Biology:Pipestela occidentalis
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Short description: Species of sponge
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Axinellida |
| Family: | Axinellidae |
| Genus: | Pipestela |
| Species: | P. occidentalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pipestela occidentalis Alvarez, Hooper & van Soest, 2008
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Lua error in Module:Mapframe at line 384: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'lat_d' (a nil value). Pipestela occidentalis is a species of sponge belonging to the family Axinellidae.[1][2][3]
The species was first described in 2008 from a specimen collected off the western shore of Barrow Island, Cape Poivre, Western Australia.[1][4]
Description
P. occidentalis is an orange, upright, tree-like sponge, 6.8 cm in height and 7.9 cm in width, with solid cylindrical branches. It is very like P. candelabra but the distribution is disjunct.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Australian Faunal Directory: Pipestela occidentalis". https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Pipestela_occidentalis.
- ↑ "Pipestela occidentalis Alvarez, Hooper & van Soest, 2008". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. 2022. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=345062.
- ↑ "Pipestela occidentalis Alvarez, Hooper & van Soest, 2008". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/2249680.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 , p. 105-118 [114-115], Wikidata Q111097358
Wikidata ☰ Q3453483 entry
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