. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria. Natural history. WEST INDIAN DEMOSPONGIAE 141 3) Birotules not abundant, measuring [zm. Some curiously looped spicules, as observed by Wiedenmayer (1977: 139) are present in spe- cimen lotrochota i m m i n u t a sp. n. (Fig. 62, 63) Occurrence: N. Providence, Sandy Cay (Bahamas), depth 2-3 m, 15 February 1963. 1071. Stanici Cay, Exumas (Bahamas), cave, depth 2-3 m, 3 March 1963. 1122. N. Providence, Rose Island (Bahamas), depth 2-4 m, 24 January 1963. 1090. Holotype (1122:) msng 47701 The specimens are irre
. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria. Natural history. WEST INDIAN DEMOSPONGIAE 141 3) Birotules not abundant, measuring [zm. Some curiously looped spicules, as observed by Wiedenmayer (1977: 139) are present in spe- cimen lotrochota i m m i n u t a sp. n. (Fig. 62, 63) Occurrence: N. Providence, Sandy Cay (Bahamas), depth 2-3 m, 15 February 1963. 1071. Stanici Cay, Exumas (Bahamas), cave, depth 2-3 m, 3 March 1963. 1122. N. Providence, Rose Island (Bahamas), depth 2-4 m, 24 January 1963. 1090. Holotype (1122:) msng 47701 The specimens are irregularly branching and anastomosing, conspi- cuously conulose, stiff, purplish black in formalin and dry. 1122 and 1071 are infested by a zoanthid. 1090 has been noted as dark green (, 427) in life. At sight, the three samples are not distinguishable from specimens of lotrochota birotulata. The skeletal reticulation consists of spicular tracts, dense and more or less confused, embedded in abundant, overlapping spongin. The. Fig. 62 - lotrochota imminuta sp. n., the holotype. Scale: Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria (Genoa, Italy). Genova : Stab. tipo-litografico P. Pellas Fu L.
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