A new species of the glass sponge genus <i>Walteria</i> (Hexactinellida: Lyssacinosida: Euplectellidae) from northwestern Pacific seamounts, providing a biogenic microhabitat in the deep sea

Chengcheng Shen; Hong Cheng; Dongsheng Zhang; Bo Lu; Chunsheng Wang

doi:10.1007/s13131-021-1939-3

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Chengcheng Shen, Hong Cheng, Dongsheng Zhang, Bo Lu, Chunsheng Wang. A new species of the glass sponge genus Walteria (Hexactinellida: Lyssacinosida: Euplectellidae) from northwestern Pacific seamounts, providing a biogenic microhabitat in the deep sea[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021, 40(12): 39-49. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1939-3

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Chengcheng Shen, Hong Cheng, Dongsheng Zhang, Bo Lu, Chunsheng Wang. A new species of the glass sponge genus Walteria (Hexactinellida: Lyssacinosida: Euplectellidae) from northwestern Pacific seamounts, providing a biogenic microhabitat in the deep sea[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021, 40(12): 39-49. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1939-3

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A new species of the glass sponge genus Walteria (Hexactinellida: Lyssacinosida: Euplectellidae) from northwestern Pacific seamounts, providing a biogenic microhabitat in the deep sea

doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1939-3

Chengcheng Shen^{1, 2},
Hong Cheng^{1, 2},
Dongsheng Zhang^{1, 2, 3},
Bo Lu^{1, 2},
Chunsheng Wang^{1, 2, 3
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1.
Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, China
2.
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519000, China
3.
School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

Funds: The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No. 41706149; the Foundation of China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association under contract Nos DY135-E2-2-03 and DY135-E2-2-06; the Scientific Research Fund of the Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, under contract No. JG1716.

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Corresponding author: E-mail: wangsio@sio.org.cn; wang-sio@163.com
Received Date: 2021-01-30
Accepted Date: 2021-10-15

Available Online: 2021-11-29

Publish Date: 2021-11-25

Abstract

Abstract

We report on a hexactinellid sponge new to science, Walteria demeterae sp. nov. , which was collected from the northwestern Pacific seamounts at depths of 1 271–1 703 m. Its tubular and basiphytous body, extensive lateral processes, numerous oval lateral oscula which are irregularly situated in the body wall, the presence of microscleres with oxyoidal, discoidal and onychoidal outer ends, and the absence of anchorate discohexasters, indicate it belongs to the genus Walteria of family Euplectellidae, which is also supported by molecular phylogenetic evidence from 18S, 28S, 16S rRNA and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene sequences. The unique morphotype, which is structured by a thin and rigid framework of body wall and lateral processes consisting of diactins, characterizes it as a new species. Local aggregations of individuals of this new species coupled with their associated macrofauna in the Suda Seamount are reported, highlighting its functional significance in providing biogenic microhabitats in the deep sea.
- Euplectellidae,
- Walteria,
- integrative taxonomy,
- northwestern Pacific Ocean,
- Porifera,
- sponge aggregations

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