Ircinia bocatorensis, Kelly & Thacker, 2021

Kelly, Joseph B. & Thacker, Robert W., 2021, New shallow water species of Caribbean Ircinia Nardo, 1833 (Porifera: Irciniidae), Zootaxa 5072 (4), pp. 301-323 : 307

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5072.4.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5748792

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D3F0FC15-2302-453D-BBAB-B3528E4D8D0A

taxon LSID

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Plazi

scientific name

Ircinia bocatorensis
status

sp. nov.

Ircinia bocatorensis View in CoL sp. nov.

Figures 4 View FIGURE 4 , 5 View FIGURE 5 ; Tables 1 View TABLE 1 , 2 View TABLE 2 .

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Holotype: USNM 1582284 About USNM (P16x58; 9.35133, -82.2593; appx. 5 m depth; coll. J.B.K. and R.W. T.; 26 July 2016). GoogleMaps

Paratypes: USNM 1582282 About USNM (P16x56; 9.35133, -82.2593; appx. 5 m depth; coll. J.B.K. and R.W. T.; 26 July 2016) GoogleMaps , USNM 1582287 About USNM (P16x61; 9.35133, -82.2593; appx. 5 m depth; coll. J.B.K. and R.W. T.; 26 July 2016) GoogleMaps , USNM 1582289 About USNM (P16x63; 9.35133, -82.2593; appx. 5 m depth; coll. J.B.K. and R.W. T.; 26 July 2016) GoogleMaps , USNM 1582291 About USNM (P16x65; 9.35133, -82.2593; appx. 5 m depth; coll. J.B.K. and R.W. T.; 26 July 2016) GoogleMaps , USNM 1582295 About USNM (P16x69; 9.35133, -82.2593; appx. 5 m depth; coll. J.B.K. and R.W. T.; 26 July 2016) GoogleMaps .

Type locality: Bocas del Toro, Panama.

Exterior morphology. Ircinia with a massive, sometimes cone-like growth morphology and a tan exterior color ( Figure 4 View FIGURE 4 ). Conules 3–5 mm in height, dully sharp to knobby, typically darker or lighter in color than the rest of the sponge body. Oscula usually black, either flush or apical on cone-like outgrowths, sparsely distributed, sometimes clumped. Oscule diameter 0.5–1.5 cm.

Internal morphology. Primary fascicular fibers 200–520 µm wide, heavily cored. Interconnecting fibers 15–65 µm wide, moderately cored and sometimes becoming uncored further from the point of connection with the primary fibers ( Figure 5 View FIGURE 5 ). Irciniid filaments 1–4 µm wide, terminating in spherical to oval knobs 5–10 µm in diameter.

Ecology. All specimens were collected from a Thalassia bed interspersed with small coral colonies.

Etymology. The species is named for the Panamanian province Bocas del Toro.

Remarks. One specimen was observed growing in physical contact with I. strobilina . Referred to as the ‘Massive B’ growth form in Kelly et al. (2021).

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Porifera

Class

Demospongiae

Order

Dictyoceratida

Family

Irciniidae

Genus

Ircinia

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