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Petrosia pulitzeri n.sp. (Porifera, Demospongiae) from Mediterranean caves
Pansini, M. (1996). Petrosia pulitzeri n.sp. (Porifera, Demospongiae) from Mediterranean caves. Ital. J. Zoolog. 63(2): 169-172. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250009609356126
In: Italian Journal of Zoology. Taylor & Francis/Mucchi Editore: Modena. ISSN 1125-0003; e-ISSN 1748-5851, more
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Keywords
    Demospongiae [WoRMS]; Petrosia pulitzeri Pansini, 1996 [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Demosponges, Systematics, Mediterranean, Marine caves

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  • Pansini, M.

Abstract
    Petrosia pulitzeri n. sp. (Demospongiae, Petrosiidae) is described from three specimens collected from totally submerged marine caves from the Island of Crete and the Gulf of Naples. They are massive or encrusting, white or yellowish in conditions of reduced light, and stony hard in consistency. They show a skeleton formed by stout tracts of closely packed spicules (mostly strongyles) with a peripheral mesh condensation. The new species is close to Petrosia ficiformis, but shows spicular and skeletal differences.

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  • CorMedNet- Distribution and demographic data of habitat-forming invertebrate species from Mediterranean coralligenous assemblages between 1882 and 2019., more

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