Phelloderma sp. nov.

(Fig. 10 B)

Material. 1 specimen (holotype) from station 039-11 (SMF 11726), 2151.5 m, 64° 28.80' S, 2° 52.52' E, 0 3.01.2008.

Description. A rounded encrusting sponge of 19 mm diameter overgrowing a rock. Without specialized ectosome, choanosomal skeleton consisting of radially arranged bundles of styles. Spicules styles, slightly polytylote, 580–710 x 14–17 µm, arcuate isochelae 27–38 µm, and oxychaetes 118–168 µm.

Remarks. The specimen and new species will be described in detail separately by Hajdu et al. (in prep.).