Bergquistia udoensis, Lee & Yoo & Kim, 2017
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.12651/JSR.2017.6 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EC2487F7-4867-FFB5-5C09-973AE539DC42 |
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treatment provided by |
Felipe |
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scientific name |
Bergquistia udoensis |
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sp. nov. |
5. Bergquistia udoensis View in CoL n. sp. ( Fig. 7)
Type specimen. Holotype (NIBRIV0000811392), Korea:
Udo, Udo-myeon, Jeju-si , Jeju-do. 15 Mar 2013, Kim YA, by SCUBA diving, Depth 20 m, deposited in the NIBR .
Description. Thickly encrusting small sponge, size up to 5.5 × 4 × 2 cm wide. Surface with distinct dense and sharp conules, and no oscules. Numerous thin skeletal fibres appeared near surface. Colour in life ivory. Texture, very hard.
Skeleton: Primary fibres, 200-300 μm in diameter, very thick and rough. Secondary fibres, 80-100 μm in diameter, have diverse sized opening near primary fibres. Filaments, 1-2.5 μm in diameter, terminal knob, 4 μm in diameter, very rare.
Etymology. This new species name, udoensis , is named after the type locality Udo, Jeju-do.
Remark. This new species has very sharp and dense conules at the surface, and the texture is very hard. The end points of secondary fibres always have diverse sized openings and no web type ( Fig. 7E, G).
| NIBR |
National Institute of Biological Resources |
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