Heterorotula caledonensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Spongillidae
Genus: Heterorotula
Species: Heterorotula caledonensis

Name

Heterorotula caledonensis (Rützler, 1968)

• Holotype: USNM 23884, collected by Ferdinand Starmühlner on 25 July 1965.
• Type locality: “station no. FNK 36, a blind stagnant arm of a stream flowing towards La Foa (SW-New Caledonia)”.

Combinations

• Ephydatia multidentata f. caledonensis Rützler, 1968: 63 [original combination]
• Heterorotula caledonensis — Volkmer-Ribeiro & Rützler, 1997: 495 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Rützler, K. 1968. Fresh-water sponges from New Caledonia. Cahiers de l'Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique d'Outre-Mer. Série Hydrobiologie 2(1): 57–66. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Volkmer-Ribeiro, C. & Rützler, K. 1997. Pachyrotula, a new genus of freshwater sponges from New Caledonia (Porifera: Spongillidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 110(4): 489–501. BHL Reference page. 
• Pronzato, R. & Manconi, R. 2019. An overview on the freshwater sponge fauna (Demospongiae: Spongillida) of New Zealand and New Caledonia with new insights into Heterorotula from deep thermal vents of the Lake Taupo. Journal of Natural History 53(35–36): 2207–2229. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2019.1694716 Reference page. 

Links

• Heterorotula caledonensis in the World Register of Marine Species