Arturia dubia is a species of calcareous sponge in the genus Arturia from Australia.[2][1] The species was first described as Leucosolenia dubia by Arthur Dendy in 1891.[3] The name is derived from Dendy's uncertainty about the validity of the species, believing his specimens could, in fact, represent juvenile Leucosolenia cavata (now Ascaltis cavata).

Arturia dubia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Clathrinida
Family: Clathrinidae
Genus: Arturia
Species:
A. dubia
Binomial name
Arturia dubia
(Dendy, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Clathrina dubia (Dendy, 1891)
  • Leucosolenia dubia Dendy, 1891
Map
Lectotype site (inside Port Phillip Heads)[1]

Description

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Cormus formed of irregular and loosely anastomosed tubes. There is no cortex but sometimes it appears that some of the tubes could be forming one. The wall of the tubes is thick, up to 100 μm. In some areas the tubes are hispid.

Cells with yellow granules are present in the mesohyl, as are embryos, which are always found near choanocytes. The cells with yellow granules are distributed homogeneously, throughout the mesohyl.

The skeleton consists of equiangular and equiradiate triactines. Tetractines are also present, but they are rare. Actines are conical or cylindrical, but they always have sharp tips. Sometimes, they are slightly undulated. Diactines are abundant on the external tubes; they are curved or straight, vary in size and have sharp tips, one of which is club-shaped. The largest diactines are curved at the tip. They project through the surface in some parts of the cormus only, and the club-shaped portion of the spicule lies inside the tube.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Clathrina dubia (Dendy, 1891)". AFD.
  2. ^ Arturia dubia (Dendy, 1891). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 January 2019.
  3. ^ Dendy, A. (1891). "A monograph of the Victorian sponges. Part 1. The organisation and classification of the Calcarea Homocoela, with descriptions of the Victorian species". Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria. 3: 1-81 pls 1-11 [50].
  4. ^ Klautau; Valentine (2003). "Revision of the genus Clathrina (Porifera, Calcarea)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 139: 1–62. doi:10.1046/j.0024-4082.2003.00063.x.