Chondrocladia tasmaniensis

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 (Meliiderma)
Species: Chondrocladia tasmaniensis

Name

Chondrocladia tasmaniensis Vacelet, Kelly & Schlacher-Hoenlinger, 2009: 63

• Holotype: QM G326397, collected by CSIRO Cruise-Station-Shot SS0207 on 5 April 2007.
• Type locality: “Stn 33, Mini Matt seamount transect, SSW of Tasmania, -44.24473°, 146.16427°, 1120–1360 m”.

References

Primary references

• Vacelet, J., Kelly, M. & Schlacher-Hoenlinger, M. 2009. Two new species of Chondrocladia (Demospongiae: Cladorhizidae) with a new spicule type from the deep south Pacific, and a discussion of the genus Meliiderma. Zootaxa 2073(1): 57–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2073.1.5 Reference page. 

Links

• Chondrocladia tasmaniensis in the World Register of Marine Species

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