@article{fdi:010072780, title = {{A} new species of the sponge {R}aspailia ({R}aspaxilla) ({P}orifera : {D}emospongiae : {A}xinellida : {R}aspailiidae) from deep seamounts of the {W}estern {P}acific}, author = {{E}kins, {M}. and {D}ebitus, {C}{\'e}cile and {E}rpenbeck, {D}. and {H}ooper, {J}. {N}. {A}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{A} new species of {R}aspailia ({R}aspaxilla) frondosa sp. nov. is described from the deep seamounts of the {N}orfolk and {N}ew {C}aledonia {R}idges. {T}he morphology of the species resembles that of a frond or a fern, and its unique highly compressed axial skeleton of interlaced spongin fibres without spicules in combination with a radial extra axial skeleton of a perpendicular palisade of spicules, differentiate it from all other species of the subgenus. {T}his species is compared morphologically to all 18 other valid species described in {R}aspailia ({R}aspaxilla).}, keywords = {{R}aspailia ; {R}aspaxilla ; {A}ulospongus ; {S}eamounts ; {N}orfolk ; {N}ew {C}aledonia ; rhabdostyles ; {NOUVELLE} {CALEDONIE} ; {PACIFIQUE} {OUEST}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{Z}ootaxa}, volume = {4410}, numero = {2}, pages = {379--386}, ISSN = {1175-5326}, year = {2018}, DOI = {10.11646/zootaxa.4410.2.7}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010072780}, }