Caulophacus iocasicus

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: Lanuginellinae
Genus: Caulophacus
Subgenus: Caulophacus (Caulodiscus)
Species: Caulophacus iocasicus

Name

Caulophacus (Caulodiscus) iocasicus Gong & Li, 2023

Holotype: MBM287354, Caroline seamount located south of the Mariana Trench and north of the Yap Trench (10°30’58.559’’N, 140°10’23.238’’E), Pacific Ocean, 25 August 2017, 1055.5 m depth.

Paratype: MBM287355, Mariana M5 seamount near Mariana Trench (10°04’40.001’’N, 140°11’57.426’’E), Pacific Ocean, 28 May 2019, 884 m depth.

Etymology: iocasicus is named after iocas, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) from its establishment in 1950.

Type locality: Seamounts near Mariana Trench and Yap Trench (western Pacific) with hard bottom, 884–1055.5 m.

References

• Gong L., Yang M., Janussen D., Dohrmann, M.; Li X., 2023. A new species of Caulophacus (Hexactinellida: Lyssacinosida: Rossellidae) from the western Pacific Ocean, with new insights into the mitochondrial genome characteristics of hexactinellid sponges. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10: 979912. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2023.979912 Reference page.