Neophrissospongia nana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Astrophorina 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subregnum: Parazoa
Phylum: Porifera
Classis: Demospongiae
Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha
Ordo: Tetractinellida
Subordo: Astrophorina

Familia: Corallistidae
Genus: Neophrissospongia
Species:

Name

Neophrissospongia nana Manconi & Serusi, 2008: 73

  • Holotype: MSNG 54599, collected by R. Barbieri on 10 April 2004.
  • Type locality: “Grotta delle Terrazze n. 2740 Catasto Speleologico Regionale (40°34’16”N 08°13’43”E), Punta Giglio Promontory, Alghero, NW Sardinia”, Italy.

References

Primary references

  • Manconi, R. & Serusi, A. 2008. Rare sponges from marine caves: discovery of Neophrissospongia nana nov. sp. (Demospongiae, Corallistidae) from Sardinia with an annotated checklist of Mediterranean lithistids. ZooKeys 4: 71–87. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.4.39 Open access Reference page.