A New Species of the Genus Chelonaplysilla(Demospongiae: Dendroceratida: Darwinellidae) from Korea

  • Jeon, Yong-Jin (Department of Biological Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Nano Technology, Hannam University) ;
  • Sim, Chung-Ja (Department of Biological Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Nano Technology, Hannam University)
  • Published : 2008.12.31

Abstract

Chelonaplysilla supjiensis n. sp. belonging to family Darwinellidae was collected from Jejudo Island, Korea in 2008. C. supjiensis n. sp. is closely to C. noevus in surface structure and skeleton, but differ in surface, sandy reticulation mixed with many spicule detritus. This study is a new record of genus, family and order in Korea.

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