Revision of the genus Fascaplysinopsis, the type species Fascaplysinopsis reticulata (Hentschel, 1912) (Porifera, Dictyoceratida, Thorectidae) and descriptions of two new genera and seven new species

Merrick Ekins; Dirk Erpenbeck; Ccile Debitus; Sylvain Petek; Tepoerau Mai; Gert Wrheide; John N A Hooper

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5346.3.1

Revision of the genus Fascaplysinopsis, the type species Fascaplysinopsis reticulata (Hentschel, 1912) (Porifera, Dictyoceratida, Thorectidae) and descriptions of two new genera and seven new species

Zootaxa. 2023 Sep 19;5346(3):201-241. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5346.3.1.

Authors

Merrick Ekins¹, Dirk Erpenbeck², Ccile Debitus³, Sylvain Petek⁴, Tepoerau Mai⁵, Gert Wrheide⁶, John N A Hooper⁷

Affiliations

¹ Queensland Museum; PO Box 3300; South Brisbane 4101; Brisbane; Queensland; Australia; Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery; Griffith University; Brisbane 4111; Queensland; Australia; School of Biological Sciences; University of Queensland; St Lucia; Queensland; 4072 Australia. m.ekins@qm.qld.gov.au.
² Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitt Mnchen; Richard-Wagner-Strae 10; 80333 Munich; Germany; GeoBio-Center; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitt Mnchen; Richard-Wagner-Strae 10; 80333 Munich; Germany. erpenbeck@lmu.de.
³ IRD; University of Brest; CNRS; Ifremer; LEMAR; F-29280 Plouzan; France; IRD; Univ de la Polynsie franaise; Ifremer; ILM; EIO; F-98713 Papeete; French Polynesia. cecile.debitus@ird.fr.
⁴ IRD; Univ de la Polynsie franaise; Ifremer; ILM; EIO; F-98713 Papeete; French Polynesia; Institut Louis MalardPapeete ; BP 3098713 Papeete; Tahiti; French Polynesia. sylvain.petek@ird.fr.
⁵ Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitt Mnchen; Richard-Wagner-Strae 10; 80333 Munich; Germany; GeoBio-Center; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitt Mnchen; Richard-Wagner-Strae 10; 80333 Munich; Germany; SNSBBayerische Staatssammlung fr Palontologie und Geologie; Richard-Wagner-Str. 10; 80333 Mnchen; Germany. tmai@ilm.pf.
⁶ Queensland Museum; PO Box 3300; South Brisbane 4101; Brisbane; Queensland; Australia. woerheide@lmu.de.
⁷ . john.hooper@qm.qld.gov.au.

PMID: 38221341
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5346.3.1

Abstract

The present study examines the taxonomy of sponge specimens with unique chemistry collectively known as Fascaplysinopsis reticulata (Hentschel, 1912). Examination of Hentschels original species upon which the genus Fascaplysinopsis Bergquist, 1980 was based in conjunction with a comparison with recent Indo-west Pacific collections, using morphological and molecular analyses (ITS and 28S rDNA), revealed extensive variation. Fascaplysinopsis reticulata was found to be a species complex comprising the genus Fascaplysinopsis, as well as two new genera: Skolosachlys gen. nov. and Rubrafasciculus gen. nov. The new species of Fascaplysinopsis described are F. palauensis sp. nov., F. klobos sp. nov. and F. ronquinni sp. nov. The new species of Skolosachlys gen. nov. described herein are: S. enlutea sp. nov. and S. nidus sp. nov. The new species described of Rubrafasciculus gen. nov. includes: R. cerasus sp. nov. and R. fijiensis sp. nov..

MeSH terms

Animals
DNA, Ribosomal
Phylogeny
Porifera*

Substances

DNA, Ribosomal