A new species of Tethya, T. meloni, is described from the Mediterranean Sea. The sponge, spherical in shape, displays a large size, up to about 8Â cm in diameter. The surface is pale yellow, covered by flattened tubercles. It differs from the known Mediterranean Tethya species (T. citrina and T. aurantium) according to the following traits: larger body size; colour; shape and size of megasters; distribution pattern of micrasters.
A new Mediterranean species of Tethya (Porifera: Tethyida: Demospongiae)
Corriero, G.;
2015-01-01
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A new species of Tethya, T. meloni, is described from the Mediterranean Sea. The sponge, spherical in shape, displays a large size, up to about 8Â cm in diameter. The surface is pale yellow, covered by flattened tubercles. It differs from the known Mediterranean Tethya species (T. citrina and T. aurantium) according to the following traits: larger body size; colour; shape and size of megasters; distribution pattern of micrasters.File in questo prodotto:
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