Niphates ruthecitae

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Niphatidae
Genus: Niphates
Species: Niphates ruthecitae

Name

Niphates ruthecitae Bispo, Willenz & Hajdu, 2022: 242

• Holotype: MNRJ 12159 (schizotypes: RBINS-IG 32240-POR 12159, MHNG 85602), collected by Y. Hooker, M. Vilchez & Ph. Willenz on 1 December 2008.
• Type locality: “Unnamed Inlet to the North of Quilca, Arequipa Region (16°42’06.10” S, 72°26’54.00” W), depth ca. 5 m”.

References

Primary references

• Bispo, A., Willenz, P. & Hajdu, E. 2022. Diving into the unknown: fourteen new species of haplosclerid sponges (Demospongiae: Haplosclerida) revealed along the Peruvian coast (Southeastern Pacific). Zootaxa 5087(2): 201–252. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Niphates ruthecitae in the World Register of Marine Species