Isodictya gorgonea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poecilosclerida
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: Poecilosclerida

Familia: Isodictyidae
Genus: Isodictya
Species: Isodictya gorgonea

Name

Isodictya gorgonea Payne, Samaai & Gibbons in Payne et al., 2026: 65

• Holotype: SAMC-A098550, collected by R. Payne and I. Malick on R/V Ellen Khuzwayo (Voyage 159) on 27 August 2016.
• Type locality: “Amathole region , 32.7597°S, 28.4110°E – 32.7587°S, 28.4119°E, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 35 m depth”.

Combinations

• Isodictya gorgoneum Payne, Samaai & Gibbons, 2026: 65 [original combination, incorrect gender agreement]

References

Primary references

• Payne, R.P., Samaai, T., Janson, L., Kerwath, S.E. & Gibbons, M.J. 2026. New and little-known heteroscleromorph Demospongiae from the continental shelf in the Amathole region (Eastern Cape, South Africa), with a note on the sponge biodiversity of the area. Zootaxa 5764(1): 1–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5764.1.1 Reference page.