Rhizophyta yapensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lyssacinosida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Classis: Hexactinellida Subclassis: Hexasterophora Ordo: Lyssacinosida

Familia: Euplectellidae
Subfamilia: Bolosominae
Genus: Rhizophyta
Species: Rhizophyta yapensis

Name

Rhizophyta yapensis Shen, Dohrmann, Zhang, Lu & Wang, 2019: 370

• Holotype: SIO-POR-083, collected by Bo Lu (Jiaolong HOV DY 38III, dive JL148) on 4 June 2017.
• Type locality: “Yap Trench in the northwestern Pacific Ocean (8.0582°N, 137.5233°E), depth 4160 m”.

References

Primary references

• Shen, C-C., Dohrmann, M., Zhang, D-S., Lu, B. & Wang, C-S. 2019. A new glass sponge genus (Hexactinellida: Euplectellidae) from abyssal depth of the Yap Trench, northwestern Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 4567(2): 367–378. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4567.2.9 Reference page.