Chalinula qatari

Taxonavigation

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

Chalinula qatari Giraldes & Goodwin in Giraldes et al., 2020: 4

Holotype: NHMUK 2020.3.26.1 (schizotype: ESC-QU 00674), collected in May 2018.
Type locality: “Al-Khor, Qatar, Arabian-Persian Gulf, 25.69502778, 51.54694444, 0.3m”.
Paratypes (2): NHMUK 2020.3.26.2 (paraschizotype: ESC-QU00420), “Al-Dhakira, Qatar, Arabian-Persian Gulf, 25.749228, 51.539267, intertidal zone”, coll. in June 2015, 1 specimen; ESC-QU 01327, “Al-Dhakira, Qatar Arabian-Persian Gulf, 25.749228, 51.539267 (<1 m)”, coll. in 3 February 2019, 3 specimens.
Etymology: named for the general type locality, Qatar.
ZooBank: C22F9008-0031-4B10-9A6E-78498B8794A7

Giraldes, B.W., Goodwin, C., Al-Fardi, N.A.A., Engmann, A., Leitão, A., Ahmed, A.A., Ahmed, K.O., Abdulkader, H.A., Al-Korbi, H.A., Al Easa, H.S.S., Eltai, N.O.A. & Hanifi-Moghaddam, P. 2020. Two new sponge species (Demospongiae: Chalinidae and Suberitidae) isolated from hyperarid mangroves of Qatar with notes on their potential antibacterial bioactivity. PLoS ONE 15(5): e0232205. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232205 Reference page.