Glass Sponges off the Newfoundland (Northwest Atlantic): Description of a New Species of Dictyaulus (Porifera: Hexactinellida: Euplectellidae)

Abstract

Three species of hexactinellid sponges: Aphrocallistes beatrix beatrix Gray, Asconema foliata (Fristedt), and Dictyaulus romani sp. n. were collected off the Flemish Cap in the Flemish Pass and from the Grand Banks off the Newfoundland (northwest Atlantic) during different surveys on board of Spanish RV Vizconde de Eza and RV Miguel Oliver.