Fransen Charles H J M
Department of Marine Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
Zootaxa. 2013;3694:343-57. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3694.4.3.
A sponge-associated species of the genus Nippontonia new to science is described from Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia. The only other species in the genus is also known to be a sponge-dweller. The new species can be distinguished from its con- gener by a suite of characters mainly of the anterior appendages.
一种来自马来西亚沙巴仙本那的海绵共生新种——日本海绵属物种被描述。该属的另一个物种也已知是一种海绵栖息者。新物种可以通过一系列主要在前附肢上的特征与其同属物种区分开来。