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Studies on Indian Sponges V. Two new records of silicious sponges belonging to the families Myxilliade Hentschel and Spirastrellidae Hentschel from the Indian region

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Title Studies on Indian Sponges V. Two new records of silicious sponges belonging to the families Myxilliade Hentschel and Spirastrellidae Hentschel from the Indian region
 
Creator Thomas, P A
 
Subject Sponges
 
Description The present author, during an extensive collection of sponges from the coastal waters of India, has come across two interesting species of sponges and these are described
herein. The first one is Hymedesmia mertoni Hentschel. Its previous records are from Aru Island (Hentschel, 1912) and Great Barrier Reef (Burton, 1934). The present discovery of this has greatly extended its distribution westward to Indian Ocean. Similarly the other species, Spirastrella pachyspira Levi is originally known from Red Sea (Levi, 1958), and later from Western Indian Ocean (Levi, 1961, Vacelet and Vasseur, 1965). The present record of the same from Indian region, hence, widens its distribution in Indian Ocean.
 
Publisher MBAI
 
Date 1968
 
Type Article
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Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1549/1/Thomas_264-268.pdf
Thomas, P A (1968) Studies on Indian Sponges V. Two new records of silicious sponges belonging to the families Myxilliade Hentschel and Spirastrellidae Hentschel from the Indian region. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 10 (2). pp. 264-268.