Abyssocladia desmophora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poecilosclerida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Poecilosclerida

Familia: Cladorhizidae
Genus: Abyssocladia
Species: Abyssocladia desmophora

Name

Abyssocladia desmophora (Hooper & Lévi, 1989)

• Holotype: QM G25001, collected by M. Pichon, A. Birtles, and P. Arnold, ‘Cidaris I’ expedition, on 11 May 1986.
• Type locality: “Continental slope, off Townsville, Queensland, Australia, vicinity of Flinders Reefs, 17°22'099" S, 147°48'27" E, 1 187-1210m depth, stn 24.3”.

Combinations

• Esperiopsis desmophora Hooper & Lévi, 1989: 437 [original combination]
• Abyssocladia desmophora — Hestetun et al., 2016: 337 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Hooper, J.N.A. & Lévi, C. 1989. Esperiopsis desmophora n.sp. (Porifera: Demospongiae): a desma-bearing Poecilosclerida. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27(2): 437–441. BHL
• Hestetun, J.T., Vacelet, J., Boury-Esnault, N., Borchiellini, C., Kelly, M., Ríos, P., Cristobo, J. & Rapp, H.T. 2016. The systematics of carnivorous sponges. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94(Part A): 327–345. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.022 Reference page. 

Links

• Abyssocladia desmophora in the World Register of Marine Species