Chondrocladia occulta

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: Chondrocladia
Subgenus: Chondrocladia (Meliiderma)
Species: Chondrocladia occulta

Name

Chondrocladia occulta (Lehnert, Stone & Heimler, 2006)

• Holotype: USNM 1084244, collected by RV “Roger Revelle” cruise, ROV Jason II, on 2 August 2004.
• Type locality: “51°28.954' N, 177°53.438' W, South of Tanaga Island, 1341 m depth”.

Combinations

• Latrunculia occulta Lehnert, Stone & Heimler, 2006: 30 [original combination]
• Chondrocladia occulta — Vacelet, Kelly & Schlacher-Hoenlinger, 2009: 65 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Lehnert, H., Stone, R. & Heimler, W. 2006. New species of deep-sea demosponges (Porifera) from the Aleutian Islands (Alaska, USA). Zootaxa 1250(1): 1–35. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1250.1.1 Reference page. 
• Vacelet, J., Kelly, M. & Schlacher-Hoenlinger, M. 2009. Two new species of Chondrocladia (Demospongiae: Cladorhizidae) with a new spicule type from the deep south Pacific, and a discussion of the genus Meliiderma. Zootaxa 2073(1): 57–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2073.1.5 Reference page. 

Links

• Chondrocladia occulta in the World Register of Marine Species