Xestospongia bocatorensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Petrosiidae
Genus: Xestospongia
Species: Xestospongia bocatorensis

Name

Xestospongia bocatorensis Díaz, Thacker, Rützler & Piantoni, 2007: 36

• Holotype: USNM 1106222, collected by M.C. Díaz and R. Thacker on 21 June 2005.
• Type locality: “Crawl Cay Canal (9°15’050”N, 82°07’631”W), 12 m”.

References

Primary references

• Díaz, M.C., Thacker, R.W., Rützler, K. & Piantoni, C. 2007. Two new haplosclerid sponges from Caribbean Panama with symbiotic filamentous cyanobacteria, and an overview of sponge-cyanobacteria associations. pp 31-39 In Custódio, M.R., Lôbo-Hajdu, G., Hajdu, E. & Muricy, G. (eds). Porifera Research. Biodiversity, Innovation and Sustainability. Série Livros 28. Museu Nacional: Rio de Janeiro. 684 pp. Reference page.