Asbestopluma ramuscula

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: Asbestopluma
Subgenus: Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma)
Species: Asbestopluma ramuscula

Name

Asbestopluma ramuscula Hestetun, Rapp & Xavier, 2017: 178

• Holotype: BMNH 2016.1.13.10, collected by RV “James Cook” cruise 66 on 10 December 2011.
• Type locality: “Southwestern Indian Ocean Ridge, Atlantis Bank, st. 8, event 5, 32°42.86’S, 057°14.67’E, 870-955 m”.

References

Primary references

• Hestetun, J.T., Rapp, H.T. & Xavier, J.R. 2017. Carnivorous sponges (Porifera, Cladorhizidae) from the Southwest Indian Ocean Ridge seamounts. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 137: 166–189. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.03.004 Reference page. 

Links

• Asbestopluma ramuscula in the World Register of Marine Species