Caulophacus leonieae

Caulophacus leonieae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lyssacinosida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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 leonieae

Name

Caulophacus leonieae Buskowiak & Janussen, 2021: 6

• Holotype: SMF 12217, collected by RV Polarstern: ANT-XXVII/3 on 4 March 2011.
• Type locality: “66°9.74′S, 60°28.28′W, Weddell Sea, Larsen C Shelf, ca. 296–305 m depth”.

References

Primary references

• Buskowiak, D. & Janussen, D. 2021. An exceptional occurrence of deep-sea sponges in the region of former Larsen Ice Shelves, Antarctic Peninsula, with the description of two new species. Marine Biodiversity 51: 8. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-020-01134-z Reference page.