| one publication added to basket [99549] | Comarative morphology, ecology, and fatty acid composition of West Indian Spheciospongia (Demospongea)
In: Marine Ecology (Berlin). Blackwell: Berlin. ISSN 0173-9565; e-ISSN 1439-0485, meer
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Acids > Organic compounds > Organic acids > Fatty acids
Biology > Organism morphology > Animal morphology
Classification > Taxonomy
Classification > Taxonomy > Chemotaxonomy
Comparative studies
Spheciospongia Marshall, 1892 [WoRMS]; Spheciospongia vesparium (Lamarck, 1815) [WoRMS]
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- Vicente, V.P.
- Rützler, K.
- Carballeira, N.M.
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| Abstract |
The morphological variability of the common West Indian loggerhead sponge, Spheciospongia vesparium, is examined in light of the latest morphological and ecological information and new biochemical criteria, that is, composition and concentration of fatty acids. A typical and a yellow ecophenotypical form are distinguished. Comparing this species with its next relatives in the same zoogeographical region it is found that S. othella, first described from Bermuda, cannot be maintained as a separate species. S. cuspidifera, previously misinterpreted as "Xestospongia tierneyi", is confirmed as a distinct species of Spheciospongia, whereas "Prianos tierneyi" is considered a morphological variant of S. vesparium. |
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