Biology:Cladocroce pansinii

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Short description: Species of sponge

Cladocroce pansinii
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Haplosclerida
Family: Chalinidae
Genus: Cladocroce
Species:
C. pansinii
Binomial name
Cladocroce pansinii
Bertolino & Calcinai, 2023

Cladocroce pansinii is a species of sponge discovered in 2023 in Vietnam.[1][2] The species is "rather common in Hạ Long Bay".[3] Samples of the same species may have been collected in Hawaii around 2020.[3][2]

References

  1. Aspen Pflughoeft (June 29, 2023). "'Massive' creature found lurking in underwater tunnel and discovered as new species". Miami Herald. https://news.yahoo.com/massive-creature-found-lurking-underwater-194542130.html. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Steve Weinman (June 28, 2023). "Divers discover new purple & green sponges". https://divernet.com/scuba-news/marine-biology/divers-discover-new-purple-green-sponges/. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "New Insight into the Genus Cladocroce (Porifera, Demospongiae) Based on Morphological and Molecular Data, with the Description of Two New Species", Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 11 (6): 1240, 2023, doi:10.3390/jmse11061240 

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q120441448 entry