Neopetrosia ovata

Neopetrosia ovata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Petrosiidae
Genus: Neopetrosia
Species: Neopetrosia ovata

Name

Neopetrosia ovata van Soest, Meesters & Becking, 2014: 427

• Holotype: RMNH Por. 9257 (field nr. CURASUB13-09/BDR002), collected by L.E. Becking & E. Meesters on 27 May 2013.
• Type locality: “Caribbean Netherlands, Klein Curacao, off SW coast (Dive 1), 11.9821°N 68.6452°W, in the sand at 149 m”.

References

Primary references

• van Soest, R.W.M., Meesters, E.H.W.G. & Becking, L.E. 2014. Deep-water sponges (Porifera) from Bonaire and Klein Curaçao, southern Caribbean. Zootaxa 3878(5): 401–443. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3878.5.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Neopetrosia ovata in the World Register of Marine Species