Plakortis zyggompha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Homosclerophorida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Homoscleromorpha Ordo: Homosclerophorida

Familia: Plakinidae
Genus: Plakortis
Species: Plakortis zyggompha

Name

Plakortis zyggompha (de Laubenfels, 1934)

• Holotype: USNM 22277, collected by First Johnson-Smithsonian Deep-Sea Expedition on 3 February 1933.
• Type locality: Puerto Rico, “station 17, latitude 18º30′00″ N, longitude 66º10′30″ W to longitude 66º12′20″ W, 46 to 90 fathoms”.

Combinations

• Roosa zygomorpha de Laubenfels, 1934: 2 [original combination]

References

Primary references

• Laubenfels, M.W. de 1934. New sponges from the Puerto Rican deep. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 91(17): 1–28. hdl: 10088/23944

Links

• Plakortis zyggompha in the World Register of Marine Species