Tabachnick K.R.1, Menshenina L.L.2 2024. Hyalonematidae (Porifera: Hexactinellida) from the North Pacific abyssal zone (Bering Sea and Alaskan Golf) // Invert. Zool. Vol.21. No.3. P.279–303 [in English].

1 Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117997 Russia.

2 Biophysical Department, Physical Faculty, MSU 2, b.2, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992 Russia.

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Konstantin Tabachnick tabachnick@mail.ru ORCID 0000-0002-7669-7233

Larisa Menshenina llmensh@mail.ru ORCID 0000-0002-7668-9778

doi: 10.15298/invertzool.21.3.03

ABSTRACT: 10 species of the genus Hyalonema collected generally by 2 trawl stations and 1 ROV dive from the abyss in the N Pacific are described. A new subgenus of Hyalonema with a new species and three new species of previously known subgenera of Hyalonema are described. Hyalonematidae and other abyssal hexactinellids (Euplectellidae and Rossellidae) from the N Pacific are discussed.

KEY WORDS: Spongia, biodiversity, Hyalonematidae, North Pacific.

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