Discodermia arbor

Discodermia arbor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Astrophorina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Tetractinellida Subordo: Astrophorina

Familia: Theonellidae
Genus: Discodermia
Species: Discodermia arbor

Name

Discodermia arbor Carvalho & Xavier in Carvalho et al., 2020

Type locality: Great Meteor Seamount.

Holotype: MNHN-IP-2008-211 1993-01-11, Great Meteor Seamount, beam trawl, DW159, 29°44′N, 28°20′W, 330 m, Seamount 2 campaign).

Distribution: only know from the Great Meteor Seamount, where itwas found at 330 m depth.

ZooBank: 7A732A92-8D8B-4D73-97B1-CD53E9494121

References

Primary references

• Carvalho, F.C., Cárdenas, P., Ríos, P., Cristobo, J., Rapp, H.T., Xavier, J.R. 2020. Rock sponges (lithistid Demospongiae) of the Northeast Atlantic seamounts, with description of ten new species. PeerJ. 8: e8703. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8703 Reference page.  [See p. 25-27, figs. 2G, 14-15, tbl. 2]

Links

• Discodermia arbor in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Discodermia arbor – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Discodermia arbor.
• ION

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