Axinella spatula

Axinella spatula

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Axinellidae
Genus: Axinella
Species: Axinella spatula

Name

Axinella spatula Sitjà & Maldonado, 2014: 159

• Holotype: MNCN-Sp145-BV33B.
• Type locality: “Stn. 33, a 134 to 173 m deep, gravel bottom at the deep shelf of the Alboran Island”.

References

Primary references

• Sitjà, C. & Maldonado, M. 2014. New and rare sponges from the deep shelf of the Alboran Island (Alboran Sea, Western Mediterranean). Zootaxa 3760(2): 141–179. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3760.2.2 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Díaz, J.A., Ramírez-Amaro, S. & Ordines, F. 2021. Sponges of Western Mediterranean seamounts: new genera, new species and new records. PeerJ 9: e11879. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.11879 Reference page. 

Links

• Axinella spatula in the World Register of Marine Species