Cyclacanthia bellae

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Latrunculiidae
Genus: Cyclacanthia
Species: Cyclacanthia bellae

Name

Cyclacanthia bellae (Samaai, Gibbons, Kelly & Davies-Coleman, 2003)

• Holotype: BMNH 2003.1.10.1, collected by Patrick L. Colin on 12 October 1998.
• Type locality: “Algoa Bay, Ryi Banks, 8 nm east of Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 33°59'32"S, 25°51'93"E, 22 m”.

Combinations

• Latrunculia bellae Samaai, Gibbons, Kelly & Davies-Coleman, 2003: 14 [original combination]
• Cyclacanthia bellae — Samaai, Govender & Kelly, 2004: 5 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Samaai, T., Gibbons, M.J., Kelly, M. & Davies-Coleman, M. 2003. South African Latrunculiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Poecilosclerid): descriptions of new species of Latrunculia du Bocage, Strongylodesma Lévi, and Tsitsikamma Samaai & Kelly. Zootaxa 371(1): 1–26. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.371.1.1 Reference page. 
• Samaai, T., Govender, V. & Kelly, M. 2004. Cyclacanthia n.g. (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida: Latrunculiidae incertea sedis), a new genus of marine sponges from South African waters, and description of two new species. Zootaxa 725(1): 1–18. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.725.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Cyclacanthia bellae in the World Register of Marine Species