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Sponge biodiversity of the Jason Islands and Stanley, Falkland Islands with descriptions of twelve new species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2010

Claire Goodwin ,
Jennifer Jones ,
Karen Neely  and
Paul Brickle
Claire Goodwin*
Affiliation:
National Museums Northern Ireland, 153 Bangor Road, Cultra, Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, BT18 0EU
Jennifer Jones
Affiliation:
National Museums Northern Ireland, 153 Bangor Road, Cultra, Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, BT18 0EU
Karen Neely
Affiliation:
Shallow Marine Surveys Group, Stanley, Falkland Islands, FIQQ 1ZZ Falklands Conservation, PO Box 26, Ross Road, Stanley, Falkland Islands, FIQQ 1ZZ
Paul Brickle
Affiliation:
Shallow Marine Surveys Group, Stanley, Falkland Islands, FIQQ 1ZZ
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: C. Goodwin, National Museums Northern Ireland, 153 Bangor Road, Cultra, Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, BT18 0EU email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Sponge samples were taken by SCUBA diving from four sites around Stanley and nine sites at the Jason Islands in the Falkland Islands. Twelve new species are described: Iophon pictoni sp. nov., Lissodendoryx (Ectyodoryx) jasonensis sp. nov., Phorbas ferrugineus sp. nov., Phorbas shackletoni sp. nov., Myxilla (Styloptilon) acanthotornota sp. nov., Amphilectus fleecei sp. nov., Amphilectus dactylus sp. nov., Mycale (Aegogropila) nodulosa sp. nov., Scopalina erubescens sp. nov., Scopalina bunkeri sp. nov., Amphimedon calyx sp. nov. and Pachychalina erinacea sp. nov. Information is also provided on the distribution and external appearance of other sponge species: Iophon proximum Ridley, 1881, Clathria (Dendrocia) tuberculata Burton, 1934, Tedania (Tedania) mucosa Thiele, 1905, Tedania (Tedania) murdochi Topsent, 1915, Halichondria (Eumastia) attenuata Topsent, 1915, Siphonochalina fortis Ridley, 1881 and Haliclona (Soestella) chilensis Thiele, 1905. The biogeography of the Falklands' sponge fauna is discussed.

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spongeFalkland IslandsbiogeographySCUBA divingtaxonomy
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 91 , Special Issue 2: Biodiversity and Taxonomy , March 2011 , pp. 275 - 301
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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