Rhizaxinella clava ( Schmidt, 1870 )

Van, Rob W. M., 2017, Sponges of the Guyana Shelf, Zootaxa 1, pp. 1-225 : 189-190

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.272951

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5698758

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Rhizaxinella clava ( Schmidt, 1870 )
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Rhizaxinella clava ( Schmidt, 1870)

Figures 119 View FIGURE 119 a–d

Axinella clava Schmidt, 1870: 61 .

Rhizaxinella clava ; Alvarez et al. 1998: 15; Rützler et al. 2009: 297.

Material examined. RMNH Por. 9925, Suriname, ‘ Luymes O.C.P.S. II’ Guyana Shelf Expedition, station M97, 7.3083°N 54.1667°W, depth 130 m, Agassiz trawl, bottom coarse sand, 16 April 1969 GoogleMaps .

Description. Stalked sponge ( Fig. 119 View FIGURE 119 a) with oval main body ( Fig. 119 View FIGURE 119 a1). Total length of specimen 8 cm, body 12 mm high, 8 mm in diameter, stalk approximately 1.5 mm in diameter. Color pale brown in alcohol. Stalk optically smooth, main body microhispid. Oscule (now closed) apical on a slight elevation. Consistency of main body compressible.

Skeleton. The skeleton of the stalk consists of aligned long styles, penetrating the main body, where intermediate sized styles fan out and carry erect brushes of smaller tylostyles.

Spicules. ( Figs 119 View FIGURE 119 b–d) Styles, tylostyles.

Long styles ( Figs 1 19 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 View FIGURE 3 View FIGURE 4 View FIGURE 5 View FIGURE 6 View FIGURE 7 View FIGURE 8 View FIGURE 9 View FIGURE 10 View FIGURE 11 View FIGURE 12 View FIGURE 13 View FIGURE 14 View FIGURE 15 View FIGURE 16 View FIGURE 17 View FIGURE 18 View FIGURE 19 b,b1), straight, no visible tyles, longest spicules overlapping and intergrading with the intermediate styles ( Figs 119 View FIGURE 119 c,c1) of the main body, overall sizes 814– 1334 –1936 x 10–15.4–22 µm.

Small tylostyles ( Figs 119 View FIGURE 119 d,d1) of the surface brushes, straight, style-like but with a faint subterminal tyle or constriction, 186– 323 –474 x 3 – 5.2 –7 µm.

Distribution and ecology. Guyana Shelf, Gulf of Mexico, coarse sand bottom at 130 m depth.

Remarks. This is the second record of the species, after Schmidt’s (1870) description from the Gulf of Mexico (see Alvarez et al. 1998: 15).

So far, no type specimen of this species has been positively identified and redescribed. A possible type specimen has been recently found in the BMNH collection (Ms Emma Sherlock in litteris), labeled ‘ Cometella gracilior n.g. n.sp. Alligator Reef, BMNH 1939:2:10:45 (sp) MCZ Exchange (MCZ 8130)’. It has the shape of Schmidt’s pl. IV fig. 9, and in all probability is not ‘ Cometella gracilior ’ (= Asbestopluma (A.) gracilior , see above), but possibly the type of Rhizaxinella clava .

RMNH

National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Porifera

Class

Demospongiae

Order

Hadromerida

Family

Suberitidae

Genus

Rhizaxinella

Loc

Rhizaxinella clava ( Schmidt, 1870 )

Van, Rob W. M. 2017
2017
Loc

Rhizaxinella clava

Rutzler 2009: 297
Alvarez 1998: 15
1998
Loc

Axinella clava

Schmidt 1870: 61
1870
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