Aaptos hajdui
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Ordo: Hadromerida
Familia: Suberitidae
Genus: Aaptos
Name
Aaptos hajdui Carvalho, Mariana De S., 2013 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Aaptos hajdui Carvalho, Mariana De S., 2013, Zootaxa 3750: 359-361.
Materials Examined
Type material.Holotype: UFPEPOR 62 —Campaign BPOT 0 2, station 0 4 (Potiguar Basin, Rio Grande do Norte State, 04° 37 ’ 31.7 ”S – 36 ° 46 ’ 0.7 ”W), 70–101 m depth, coll. R/V ‘Astro Garoupa’, 14 /V/ 2003. Schyzoholotype: MNRJ 16684.
Description
Paratypes: UFPEPOR 181 —Campaign BPOT 0 3, station A 3 (Potiguar Basin, Rio Grande do Norte State, 04° 49´58.0”S – 36 ° 12´12.0”W), 50 m depth, coll. R/V ‘Astro Garoupa’, 13 /XI/ 2003. Schyzoparatypes: MNRJ 16688.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis.Aaptos with an ectosomal skeleton with subectosomal cavities, composed of styles forming a palisade at the surface and bouquets formed by strongyloxeas branching below the surface. Spicules are one category of strongyloxeas with telescopic or mucronate tips (occasionally rounded ends), 485–1475 µm in length and 6–30 µm thick; and one category of styles, 242–582 µm in length and 2.4–9.6 µm thick.
Description
Description. Specimens are globular or sub-spherical (up to 9.7 cm in diameter, holotype; Fig. 2 A), with some incrustations of calcareous substrate. Oscules rounded, up to 1 mm in diameter, although only few are visible. Surface optically smooth, but microhispid. Consistency firm, almost incompressible. Color of the holotype is unknown and the paratype (UFPEPOR 181) is orange alive, turning dark gray, almost black after fixation in ethanol, with a light interior. Skeleton. Ectosomal skeleton with subectosomal cavities and composed of styles forming a discontinuous palisade at the surface, in which the ends of the strongyloxeas are also present. Choanosomal skeleton with large tracts composed of strongyloxeas with a radial arrangement branching below the surface, forming bouquets (Fig. 2 B,C). Collagen is present in a low density mainly within the ectosome throughout. Spicules. Megascleres in two categories (Tab. 1). Choanosomal strongyloxeas (with variations to styles; Figs. 2 D,E; 3)—smooth, straight or slightly curved, usually with telescopic or mucronate ends, with a wide size range: 485–1475 µm in length and 6–30 µm thick. Ectosomal styles (Fig. 2 F)—smooth, straight, occasionally slightly curved: 242–582 µm in length and 2.4–9.6 µm thick. The distinction between strongyloxeas and styles is very subtle. Here, we consider strongyloxeas as fusiform or slightly fusiform and styles are isodiametric.
Etymology
Etymology. The species is named after Prof. Dr. Eduardo Hajdu in recognition for his great contribution to our understanding of the systematic of sponges.
Distribution
Distribution. Provisionally endemic from Potiguar Basin (Rio Grande do Norte State, north-eastern Brazil). Ecology. Bryozoans and polychaetes were found associated to both specimens. This species occurs from 50 to 101 m depth, on rocky substrate.
Discussion
Remarks.Aaptos hajdui sp. nov. approaches A. aaptos very closely. Overall morphology and spicule dimensions are similar. Both species differ though in some traits such as the presence of larger styles in the new species (up to 582 µm in length) and the occurrence of styles to subtylostyles in A. aaptos (sensu Schmidt, 1864; Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1994 and van Soest 2002). In addition, Kelly-Borges & Bergquist (1994) have examined the holotype and verified the presence of flexuous styles and subtylostyles, not observed in the new species. Aaptos hajdui sp. nov. is considerably different from the other Brazilian species. Its smaller and thicker strongyloxeas and the presence of only one category of styles differentiate the new species from A. glutinans, which has strongyloxeas always larger than 925 µm and two categories of styles (Tab. 2). Among the records of Aaptos from Brazil, only A. aff. aaptos sensu Mothes & Lerner (1994) is close to the new species in spiculation (Tab. 1, 2), except for the fact that it shows variations of styles to subtylostyles and tylostyles, a character not found in A. hajdui sp. nov.
Description
Aaptos hajdui sp. nov. is also different from the three species known from the Caribbean. In A. bergmanni and A. duchassaingi strongyloxeas are always smaller than 950 µm (see Table 2). There are no measurements reported of oxeas and styles of A. pernucleata (Carter, 1870), but the presence of oxeas and the black color easily differentiate it from the new species. Other species of the genus (A. alphiensis Samaai & Gibbons, 2005; A. ciliata (Wilson, 1925); A. confertus Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1994; A. globosum Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1994; A. horrida (Carter, 1886); A. kanuux Lehnert, Hocevar & Stone, 2008; A. laxosuberites (Sollas, 1902); A papillata (Keller, 1880); A. robustus (Plotkin & Janussen, 2008); A. rosacea Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1994; A. tentum Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1994; and A. vannamei de Laubenfels, 1935) possess other kinds of megascleres in their spicule set, such as oxeas, tylostyles and/or subtylostyles, thus also differing from the new species.
Species Strongyloxeas Ectosomal spicules Distribution A. aaptos Schmidt, 1864I. 1053–1911 x 12–31 II. 490–955 x 10–23St–S: 135–230 x 1–5Mediterranean Sea, NW Atlantic A. aaptos sensu van Soest & Stentoft (1988)1000–1400 x 10–30 (styles, occasionally oxeotes)St: 180–260 x 2–4 (occasionally sinuous)Barbados A. aaptos sensu Kelly-Borges & Bergquist (1994)I. 1053–1502–1911 x 12–29–31 II. 490–705–955 x 10–16–23St: 364–388–509 x 5–7–8 S: 270–318–354 x <1Mediterranean Sea, Algiers A. aaptos sensu Soest (2002; lectotype)I. 1500–1900 x 12–45 II. 750–1000 x 10–25St –S: 135–230 x 1–5Mediterranean Sea A. aaptos sensu Moraes (2011) I. 1000–1725 x 5–17 St: 182–303x 2–4 Atol das Rocas, Brazil II. 220–490x 4–10 A. aaptos sensu Solé-Cava et al.1064 –1322– 1522 x 17 –34.2– 47 St: 250–319 – 425x 3–6 – Guarapari, Espírito Santo (1981) 11.5 State, Brazil
Taxon Treatment
- Carvalho, Mariana De S.; Da Silva, Suzane M.; Pinheiro, Ulisses; 2013: Two new species of Aaptos (Demospongiae, Hadromerida) from Brazil (western Atlantic), Zootaxa 3750: 359-361. doi
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