Clathria benguelaensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Microcionidae
Subfamilia: Microcioninae
Genus: Clathria
Subgenus: Clathria (Axosuberites)
Species: Clathria benguelaensis

Name

Clathria benguelaensis Samaai & Gibbons, 2005: 45

• Holotype: SAM-H4910 (fragment of holotype BMNH 1997.5.12.9), collected by P. Coetzee on 22 April 1996.
• Type locality: “Oudekraal (33°59’S, 18°22’E), depth 15 m”.

References

Primary references

• Samaai, T. & Gibbons, M.J. 2005. Demospongiae taxonomy and biodiversity of the Benguela region on the west coast of South Africa. African Natural History 1(1): 1–96. Reference page.