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Biochemical genetic divergence and systematics in sponges of the genera Corticium and Oscarella (Demospongiae: Homoscleromorpha) in the Mediterranean Sea
Solé-Cava, A.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Vacelet, J.; Thorpe, J.P. (1992). Biochemical genetic divergence and systematics in sponges of the genera Corticium and Oscarella (Demospongiae: Homoscleromorpha) in the Mediterranean Sea. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 113: 299-304. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00347284
In: Marine Biology: International Journal on Life in Oceans and Coastal Waters. Springer: Heidelberg; Berlin. ISSN 0025-3162; e-ISSN 1432-1793
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Keywords
    Analytical techniques > Electrophoresis
    Biology > Organism morphology > Animal morphology
    Bioselection > Genetic drift
    Classification > Taxonomy
    Classification > Taxonomy > Chemotaxonomy
    Taxa > Species > Cavernicolous species
    Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
    Corticium Schmidt, 1862 [WoRMS]; Homoscleromorpha [WoRMS]; Oscarella Vosmaer, 1884 [WoRMS]; Oscarellidae Lendenfeld, 1887 [WoRMS]; Plakinidae Schulze, 1880 [WoRMS]
    Mediterranean [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal

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  • Solé-Cava, A.M.
  • Boury-Esnault, N.
  • Vacelet, J.
  • Thorpe, J.P.

Abstract
    The sponge sub-class Homoscleromorpha is generally considered to include just two families, the Oscarellidae (without spicules) and the Plakinidae (with simple spicules). In May 1990, an unusual sponge was found deep inside a submarine cave in the western Mediterranean Sea. On the basis of externally visible characters this sponge appeared indistinguishable from the common plakinid species Corticium candelabrum. However, on close examination in the laboratory the new sponge proved to be devoid of spicules. Therefore, despite great morphological similarities to C. candelabrum, the new sponge should, by taxonomic convention, have been placed in the Oscarellidae. On the basis of other criteria, the similarities to C. candelabrum were great and the new sponge was at first considered to be conspecific. Thus, the taxonomic position of the new sponge and its relationship to C. candelabrum are highly confusing.

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

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