Stupenda

Stupenda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Tetractinellida
Family: Stupendidae
Genus: Stupendida
Michelle Kelly & Paco Cárdenas, 2016[1][2]
Species: S. singularis
Binomial name
Stupenda singularis
Kelly & Cárdenas, 2016

Stupenda is a genus of sea sponge belonging to the family Stupendidae. The sole species is Stupenda singularis.

Habitat

Stupenda singularis is found near the Colville Ridge, in the waters of the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 Kelly, Michelle Kelly; Cárdenas, Paco (2016-06-02). "An unprecedented new genus and family of Tetractinellida (Porifera, Demospongiae) from New Zealand's Colville Ridge, with a new type of mitochondrial group I intron". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
  2. 1 2 Cárdenas, Paco (2016). Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J, eds. "Stupenda Kelly & Cárdenas, 2016". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2016-06-14.


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