Phakellia robusta Bowerbank, 1866

Pereira, Raquel, Larsson, Mats, Cárdenas, Paco & Thollesson, Mikael, 2025, Swedish marine demosponge fauna (Porifera: Demospongiae) sampled 80 years after Jägerskiöld’s inventory, European Journal of Taxonomy 983, pp. 1-64 : 28-29

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.983.2835
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15185549
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scientific name	Phakellia robusta Bowerbank, 1866
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Treatment

Phakellia robusta Bowerbank, 1866 View in CoL

Phakellia robusta Bowerbank 1866: 120–122 View in CoL .

Phakellia robusta View in CoL – Fristedt 1885: 45 (key), 46–47. – Alander 1942: 70 (key), 71 (description).

Material examined (3 specimens)

SWEDEN • 1 spec.; Kosterhavet; 58.8833° N, 11.0833° E; 1 Nov. 2002; Fredrik Pleijel leg. [TML-02]; dredge; P009-021111-1; voucher: GNM Porifera 1094 GoogleMaps • 1 spec.; 58.9537° N, 11.0189° E; 24 Aug. 2007; Artprojektets Skagerrak-inventering leg. [SK94]; dredge; P009-111010-1; voucher: GNM Porifera 706 GoogleMaps • 1 spec.; 58.459° N, 10.548° E; 296–250 m depth; 12 Oct. 2012; leg. [ PM14-556 ]; dredge; P009- 130125-1; voucher: GNM Porifera 1095 GoogleMaps .

Description

The specimens have a thinly lamellated morphology. The colour is yellow when preserved in ethanol and unknown live. Furthermore, the specimens were covered in sediment, most likely due to collection method. The consistency is stiff.

Skeleton

The skeleton is composed of: curved styles measuring 1925–580 ×23–30 µm (N=2) straight oxeas and strongyles 460–630 ×20–30 µm (N= 4), and flexuous/“vermiformˮ oxeas 975–1250× 28–38 µm (N=4).