Microscleroderma miritatarata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Scleritodermidae
Genus: Microscleroderma
Species: Microscleroderma miritatarata

Name

Microscleroderma miritatarata Schuster, Pisera, Ekins & Debitus, 2021: 761

• Holotype: MNHN-IP-2019-11 (field number P112), collected by Eric Folcher on 29 August 2009.
• Type locality: “Nuku Hiva Island, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, 8°46.173’S, 140°05.593ʹW, 6 m, Station MNH03, Expedition BSMPF-1, long Ekamako cave”.

References

Primary references

• Schuster, A., Pisera, A., Ekins, M. & Debitus, C. 2021. New genus and species of lithistid demosponges from submarine caves in Nuku Hiva (Marquesas Islands) and Tahiti Iti (Society Islands), French Polynesia. The European Zoological Journal 88(1): 749–770. DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2021.1939450 Reference page. 

Links

• Microscleroderma miritatarata in the World Register of Marine Species