Chaunoplectella megapora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lyssacinosida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Hexactinellida Subclassis: Hexasterophora Ordo: Lyssacinosida

Familia: Leucopsacidae
Genus: Chaunoplectella
Species: Chaunoplectella megapora

Name

Chaunoplectella megapora Wang, Zhang, Lu & Wang, 2018: 137

• Holotype: SRSIO DY31-II-JL-Dive 64 sponge 01 (spicules fragments XMU 02000701), collected by Chunsheng Wang on 9 August 2013.
• Type locality: Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, Eastern Pacific Ocean, “9°59.825'N; 154°17.803'W, depth 5258 m”.

References

Primary references

• Wang, C-S., Zhang, Y., Lu, B. & Wang, D-X. 2018. New Hexactinellid Sponge Chaunoplectella megapora sp. nov. (Lyssacinosida: Leucopsacidae) from Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, Eastern Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 4375(1): 136–142. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4375.1.8 Reference page. 

Links

• Chaunoplectella megapora in the World Register of Marine Species