Abyssocladia aurora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poecilosclerida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Poecilosclerida

Familia: Cladorhizidae
Genus: Abyssocladia
Species: Abyssocladia aurora

Name

Abyssocladia aurora Ekins & Wilson, 2024

• Type locality: Cape Range Canyon, site CR11, Ningaloo region, Western Australia, Australia, 21°51′50”S, 112°41′15″E, 4186.34 m, Dive S0341/020, ROV SuBastian, Coll. Wilson, N., Rouse, G., Kirkendale, L. & Ritchie, J. on RV Falkor cruise FK200308, 20 March 2020.

• Holotype: WAMZ100690

• Paratype: WAMZ100691, Cape Range Canyon, site CR11, Ningaloo region, Western Australia, Australia, 21°51′ 45″ S, 112°41′ 16″ E, 4355.96 m, dive S0341/008, ROV SuBastian, Coll. Wilson, N., Rouse, G., Kirkendale, L. & Ritchie, J. on RV Falkor, cruise FK200308, 20 March 2020.

• Etymology: Aurora the Roman goddess of dawn.

References

• Ekins M. & Wilson N.G. 2024. New carnivorous sponges (Porifera: Cladorhizidae) from Western Australia, collected by a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). Scientific Reports 14(1): 22173. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-72917-8 Reference page.