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A new haplosclerid sponge species from the Red Sea
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A new haplosclerid sponge species from the Red Sea

Jean Vacelet, Abdulmohsin Al Sofyani, Sultan Al Lihaibi, Jean-Michel Kornprobst and Sultan Al-Lihaibi
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Vol.81(6), pp.943-948
01/12/2001

Abstract

Research Article
A new species of Chalinula (Haplosclerida: Chalinidae), C. saudiensis, is described from the coral reefs of the Red Sea off Jeddah. The new species is remarkable in its vivid blue colour and its bioactivity. Its description includes cytological features in transmission electron microscopy.

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