Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas
During the period the sponges described herein were which were used only sporadically in the past and were collected (1963-7), the author was a Research Associate regarded as of marginal value until two decades ago, at the Department of Geology, Universit
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Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas Felix Wiedenmayer Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland
With 180 textfigures, 43 plates, and 52 tables
1977
Springer Basel AG
The publication of this book has been made possible through contributions by the following Swiss foundations: Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Forderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Bern (Grant No. 93.241.75) Lotteriefonds, Basel F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co. AG, Basel Basler Stiftung ftir biologische Forschung, Basel
CIP-Kurztitelaufnahme der Deutschen Bibliothek Wiedenmayer, Felix Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. - l.Aufi.- Basel, Stuttgart: Birkhiiuser, 1977.
(Experientia: Suppl.; 28)
ISBN 978-3-0348-5799-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-0348-5797-0
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Phylum Porifera Grant, 1836 ............. , ... . Class Demospongea Sollas, 1885 .............. . Subclass Ceractinomorpha Levi, 1953 .......... . Order Keratosa Grant, 1861 .................. . Suborder Dictyoceratina Minchin, 1900 ........ . Family Spongiidae Gray, 1867, sensu Vacelet, 1959 ...................................... .
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Abstract ................................... Introduction ............................... Acknowledgments .......................... List of abbreviations ........................ Previous literature on Bahamian sponges ....... Material and methods ....................... Classification .............................. Intraspecific variability and speciation in sponges Glossary .................................. Taxonomic procedure, nomenclature ........... Systematic descriptions ......................
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Genus Spongia Linne, 1759, sensu Vacelet, 1959 .. Spongia tubulifera Lamarck ............... . Spongia obscura Hyatt .................... . Spongia cerebriformis Duchassaing & Michelotti, forma insolita, new form ................ . Genus Hyrtios Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864 .. . Hyrtios cavernosus (Pallas) ................ . Genus Ircinia Nardo, 1833 ................... . Irciniafelix (Duchassaing & Michelotti) ..... . Ircinia strobilina (Lamarck) ............... . Genus Oligoceras Schulze, 1879 ............... . Oligoceras hemorrhages de Laubenfels ...... . Genus Aplysina Nardo, 1834 .................. . Aplysina fistularis (Pallas) forma fistularis .... . Aplysinafistularis (Pallas) formafulva (Pallas) . Aplysina lacunosa (Lamarck) .............. . Aplysina cauliformis (Carter) ............... . Smenospongia, new genus .................... . Smenospongia aurea (Hyatt) ............... . Genus Thorecta Lendenfeld, 1888 ............. . Thorecta horridus (Hyatt) ................. .
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