Abyssocladia gliscofila

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 gliscofila

Name

Abyssocladia gliscofila Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2020: 25

• Holotype: QM G337499 (Sample 69–246), collected by Merrick Ekins on RV Investigator, Cruise IN2017_V03, on 3 June 2017.
• Type locality: “off the continental shelf adjacent to the Hunter Valley Region, Station 69, New South Wales, Australia, 32°28’44.4”–32°30’25.2”S, 152°59’38.4”–152°59’27.6”E, 1006–1036 m”.

References

Primary references

• Ekins, M.G., Erpenbeck, D. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2020. Carnivorous sponges from the Australian Bathyal and Abyssal zones collected during the RV Investigator 2017 Expedition. Zootaxa 4774(1): 1–159. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4774.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Abyssocladia gliscofila in the World Register of Marine Species