Cyamon arguinense
Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Raspailiidae
Subfamilia: Cyamoninae
Genus: Cyamon
Species: Cyamon arguinense
Name
edit- Cyamon arguinense van Soest, Carballo & Hooper, 2012: figs. 5, 6A–D
- Holotype: ZMA Por. 06723, encrusting a stone, preserved in alcohol.
- Type locality: Mauritania, off Banc d’Arguin, 19.0833°N, 16.4167°W, on sandstone ridge, dredged, 12–18 m, coll. R.W.M. van Soest & J.J. Vermeulen, Mauritania II Exped. Stat. 49, 11–06–1988.
- Etymology: The name is an adjective referring to the type locality: the Mauritanian nature reserve Banc d’Arguin, one of the richest faunal areas of the west coasts of Africa.
References
edit- van Soest, Rob W.M., José L. Carballo & John N.A. Hooper, 2012: Polyaxone monaxonids: revision of raspailiid sponges with polyactine megascleres (Cyamon and Trikentrion). ZooKeys, 239: 1–70. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.239.3734.