Exsuperantia levii

Exsuperantia levii

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: Phymaraphiniidae
Genus: Exsuperantia
Species: Exsuperantia levii

Name

Exsuperantia levii Carvalho & Xavier in Carvalho et al., 2020

Type locality: Hyères Seamount.

Holotype: MNHN-IP-2008-201 (1993-01-16, Hyères Seamount, epibenthic Waréndredge, st. DW182, 31°23′N, 28°54′W, 480 m, Seamount 2 campaign).

Distribution: known from its type locality, the HyèresSeamount at 480 m depth.

Etymology: named after Claude Lévi.

ZooBank: 24B5934A-4767-4429-B172-A649C4CE0D83

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. 50-42, figs. 3B, 28-29, tbl. 4]

Links

• Exsuperantia levii in the World Register of Marine Species

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

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