Abyssocladia antarctica

Abyssocladia antarctica

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cladorhizidae
Genus: Abyssocladia
Species: Abyssocladia antarctica

Name

Abyssocladia antarctica Buskowiak & Janussen, 2021: 3

• Holotype: SMF 11750, collected by RV Polarstern: ANT-XXIII/8 on 12 January 2007.
• Type locality: “65°57.42′S, 60°28.12′W, Weddel Sea, Larsen B Shelf South, ca. 215–221 m depth”.

References

Primary references

• Buskowiak, D. & Janussen, D. 2021. An exceptional occurrence of deep-sea sponges in the region of former Larsen Ice Shelves, Antarctic Peninsula, with the description of two new species. Marine Biodiversity 51: 8. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-020-01134-z Reference page.