Cercicladia australis

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: Cercicladia
Species: Cercicladia australis

Name

Cercicladia australis Ríos, Kelly & Vacelet, 2011: 54

• Holotype: NIWA 39599, collected by RV Tangaroa on 30 March 2008.
• Type locality: “NIWA Stn TAN0803/19, Seamount 1, Macquarie Ridge, New Zealand, 48.532°S, 164.947°E, 1060–1112 m, epibenthic sled”.

References

Primary references

• Ríos, P., Kelly, M. & Vacelet, J. 2011. Cercicladia australis, a new carnivorous sponge with novel chelae from the Tasman Basin and the Argentine Patagonian Margin (Porifera, Cladorhizidae). Zootaxa 3131(1): 52–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3131.1.3 Reference page. 

Links

• Cercicladia australis in the World Register of Marine Species