Callyspongia alcoladoi

Callyspongia alcoladoi

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Callyspongiidae
Genus: Callyspongia
Subgenus: Callyspongia (Cladochalina)
Species: Callyspongia (Cladochalina) alcoladoi

Name

Callyspongia alcoladoi Busutil, García-Hernández, Díaz & Pomponi, 2018

Holotype: ANC 02.035 [Acuario Nacional de Cuba (Havana, Cuba)], Cuba, Joint Cuba–U.S. Expedition R/V F.G. Walton Smith, site C–53B, 5 June 2017, Collectors: M.C. Díaz & L. Busutil.

Type locality: Punta del Fraile (NW Punta Maisí, Eastern tip of Cuba), 20.323166º N 74.232412º W, depth 51.5 m,mesophotic coral reef

Etymology: named after Pedro M. Alcolado

References

Primary references

• Busutil, L., García-Hernández, M.R., Díaz, M.C., Pomponi, S.A. 2018. Mesophotic sponges of the genus Callyspongia (Demospongiae, Haplosclerida) from Cuba, with the description of two new species. Pp 78-94 In Klautau, M., Pérez, T., Cárdenas, P. & de Voogd, N.J. (eds.). Deep Sea and Cave Sponges. Zootaxa 4466(1): 1–237. Reference page.  DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4466.1.9 Reference page. 

Links

• Callyspongia alcoladoi in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Callyspongia alcoladoi – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Callyspongia alcoladoi.
• ION
• Species-ID

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