Bathytentacular moniqueae

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: Bathytentacular
Species: Bathytentacular moniqueae

Name

Bathytentacular moniqueae (Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2020)

• Holotype: QM G337496 (Sample 65-162), collected by Merrick Ekins on RV Investigator, Cruise IN2017_V03, on 30 May 2017.
• Type locality: “off Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, Station 65, 33°26’27.6”–33°26’6.0” S, 152°42’7.2”–152°39’54.0” E, 4280–4173 m”.

Combinations

• Cladorhiza moniqueae Ekins, Erpenbeck & Hooper, 2020: 82 [original combination]
• Bathytentacular moniqueae — Ekins, Erpenbeck, Goudie & Hooper, 2020: 244 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Ekins, M.G., Erpenbeck, D. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2020. Carnivorous sponges from the Australian Bathyal and Abyssal zones collected during the RV Investigator 2017 Expedition. Zootaxa 4774(1): 1–159. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4774.1.1 Reference page. 
• Ekins, M., Erpenbeck, D., Goudie, L. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2020. New carnivorous sponges and allied species from the Great Australian Bight. Zootaxa 4878(2): 240–266. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.2.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Bathytentacular moniqueae in the World Register of Marine Species