Nullarbora ningalooa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poecilosclerida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Poecilosclerida

Familia: Cladorhizidae
Genus: Nullarbora
Species: Nullarbora ningalooa

Name

Nullarbora ningalooa Ekins & Wilson, 2024

• Type locality: Cape Range Canyon site CR7, Ningaloo region, Western Australia, Australia, 21°53′52″S, 112°54′19″E, 2914.22 m, Dive S0338/012, Coll. Wilson, N., Rouse, G., Kirkendale, L. & Ritchie, J. on RV Falkor FK200308, 17 March 2020. 28S GenBank Accession [OR198145].

• Holotype: WAMZ100670

• Paratypes: WAMZ100671, same collection details as WAMZ100670. 28S GenBank Accession [OR198146]. WAMZ100685, Cape Range Canyon, site CR9, Ningaloo region, Western Australia, Australia, 21°51′27″S, 112°45′25″E, 3732.96 m, Dive S0340/022, Coll. Wilson, N., Rouse, G., Kirkendale, L. & Ritchie, J. on RV Falkor FK200308, 19 March 2020. 28S GenBank Accession [OR198147].

• Etymology: Named after Ningaloo, the region in mid Western Australia from which the species was collected.

References

• Ekins M. & Wilson N.G. 2024. New carnivorous sponges (Porifera: Cladorhizidae) from Western Australia, collected by a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). Scientific Reports 14(1): 22173. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-72917-8 Reference page.