Identification assistance would be appreciated.

Cinachyra antarctica ?



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Isodictya setifera ?



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engulfing Perkinsiana sp.; is this Mycale acerata?



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Pink stalagmite sponge Myxodoryx hnitschi ?



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unidentified white sponge with Dendrilla antarctica



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have been told this is Isodictya spinigera but cannot find that name as valid; is it Isodictya setifera ?

Koltun changed the genus to Isodictya and synonymized the species spinigera under I. setifer

Sponges of the Antarctic. I. Tetraxonida and Cornacuspongida. VM Koltun. IN: Biological reports of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1955-1958 (Rezultaty biologicheskikh issledovanii Sovetskoi antarkticheskoi ekspeditsii, 1955-1958). Volume 2. EP Pavlovskii, ed. Jerusalem : Israel Program for Scientific Translations. 1966. pp.6-131; Appendix, Index of Latin Names on pp. 443-448



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have been told this is Isodictya spinigera; is it I. setifera ? -- see above

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