Neopetrosia sigmafera

Neopetrosia sigmafera

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Petrosiidae
Genus: Neopetrosia
Species: Neopetrosia sigmafera

Name

Neopetrosia sigmafera Vicente et al., 2019

Type locality: Panamá, Bocas del Toro.

Holotype: UF Bocas del Toro, Panamá, Punta Caracol (9.3777° N, 82.1863° W), three m in depth, coll. Jan Vicente, May 8, 2015.

Paratypes:

• ICNMHN(Po) 270, Colombia, Islas del Rosario, Pajarales, close to Yohmara islet (10.1779° N, 75.7750° W), five m in depth, coll. Sven Zea, March 10, 2002.
• INV POR1338, 1339, Colombia, Isla del del Rosario, Pajarales (lagoon) (10.1780° N, 75.7750° W), four to five m in depth coll. Sven Zea, August 13, 2014.

Distribution: Panamá (Bocas del Toro), Colombia (Cartagena), Martinique (Les Anses d’ Arlet). S. Zea observed specimens in Belize (Carrie Bow Cay and Pelican Cays).

ZooBank: 6B6539BD-029E-4FE5-AECD-447AE7ADE95E

References

Primary references

• Vicente, J., Ríos, J.A., Zea, S., Toonen, R. 2019. Molecular and morphological congruence of three new cryptic Neopetrosia spp. in the Caribbean. PeerJ. 90(2): 133-146. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6371 Reference page.  [See p. 17-20, figs. 5, S3 tbl. 1-2; original description]

Links

• Van Soest, R.W.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schönberg, C.; Klautau, M.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Díaz, M.-C.; Cárdenas, P.; Carballo, J.L.; Ríos, P.; Downey, R.; Morrow, C.C. (2020). World Porifera Database. Neopetrosia sigmafera Vicente, Ríos, Zea & Toonen, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1325828 on 2020-11-04

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

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