Discodermia kellyae

Discodermia kellyae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Astrophorina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Tetractinellida Subordo: Astrophorina

Familia: Theonellidae
Genus: Discodermia
Species: Discodermia kellyae

Name

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

Type locality: Plato Seamount.

Holotype: MNHN-IP-2008-208 (1993-02-03, Plato Seamount, beam trawl, DW247, 33°14’N, 29°35’W, 580 m, Seamount 2 campaign).

Distribution: only known from its type locality, the Plato Seamountat 580 m depth.

ZooBank: E7A06142-4AF7-404E-B369-B30240ADE5F4

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. 27-34, figs. 2H, 16-17, tbl. 2]

Links

• Discodermia kellyae in the World Register of Marine Species

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

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