Cherokeesia armata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Potamolepidae
Genus: Cherokeesia
Species: Cherokeesia armata

Name

Cherokeesia armata Copeland, Pronzato & Manconi, 2015: 40

• Holotype: USNM 1264992, collected by J. Copeland on 2 July 2014.
• Type locality: “Nolichucky River (36°09′22′′ N, 82°43′27.5′′ W) an eastern headwater tributary of the Tennessee River, USA, Tennessee, Blue Ridge Province”.

References

Primary references

• Copeland, J., Pronzato, R. & Manconi, R. 2015. Discovery of living Potamolepidae (Porifera: Spongillina) from Nearctic freshwater with description of a new genus. Zootaxa 3957(1): 37–48. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.1.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Cherokeesia armata in the World Register of Marine Species