Deep Water Polymastiidae (Porifera, Polymastiida) from the South West Pacific (2003-2017)

Deep water sponges in the family Polymastiidae were collected during the 2017 Abyss Cruise off the East Coast of Australia and the 2003 NorFANZ Expedition to the Lord Howe and Norfolk ridges in the Tasman Sea, Southwest Pacific ocean. Species of Radiella, Spinularia, Ridleia, Tentorium and Polymastia were collected from abyssal and bathyal depths. From these collections, seven new species were discovered: Radiella nidula sp. nov., Radiella pumix sp. nov., Radiella sclera sp. nov., Spinularia flagellata sp. nov., Tentorium labium sp. nov., Ridleia echidna sp. nov. and Polymastia norfanzii sp. nov. The data has been acquired on the following RV Investigator voyage IN2017_V03 with links to additional metadata, datasets, events, deployments, publications etc. If this data has been used in any products, please acknowledge with the following: We acknowledge the use of the CSIRO Marine National Facility (https://ror.org/01mae9353) in undertaking this research.

Citation: Merrick Ekins, Dirk Erpenbeck, Gert Wörheide and John Hooper (2023) Deep Water Polymastiidae (Porifera, Polymastiida) from the South West Pacific. Zootaxa 5369(1) 057-088. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5369.1.3

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