Neophrissospongia nana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Corallistidae
Genus: Neophrissospongia
Species: Neophrissospongia nana

Name

Neophrissospongia nana Manconi & Serusi, 2008: 73

• Holotype: MSNG 54599, collected by R. Barbieri on 10 April 2004.
• Type locality: “Grotta delle Terrazze n. 2740 Catasto Speleologico Regionale (40°34’16”N 08°13’43”E), Punta Giglio Promontory, Alghero, NW Sardinia”, Italy.

References

Primary references

• Manconi, R. & Serusi, A. 2008. Rare sponges from marine caves: discovery of Neophrissospongia nana nov. sp. (Demospongiae, Corallistidae) from Sardinia with an annotated checklist of Mediterranean lithistids. ZooKeys 4: 71–87. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.4.39 Reference page. 

Links

• Neophrissospongia nana in the World Register of Marine Species