Xestospongia papuensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Petrosiidae
Genus: Xestospongia
Species: Xestospongia papuensis

Name

Xestospongia papuensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1996: 124

• Holotype: MSNG 48707, collected on 12 August 1986.
• Type locality: “in the waters of the island of Laing (Papua New Guinea, 4°09′S - 144°52′E), depth 15 m”.

References

Primary references

• Pulitzer-Finali, G. 1996. Sponges from the Bismarck Sea. Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Università di Genova 60–61: 101–138. Reference page.