Sphaerotylus tjalfei

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Polymastiidae
Genus: Sphaerotylus
Species: Sphaerotylus tjalfei

Name

• Sphaerotylus tjalfei Plotkin, Morrow, Gerasimova & Rapp, 2017: 1386

Holotype: ZMUC-DEM-243 (in alcohol), collected by RV ‘Tjalfe’ on 6 August 1908.

Type locality: “West Greenland, 70847′N 52821′W, 600 m”.

Paratypes (2): ZMUC-DEM-244 and ZMUC-DEM-245 (both in alcohol), from the same locality as the holotype.

References

Primary references

• Plotkin, A., Morrow, C., Gerasimova, E. & Rapp, H.T. 2017. Polymastiidae (Demospongiae: Hadromerida) with ornamented exotyles: a review of morphological affinities and description of a new genus and three new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 97(6): 1351–1406. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315416000655 Reference page. 

Links

• Sphaerotylus tjalfei in the World Register of Marine Species