Strongylodesma purpurea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Latrunculiidae
Genus: Strongylodesma
Species: Strongylodesma purpurea

Name

Strongylodesma purpurea Samaai & Kelly in Samaai et al., 2009: 1697

• Holotype: HBOM 003:00922, collected by S. Pomponi on 27 August 1994.
• Type locality: “Bahamas, Great Bahama Bank, west of Riding Rock, 25º 15.562”N 79º 11.109”W, depth 141 m”.

Combinations

• Strongylodesma purpureus Samaai & Kelly, 2009: 1697 [original spelling, incorrect gender agreement]

References

Primary references

• Samaai, T., Gibbons, M.J. & Kelly, M. 2009. A revision of the genus Strongylodesma Lévi (Porifera: Demospongiae: Latrunculiidae) with descriptions of four new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 89(8): 1689–1702. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409000101 Reference page. 

Links

• Strongylodesma purpurea in the World Register of Marine Species