New species of sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae) from the Turkish coast

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Gözcelioğlu B., Soest R. V., Alvarez B., KONUKLUGİL B.

Turkish Journal of Zoology, vol.39, no.4, pp.555-559, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 39 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.3906/zoo-1312-40
  • Journal Name: Turkish Journal of Zoology
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.555-559
  • Keywords: Porifera, Demospongiae, Hymedesmia anatoliensis, nev species, new records, Turkey, AEGEAN SEA, TURKEY, CHECKLIST, FAUNA
  • Lokman Hekim University Affiliated: No

Abstract

© TÜBİTAK.The census of shallow-water sponges from the northern Aegean and Marmara sea coasts resulted in the collection of 10 species of Demospongiae. A new Hymedesmia species, Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) anatoliensis sp. nov., is described from the western coast of Turkey. Three further species of demosponges, Axinyssa aurantiaca (Schmidt, 1864), Halichondria (Halichondria) contorta (Sarà, 1961), and Dictyonella incisa (Schmidt, 1880), are new to the sponge fauna of Turkey.