Neopetrosia sigmafera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Haplosclerida 

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

Familia: Petrosiidae
Genus: Neopetrosia
Species: Neopetrosia sigmafera

Name

Neopetrosia sigmafera Vicente et al., 2019

Type locality: Panamá, Bocas del Toro.

Holotype: UF Bocas del Toro, Panamá, Punta Caracol (9.3777° N, 82.1863° W), three m in depth, coll. Jan Vicente, May 8, 2015.

Paratypes:

  • ICNMHN(Po) 270, Colombia, Islas del Rosario, Pajarales, close to Yohmara islet (10.1779° N, 75.7750° W), five m in depth, coll. Sven Zea, March 10, 2002.
  • INV POR1338, 1339, Colombia, Isla del del Rosario, Pajarales (lagoon) (10.1780° N, 75.7750° W), four to five m in depth coll. Sven Zea, August 13, 2014.

Distribution: Panamá (Bocas del Toro), Colombia (Cartagena), Martinique (Les Anses d’ Arlet). S. Zea observed specimens in Belize (Carrie Bow Cay and Pelican Cays).

ZooBank: 6B6539BD-029E-4FE5-AECD-447AE7ADE95E

References

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