Chondrocladia robertballardi

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: Chondrocladia
Subgenus: Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia)
Species: Chondrocladia robertballardi

Name

Chondrocladia robertballardi Cristobo, Ríos, Pomponi & Xavier, 2015: 1347

• Holotype: MNHN DCL4110, collected by J. Cristobo EV ‘Nautilus’ on 17 November 2011.
• Type locality: “Field code NA017–060, Ormonde Seamount, Gorringe Bank, NE Atlantic Ocean (SW Portugal); 36º38.9713′N 011º03.2316′W, 1738 m”.

References

Primary references

• Cristobo, J., Ríos, P., Pomponi, S.A. & Xavier, J. 2015. A new carnivorous sponge, Chondrocladia robertballardi sp. nov. (Porifera: Cladorhizidae) from two north-east Atlantic seamounts. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 95(7): 1345–1352. DOI: 10.1017/s0025315414001325 Reference page. 

Links

• Chondrocladia robertballardi in the World Register of Marine Species