Axoniderma challengeri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poecilosclerida
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Axoniderma
Species: Axoniderma challengeri

Name

Axoniderma challengeri Ekins & Wilson, 2024

• Type locality: Cape Range Canyon, site CR13, Ningaloo region, Western Australia, Australia, 21°49′4″S, 112°30′39″E, 4514.2 m, Dive S0347/013, Coll. Wilson, N., Rouse, G., Kirkendale, L. & Ritchie, J. on RV Falkor cruise FK200308, 27 March 2020.

• Holotype: WAMZ100734

• Paratype: WAMZ100736, same collection details as the holotype, same rock.

• Etymology: This species is named for its resemblance to Axoniderma longipinna (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) described from the Challenger expedition.

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.