Pleroma turbinatum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Pleromidae
Genus: Pleroma
Species: Pleroma turbinatum

Name

Pleroma turbinatum Sollas, 1888: 312

• Holotype: BMNH 1899.1.1.98A, collected by H.M.S. Challenger Expedition on 24 July 1874.
• Type locality: “Station 173, off Matuku, Fiji Islands, lat. 19°9’35’’ S., long. 179°41’50’’ E.; depth, 315 fathoms”.

References

Primary references

• Sollas, W.J. 1888. Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 25(part 63): I–CLXVIII + 1–458, pl. 1–44. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kelly, M. 2003. Revision of the sponge genus Pleroma Sollas (Lithistida: Megamorina: Pleromidae) from New Zealand and New Caledonia, and description of a new species. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 37(1): 113–127. DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2003.9517151 Reference page. 

Links

• Pleroma turbinatum in the World Register of Marine Species