Cladorhiza corallophila

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: Cladorhiza
Species: Cladorhiza corallophila

Name

Cladorhiza corallophila Göcke, Hestetun, Uhlir, Freiwald, Beuck & Janussen, 2016: 514

• Holotype: SMF 11490, collected by cruise MSM 16/3 of RV “Maria S. Merian” on 17 November 2010.
• Type locality: “sta. GeoB 14914-1-3, ROV dive 12, 17°08.196'N, 16°49.466'W, 512 m water depth”.

References

Primary references

• Göcke, C., Hestetun, J.T., Uhlir, C., Freiwald, A., Beuck, L. & Janussen, D. 2016. Cladorhiza corallophila sp. nov., a new carnivorous sponge (Cladorhizidae, Demospongiae) living in close association with Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata (Scleractinia). Zootaxa 4168(3): 512–524. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.3.4. Reference page. 

Links

• Cladorhiza corallophila in the World Register of Marine Species