Heteroxya beauforti, 2019

Morrow, Christine, Cárdenas, Paco, Boury-Esnault, Nicole, Picton, Bernard, Mccormack, Grace, Soest, Rob Van, Collins, Allen, Redmond, Niamh, Maggs, Christine, Sigwart, Julia & Allcock, Louise A., 2019, Integrating morphological and molecular taxonomy with the revised concept of Stelligeridae (Porifera: Demospongiae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187, pp. 31-81 : 67

HETEROXYA BEAUFORTI MORROW SP. NOV.

( FIG. 17A–F)

Material examined: Holotype BELUM Mc7794, 54°03.67998′N, 12°33.105′W, CE10004 of RV Celtic Explorer, 31 May 2010, 1300 m, coll. C. Morrow, det. C. Morrow.

Paratypes: BELUM Mc 7750, 54°03.79758′N, 12°24.78846′W, CE10004 of RV Celtic Explorer, 26 May 2010, 1469 m, coll. C. Morrow, det. C. Morrow.

ZMA POR20081 , 55°26.676′ N, 16°04.308′W, ExpeditionBiosys / Hermes 2005, FieldBx 173/rest, 629m, 12 July 2005, coll . R. W. M. Van Soest, det. C. Morrow.

L S I D: u r n: l s i d: z o o b a n k. o r g: a c t: 3 B 4 B 5 3 F A - 5B58-438B-956F-42483E159B2E

Description: External morphology: Thin encrustation on dead scleractinian cup coral Desmophyllum sp. ( Fig. 17A). The holotype is almost completely overgrowing the underside of the cup coral that measures ~ 35 mm in diameter, thickness ~ 1.5 mm. Surface is hispid to hirsute. Oscules not apparent in preserved material.