Hyalonema, Gray, 1832

Tabachnick, Konstantin, Fromont, Jane, Ehrlich, Hermann & Menshenina, Larisa, 2019, Hexactinellida from the Perth Canyon, Eastern Indian Ocean, with descriptions of five new species, Zootaxa 4664 (1), pp. 47-82 : 53

Hyalonema sp.

Material examined. Australia: Western Australia: WAM Z35339, 3 fragments, Perth Canyon (31 o 57’54’’S, 115 o 06’18’’E to 31 o 56’59”S, 115 o 07’05”E, Figure 1 ), 928–1170 m, J. Fromont and C. Whisson, sled, 30/11/2005, RV Southern Surveyor station SS1005/073 .

Remarks. This material also had fragments contaminated with the spicules of Monorhaphis chuni which has been separated and given the registration number WAM Z88465. A few spicule types can be attributed to Hyalonematidae , and to the genus Hyalonema . The fragments do not possess specific features to attribute them to any known species.

Distribution. The genus is cosmopolitan and was reported in the eastern Indian Ocean by Tabachnick et al. (2008).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Map of Perth Canyon. Triangles are RV Falkor stations and circles are RV Southern Surveyor stations.