Pachyrotula raceki

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: Pachyrotula
Species: Pachyrotula raceki

Name

Pachyrotula raceki (Rützler, 1968)

• Holotype: USNM 23882, collected by Ferdinand Starmühlner on 18 September 1965.
• Type locality: “station no. FNK 112, at the lower course of the Diahot river, next to the mission-house Bondé (N New Caledonia), about 10 km up-stream from the sea coast”.

Combinations

• Spongilla (Stratospongilla) raceki Rützler, 1968: 60 [original combination]
• Pachyrotula raceki — Volkmer-Ribeiro & Rützler, 1997: 490 [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. 
• 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. 

Links

• Pachyrotula raceki in the World Register of Marine Species