Stelletta ruetzleri

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: Ancorinidae
Genus: Stelletta
Species: Stelletta ruetzleri

Name

Stelletta ruetzleri Mothes & Silva, 2002: 71

• Holotype: MCNPOR 2198, collected by R/V 'Atlântico Sul' on 5 August 1988.
• Type locality: “200 m depth; off Rio Grande do Sul coast, Brazil (32°24’S/50°15’W)”.
• Etymology: Named after Klaus Rützler.

References

Primary references

• Mothes, B. & Silva, C.M.M. 2002. Stelletta ruetzleri sp. nov., a new ancorinid from the Southwestern Atlantic (Porifera: Astrophorida). Scientia Marina 66(1): 69–75. DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2002.66n169 Reference page. 

Links

• Stelletta ruetzleri in the World Register of Marine Species