New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts
New species of dictyoceratid sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida)
from New Zealand
STEVE DE C. COOK
PATRICIA R. BERGQUIST
Marine Systematics Research Group
School of Biological Sciences
University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019
Auckland, New Zealand
Abstract Sponges of the order Dictyoceratida are poorly known
in southern temperate regions. This paper describes five new species (genera
Psammocinia, Thorecta, and Thorectandra), from New Zealand
coastal waters. These represent new records of all three genera from New
Zealand.
Keywords Dictyoceratida; new species; New Zealand;
Porifera; Psammocinia; sponges; Thorecta; Thorectandra
New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1996: Vol. 30:
19-34
0028-8330/96/3001-0019 $2.50/0 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand
1996
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