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Choanocystis antarctica sp. n., a new heliozoan (Centrohelida) species from the littoral zone of King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

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The morphology of a new marine heliozoan from the sandy littoral of King George Island (the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica) is described. The species is characterized by bent or curved spicules with a spur at the shaft bend point. Similarities and differences between the new species and other representatives of the genus Choanocystis are considered.

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  1. Institute of the Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Yaroslavl Region, 152742, Russia

    D. V. Tikhonenkov & A. P. Myl’nikov

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Original Russian Text © D.V. Tikhonenkov, A.P. Myl’nikov, 2010, published in Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2010, No. 11, pp. 1283–1287.

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Tikhonenkov, D.V., Myl’nikov, A.P. Choanocystis antarctica sp. n., a new heliozoan (Centrohelida) species from the littoral zone of King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 38, 663–666 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359011070090

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