New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts
Revision of the genus Psammocinia (Porifera: Demospongiae:
Dictyoceratida), with six new species from New Zealand
STEVE DE C. COOK
PATRICIA R. BERGQUIST
Marine Systematics Research Group
School of Biological Sciences
University of Auckland
Private Bag 92 019
Auckland, New Zealand
Abstract The status of species within the dictyoceratid
sponge genus
Psammocinia is reviewed. The separation of
Psammocinia species from the closely related
Ircinia species,
which has been the subject of some dispute, is clarified. This distinction made
on the basis of morphological evidence is supported by the limited
chemotaxonomic and molecular phylogenetic data available. Six new species of
Psammocinia are described from the New Zealand region.
Keywords Dictyoceratida; new species; New Zealand;
Porifera; Psammocinia; revision; sponges
M96073
Received 16 September 1996; accepted 27 January 1998
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