New species of sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae) from the Turkish coast

Authors

BÜLENT GÖZCELİOĞLU
ROB VAN SOEST
BELINDA ALVAREZ
BELMA KONUKLUGİL

Abstract

The census of shallow-water sponges from the northern Aegean and Marmara sea coasts resulted in the collection of 10 species of Demospongiae. A new Hymedesmia species, Hymedesmia (Hymedesmia) anatoliensis sp. Nov., is described from the western coast of Turkey. Three further species of demosponges, Axinyssa aurantiaca (Schmidt, 1864), Halichondria (Halichondria) contorta (Sarà, 1961), and Dictyonella incisa (Schmidt, 1880), are new to the sponge fauna of Turkey.

DOI

10.3906/zoo-1312-40

Keywords

Porifera, Demospongiae, Hymedesmia anatoliensis, nev species, new records, Turkey

First Page

555

Last Page

559

Recommended Citation

GÖZCELİOĞLU, B, SOEST, R. V, ALVAREZ, B, & KONUKLUGİL, B (2015). New species of sponges (Porifera, Demospongiae) from the Turkish coast. Turkish Journal of Zoology 39 (4): 555-559. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1312-40