Biology:Plenaster
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Short description: Genus of sponges
| Plenaster | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Axinellida |
| Family: | Stelligeridae |
| Genus: | Plenaster Lim & Wiklund, 2017 |
| Species: | P. craigi
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| Binomial name | |
| Plenaster craigi Lim & Wiklund, 2017
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Plenaster is a monotypic genus of sponges in the family Stelligeridae.[1] Plenaster craigi is the sole species. It lives on rocks on the Pacific Ocean seafloor.[2][3]
Plenaster craigi have been named after the star like skeletal spicules inside their bodies.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Plenaster". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1037071.
- ↑ Lim, Xiaozhi. "New Species of Sponges Found on the Pacific Seafloor". The New York Times. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/science/sponges-species-pacific-ocean.html?referer=https://www.google.co.in/. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ↑ "Newly Discovered Deep-Sea Sponge Could Be the Canary in the Seabed Mine". News Deeply. https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2017/09/27/newly-discovered-deep-sea-sponge-could-be-the-canary-in-the-seabed-mine. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ↑ "Discovery of a new group of sponges could help measure impact of deep-sea mining". Science Daily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170925095444.htm. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ↑ "New deep-sea sponge could play a starring role in monitoring ocean health". Science News. https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/new-deep-sea-sponge-could-play-starring-role-monitoring-ocean-health. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
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