New species and records of shallow water Demospongiae from Barbados, West Indies

Authors

George John Hechtel, Dept. of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, N.Y. 11790

Publication Date

5-22-1969

Series Number

132

Abstract

Descriptions are given of eleven species of Demospongiae collected off Barbados, W.I. Five are new species and four are new records for this locality. New species are Strongylophora dendyi, Coelosphaera raphidifera, Monanchora barbadensis, Bubaris ammosclera, and Timea stenosclera.