Axoniderma australis

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: Axoniderma
Species: Axoniderma australis

Name

Axoniderma australis (Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2020)

• Holotype: QM G337456 (Sample 6-158), collected by Merrick Ekins on RV Investigator, Cruise IN2017_V03, on 18 May 2017.
• Type locality: “off Freycinet Peninsula, Station 6, Tasmania, Australia, 41°37’32.0”–41°41’21.2” S 149°33’5.4”–149°35’3.5” E, 4022–4052 m”.

Combinations

• Cladorhiza australis Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2020: 47 [original combination]
• Axoniderma australis — Ekins, Erpenbeck, Goudie & Hooper, 2020: 243 [subsequent combination]

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. 
• Ekins, M., Erpenbeck, D., Goudie, L. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2020. New carnivorous sponges and allied species from the Great Australian Bight. Zootaxa 4878(2): 240–266. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Axoniderma australis in the World Register of Marine Species