| Autor: |
Ekins M; Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane 4101, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Email: unknown., Erpenbeck D; Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences and GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Richard-Wagner-Straße 10, 80333 München, Germany; Email: unknown., Wörheide G; Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane 4101, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane 4111, Queensland, Australia; Email: unknown., Hooper JN; Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane 4101, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Eskitis Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, Brisbane 4111, Queensland, Australia; Email: unknown. |
| Abstrakt: |
A population level study of the lithistid ('rock') sponge, Isabella mirabilis, revealed a new species, Isabella tanoa sp. nov., living on five seamounts on the Norfolk Ridge, SW Pacific, and representing the third species to be discovered since the genus was first described in 2005. Comparisons between the three species showed significant differences in morphological characters that corresponded to differences in their respective CO1 barcoding sequences. Conversely, three of the four genotypes of Isabella mirabilis remain unresolved using morphological markers. |
