Acanthascus koltuni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lyssacinosida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Classis: Hexactinellida Subclassis: Hexasterophora Ordo: Lyssacinosida

Familia: Rossellidae
Subfamilia: Acanthascinae
Genus: Acanthascus
Species: Acanthascus koltuni

Name

• Acanthascus koltuni Reiswig & Stone, 2013: 44

Holotype: USNM 1196559, collected by ROV 'Jason II' from RV 'Roger Revelle', dive J2099, on 31 July 2004.

Type locality: “Adak Canyon, 15.9 km SW of Cape Yakak, Adak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 51º28.091'N, 177º03.055'W, 2105 m,”.

References

Primary references

• Reiswig, H.M. & Stone, R.P. 2013. New glass sponges (Porifera: Hexactinellida) from deep waters of the central Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Zootaxa 3628(1): 1–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3628.1.1 Reference page.