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58 Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Paper <strong>NMFS</strong> 12<br />

42. Iophon piceum abipocillus Koltun, 1959<br />

Description. This sponge is massively encrusting. It<br />

is very similar <strong>to</strong> Iophon piceum except <strong>the</strong> ec<strong>to</strong>some<br />

is white ra<strong>the</strong>r than golden-brown and <strong>the</strong> oscula are<br />

distinctly conical. Diameter is <strong>to</strong> 25 cm. Color in life is<br />

white; turns completely brown with darker brown oscula<br />

in ethanol.<br />

Skeletal structure. It is very similar <strong>to</strong> Iophon piceum<br />

except that bipocillae are absent.<br />

Zoogeographic distribution. Uncommon. In Alaska –<br />

central Aleutian Islands. Elsewhere – Sea <strong>of</strong> Okhotsk.<br />

Habitat. In Alaska – attached <strong>to</strong> boulders, cobbles, and<br />

pebbles at depths between 82 and 192 m. Elsewhere –<br />

reported at a depth <strong>of</strong> 1240 m.<br />

Pho<strong>to</strong>s. 1) Specimen collected at a depth <strong>of</strong> 100 m<br />

in <strong>the</strong> central Aleutian Islands. Grid marks are 1 cm 2 .<br />

2) Same specimen as in pho<strong>to</strong> 1 in situ.

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