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Psammocinian sponges(Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida: Irciniidae) from Korea

  • Kim, Young A;Lee, Kyung Jin;Sim, Chung Ja
    • Journal of Species Research
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.340-347
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    • 2018
  • Four psammocinian species(Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida: Irciniidae) are described from Gageodo and Jejudo Islands, Korea. Among them, three are new species, Psammocinia rana, P. massa and P. vermins, which are very different from other recorded species. Secondary fibres of Psammocinia rana are mostly wide platelike shape with large perforation. Primary and secondary fibres of Psammocinia massa are lumped together in a thick mass through numerous areas. Psammocinia vemis is similar to P. mosulpia in skeletal structure, but differs in size of cored sands in primary fibres. The fourth species, we reclassify from Ircinia chupoensis to Psammocinia chupoensis based on more detailed observation of the skeletal structure. Ircinia only has sand cored primary fibres, while the observed species, has sand cored primary and secondary fibres.

A New Species in the Family Irciniidae(Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida) from Korea

  • Sim, Chung-Ja;Lee, Kyung-Jin
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.283-285
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    • 2002
  • Sponges of the family Irciniidae are poorly known in Korean waters. This paper describes a new species of new genus, Bergquistia coreana n. sp. in the family Irciniidae (Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida) from Jejudo Island, Korea from 1998 to 1999. Bergquistra n. gen. is characterized by extremely simple fasciculated and uncored primary fibres. However, in the choano-somal region, primary fibres are made of wider clear web. Secondary fibres form a very thin regular uncored network. The sponge surface has thick and regular conules. The colour is beige throughout the sponge, and the texture is slightly hard and compressible. Thickness of filament is variable.

A New Species of Genus Clathria (Microciona) (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida: Microcionidae) from Jejudo Island, Korea

  • Kim, Hye-Ri;Sim, Chung-Ja
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.15-18
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    • 2009
  • A new species of genus Clathria (Microciona) (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida: Microcionidae), Clathria (Microciona) sinyangensis n. sp. was collected from Intertidal zone by hand at Seopjikoji, Sinyang, Jejudo Island, Korea on 15 Oct. 2008. C. (M.) sinyangensis n. sp. is closely related to C. (M.) pennata Lambe, 1895 in their spicules, but thick subtylostyle of new species is smaller than that of C. (M.) pennata's and has three sizes of toxa. Also, the new species has no dermal membrane.

Four New Species of Genus Scalarispongia (Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida: Thorectidae) from Jejudo Island, Korea

  • Kim, Young A;Lee, Kyung Jin
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.277-284
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    • 2020
  • Four new species of genus Scalarispongia (Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida: Thorectidae) are described from Jejudo Island, Korea. These new species of Scalarispongia are compared with 14 reported species of the genus by the skeletal structure. Scalarispongia songakensis n. sp. is similar to S. lenis in sponge shape but differs in skeletal structure and meshes are not divided into two sections. The length of secondary fibres between primary fibres of this new species is much longer than S. lenis'. Scalarispongia radicula n. sp. is resembles S. songakensis in sponge shape, but this new species has pseudo-tertiary fibres at the sponge base. Scalarispongia maraensis n. sp. is very similar to S. subjiensis in sponge shape but primary fibres of this new species are not simple because fibres have wide webbing. Scalarispongia massa n. sp. is characterized by the large mass sponge shape and numerous open oscules form a long ling on the ridge of the sponge.

Seven new species of genus Dysidea (Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida: Dysideidae) from Korea

  • Young A Kim;Kyung Jin Lee
    • Journal of Species Research
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.38-47
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    • 2023
  • Seven new species of genus Dysidea (Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida: Dysideidae) are described from Jejudo Island and Geomundo Island, Korea. These new species are compared with other reported species in fibre structure and arrangement, and cored detritus. Dysidea reticulum n. sp. is similar to D. glavea in skeletal structure but differ in sponge shape. Dysidea simplex n. sp. is close to D. glavea with loosely arranged skeletal structure but fibres in this new species are not cored with large sands. Dysidea pyeongdaensis n. sp. is characterized by tube-like surface oscules open toward the sandy bottom. Dysidea capillus n. sp. is similar to D. dokdoensis in skeletal structure, but differs in long surface conules. Dysidea mukriensis n. sp. is close to D. corallina in distinct dense surface conules, but differs in sponge shape and skeletal structure. Dysidea membrana n. sp. is similar to D. sabulum in primary fibres cored with numerous large sands, but differs in sponge surface conules and secondary fibres. Dysidea chujaensis n. sp. is unique in the sponge shape and skeletal structure.

Three New Species of Poecilosclerid Sponge from Korea

  • Sim, Chung-Ja;Lee, Kyung-Jin
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.21-26
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    • 1998
  • Three species of Poecilosclerid sponge (class Demospongiae, subclass Ceractinomorpha) are newly described from the waters around Cheju Island Keomun Island and Keoje Island. They are Antho (Plocamia) bakusi, Clathria (clathria) koreana and Oxymycale rhoi.

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