Dendya prolifera Dendy, 1913

Van, Rob W. M. & De, Nicole J., 2018, Calcareous sponges of the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea, Zootaxa 4426 (1), pp. 1-160 : 150

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4426.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5966812

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/386CC616-DCE7-A5A4-FF67-8909FBE9FE6D

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scientific name

Dendya prolifera Dendy, 1913
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Dendya prolifera Dendy, 1913

Dendy (1913: 6) described this species from the Amirante Islands , Seychelles. The species has been extensively discussed by Borojević & Boury-Esnault (1986: 445–447). It is a soft wide tube characterized by lateral diverticules. Spicules comprise two categories of triactines (270 x 10 µm and 120 x 8.5 µm) and tetractines with apical actines of 99 µm. The species is currently assigned to Levinella . The collection of the Naturalis Biodiversity Center contains a slide, ZMA . POR.P.1170, which is assignable to the genus Levinella . Locality Seychelles, N of Aride Island , depth 55 m, Netherlands Indian Ocean Project, 19 December, 1992.

ZMA

Universiteit van Amsterdam, Zoologisch Museum

POR

Universit� degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Porifera

Class

Calcarea

Order

Clathrinida

Family

Dendyidae

Genus

Dendya

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Porifera

Class

Calcarea

Order

Clathrinida

Family

Levinellidae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Porifera

Class

Calcarea

Order

Clathrinida

Family

Levinellidae

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