Alloscleria tenuispinosa, TOPSENT, 1927

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 : 68

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ALLOSCLERIA TENUISPINOSA TOPSENT, 1927 View in CoL

( FIG. 13F)

Halicnemia tenuispinosa ( Topsent, 1927) (Hooper, 2002)

Material examined: Holotype MNHN DT1990, stn 1242, Banc de Seine, Azores , 10 September 1901, 240 m (slide only).

Description: Megascleres: This species has fusiform styles 310– 400– 444 (SD = 40) µm × 7– 8– 10 µm.

Microscleres: Very fine acanthose oxea, 60– 88– 106 µm × 1.5– 1.8– 2.5 µm, that are only slightly curved in the middle ( Fig. 13F).

Remarks: The spicule and skeletal morphology of Alloscleria tenuispinosa differs substantially from typical Halicnemia and Higginsia species. Without molecular evidence, it is difficult to identify the correct family and order for this genus.