Callyspongia pedroi

Callyspongia pedroi

Taxonavigation edit

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 (Callyspongia)
Species: Callyspongia (Callyspongia) pedroi

Name edit

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

Holotype: ANC 02.034 [Acuario Nacional de Cuba (Havana, Cuba)], Cuba, Joint Cuba–U.S. Expedition R/V F.G. Walton Smith, site C–12A, 22 May 2017, Collectors: M. C. Díaz & L. Busutil.
Type locality: Faro Roncali (W coast, Cuba), 21.868604º N 84.962657º W, depth 62.5 m, mesophotic coral reef
Etymology: named after Pedro M. Alcolado

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