Browse > Article

A New Species of Genus Jaspis (Demospongiae: Astrophorida: Ancorinidae) from Korea  

Sim Chung Ja (Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Hannam University)
Lee Kyung Jin (Natural History Museum, Hannam University)
Publication Information
Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity / v.20, no.2, 2004 , pp. 155-159 More about this Journal
Abstract
A new species of the genus Jaspis (Demospongiae: Astrophorida: Ancorinidae), Jaspis coreana n. sp., is described on the specimen collected from Geomundo Island, Korea during September 1995 to March 2002 by SCUBA diving. This new species is characterized by two sponges association which is completely covered with Poecilastra wondoensis except for oscules. This new species is similar to J. wondoensis in its spicules type, but different in their spicules size, form of oscules and sponge colour. J. coreana has a large oxyasters and longer megascleres than J. wondoensis, oscule cluster and golden yellow colour in life.
Keywords
Ancorinidae; Jaspis; new species; Korea;
Citations & Related Records
연도 인용수 순위
  • Reference
1 Topsent, E., 1900. Etude monographique des spongiaires de France. III. Monaxonida (Hadromerina). Archiv. Zool. Exp. Gen., 8: 1-331
2 Hooper, J. N. A. and W. M. van Soest, 2002. Systema Porifera: A quide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Press, USA, pp. 681-682
3 Hooper, J. N. A., 1996. Revision of the Microcionidae (Porifera: Poecilosclerida: Demospongiae) with description of Australian species. Mem. Queenl. Mus., 40: 1-626
4 Sim, C. J. and Y. A. Kim, 1995. A systematic study on the marine sponges in Korea. 12. Tetractinomorpha (Porifera: Demospongiae). Korean J. Syst. Zool., 11: 147-158
5 Kennedy, J. A., 2000. Resolving the 'Jaspis stellijera' complex. Mem. Queenl. Mus., 45: 453-476