 × 5 × 3 cm. Conulous surface covered with thin filamentous membrane and perforated round opening. Conules mostly blunt except on side of sponge. Under filamentous membrane, thick primary fibres connected with branches of other primary fibres, or large webs of secondary fibres. Oscules open at the end of protruding surface, 13 mm in diameter. Colour, beige in life. Texture, elastic and compressible. Filaments easily separated from fibres. Primary fibres in choanosome, flattened, forming plate, and easily broken. Wide secondary plate like web locat ed between adjacent primary fibres. Thin branched fibres like web, spread under filamentous membrane.
Skeleton: Primary fibres, 400750 μm in diameter. Secondary fibres, simple fasciculate branch, 80-180 μm, 200300 μm in diameter and web pattern, 200-300 μm in diameter. Filaments, 5 μm in diameter, terminal knobs, 1012 μm in diameter.
Etymology. This species is named after the type locality Geomundo Island.
Remark. This new species is a unique in that its choanosome primary fibres are flattened shape and easily broken. Secondary fibres have mostly web pattern.
NIBR |
National Institute of Biological Resources |
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