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Kersken, D.; Janussen, D. ; Martínez Arbizu, P. (2018). Deep-sea glass sponges (Hexactinellida) from polymetallic nodule fields in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCFZ), northeastern Pacific: Part I – Amphidiscophora. Marine Biodiversity. 48: 545-573.
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Kersken, D.; Janussen, D. ; Martínez Arbizu, P.
2018
Deep-sea glass sponges (Hexactinellida) from polymetallic nodule fields in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCFZ), northeastern Pacific: Part I – Amphidiscophora.
Marine Biodiversity
48: 545-573.
Publication
First published online: 07 July 2017. Correction: Mar. Biodiv. 48(1): 575-580 (2018).
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The Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCFZ) in the northeastern Pacific is the world’s largest area for potential deep-sea mining of polymetallic nodules. Furthermore, it is one of the largest, most remote and least investigated ecosys- tems worldwide. Sponges (Porifera) represent one of the main groups of benthic deep-sea megafauna. This is the first study on taxonomy of amphidiscophorid sponges from polymetallic nodule fields in the CCFZ, and includes descriptions of six known and three new species: Hyalonema (Onconema) clarioni sp. nov., Hyalonema (Prionema) breviradix sp. nov. and Poliopogon microuncinata sp. nov.
East Pacific
Pacific, North East (Warm + cold temperate (boreal))
Pacific, North East (Warm + cold temperate (boreal))
Abyssal, Deep-Sea
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Caulophacus (Caulophacus) variens Tabachnick, 1988 (redescription)
Docosaccus maculatus Kahn, Geller, Reiswig & Smith Jr., 2013 (redescription)
Holascus euonyx (Lendenfeld, 1915) (redescription)
Holascus taraxacum (Lendenfeld, 1915) (redescription)
Hyalonema (Corynonema) depressum Schulze, 1886 (redescription)
Hyalonema (Corynonema) tylostylum Lendenfeld, 1915 (redescription)
Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) campanula Lendenfeld, 1915 (redescription)
Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) ovuliferum Schulze, 1899 (redescription)
Hyalonema (Onconema) agassizi Lendenfeld, 1915 (redescription)
Hyalonema (Onconema) clarioni Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2018 (original description)
Hyalonema (Onconema) obtusum Lendenfeld, 1915 (redescription)
Hyalonema (Prionema) breviradix Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2018 (original description)
Poliopogon microuncinata Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2018 accepted as Poliopogon microuncinatus Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2018 (original description)
Saccocalyx microhexactin Gong, Li & Qiu, 2015 (redescription)
Saccocalyx pedunculatus Schulze, 1896 (redescription)
Docosaccus maculatus Kahn, Geller, Reiswig & Smith Jr., 2013 (redescription)
Holascus euonyx (Lendenfeld, 1915) (redescription)
Holascus taraxacum (Lendenfeld, 1915) (redescription)
Hyalonema (Corynonema) depressum Schulze, 1886 (redescription)
Hyalonema (Corynonema) tylostylum Lendenfeld, 1915 (redescription)
Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) campanula Lendenfeld, 1915 (redescription)
Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) ovuliferum Schulze, 1899 (redescription)
Hyalonema (Onconema) agassizi Lendenfeld, 1915 (redescription)
Hyalonema (Onconema) clarioni Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2018 (original description)
Hyalonema (Onconema) obtusum Lendenfeld, 1915 (redescription)
Hyalonema (Prionema) breviradix Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2018 (original description)
Poliopogon microuncinata Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2018 accepted as Poliopogon microuncinatus Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2018 (original description)
Saccocalyx microhexactin Gong, Li & Qiu, 2015 (redescription)
Saccocalyx pedunculatus Schulze, 1896 (redescription)
Clarion Clipperton Zone for Hyalonema (Corynonema) depressum Schulze, 1886
Clarion Clipperton Zone for Hyalonema (Corynonema) tylostylum Lendenfeld, 1915
Clarion Clipperton Zone for Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) campanula Lendenfeld, 1915
Clarion Clipperton Zone for Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) ovuliferum Schulze, 1899
Clarion Clipperton Zone for Hyalonema (Onconema) agassizi Lendenfeld, 1915
Clarion Clipperton Zone for Hyalonema (Onconema) clarioni Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2018
Clarion Clipperton Zone for Hyalonema (Onconema) obtusum Lendenfeld, 1915
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Corynonema) depressum Schulze, 1886
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Corynonema) depressum Schulze, 1886
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Corynonema) depressum Schulze, 1886
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Corynonema) tylostylum Lendenfeld, 1915
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) campanula Lendenfeld, 1915
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) ovuliferum Schulze, 1899
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) ovuliferum Schulze, 1899
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) ovuliferum Schulze, 1899
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) ovuliferum Schulze, 1899
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) ovuliferum Schulze, 1899
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) ovuliferum Schulze, 1899
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) ovuliferum Schulze, 1899
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Onconema) agassizi Lendenfeld, 1915
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Onconema) obtusum Lendenfeld, 1915
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Onconema) obtusum Lendenfeld, 1915
Clarion Clipperton Zone for Hyalonema (Corynonema) tylostylum Lendenfeld, 1915
Clarion Clipperton Zone for Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) campanula Lendenfeld, 1915
Clarion Clipperton Zone for Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) ovuliferum Schulze, 1899
Clarion Clipperton Zone for Hyalonema (Onconema) agassizi Lendenfeld, 1915
Clarion Clipperton Zone for Hyalonema (Onconema) clarioni Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2018
Clarion Clipperton Zone for Hyalonema (Onconema) obtusum Lendenfeld, 1915
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Corynonema) depressum Schulze, 1886
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Corynonema) depressum Schulze, 1886
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Corynonema) depressum Schulze, 1886
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Corynonema) tylostylum Lendenfeld, 1915
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) campanula Lendenfeld, 1915
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) ovuliferum Schulze, 1899
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) ovuliferum Schulze, 1899
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) ovuliferum Schulze, 1899
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) ovuliferum Schulze, 1899
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) ovuliferum Schulze, 1899
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) ovuliferum Schulze, 1899
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Cyliconemaoida) ovuliferum Schulze, 1899
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Onconema) agassizi Lendenfeld, 1915
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Onconema) obtusum Lendenfeld, 1915
Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province for Hyalonema (Onconema) obtusum Lendenfeld, 1915
Holotype SMF 11698, geounit North Pacific Lower Bathyal Province, identified as Poliopogon microuncinata Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2018
Holotype SMF 11704, geounit North Central Pacific Abyssal Province, identified as Hyalonema (Onconema) clarioni Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2018
Holotype SMF 11707, geounit North Central Pacific Abyssal Province, identified as Hyalostylus schulzei Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2019
Holotype SMF 12058, geounit Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province, identified as Holascus spinosus Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2019
Holotype SMF 12061, geounit Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province, identified as Caulophacus (Caulophacus) wilsoni Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2019
Holotype SMF 12070, geounit Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province, identified as Hyalonema (Prionema) breviradix Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2018
Holotype SMF 12073, geounit Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province, identified as Chonelasma bispinula Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2019
Holotype SMF 12079, geounit Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province, identified as Docosaccus nidulus Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2019
Holotype SMF 12081, geounit Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province, identified as Hyalostylus microfloricomus Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2019
Holotype SMF 11704, geounit North Central Pacific Abyssal Province, identified as Hyalonema (Onconema) clarioni Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2018
Holotype SMF 11707, geounit North Central Pacific Abyssal Province, identified as Hyalostylus schulzei Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2019
Holotype SMF 12058, geounit Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province, identified as Holascus spinosus Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2019
Holotype SMF 12061, geounit Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province, identified as Caulophacus (Caulophacus) wilsoni Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2019
Holotype SMF 12070, geounit Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province, identified as Hyalonema (Prionema) breviradix Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2018
Holotype SMF 12073, geounit Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province, identified as Chonelasma bispinula Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2019
Holotype SMF 12079, geounit Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province, identified as Docosaccus nidulus Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2019
Holotype SMF 12081, geounit Equatorial Pacific Abyssal Province, identified as Hyalostylus microfloricomus Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2019