Cladorhiza corallophila Göcke, Hestetun, Uhlir, Freiwald, Beuck & Janussen, 2016, sp. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Göcke, Christian, Hestetun, Jon T., Uhlir, Carolin, Freiwald, André, Beuck, Lydia, Janussen, Dorte
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Porifera; Demospongiae; Poecilosclerida; Cladorhizidae; Cladorhiza; Cladorhiza corallophila; Lophelia pertusa
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5631044; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5631044

Cladorhiza corallophila sp. nov. Diagnosis. Cladorhiza of straight upright growth without roots, with surface filaments being rounded in life, attached to skeleton of live or occasionally dead cold-water corals. Material. 3 specimens (SMF11490 holotype, SMF11491, GenBank nr. KU508388 /391/394, SMF 11492, GenBank nr. KU508387 /390/393) on live Lophelia pertusa, sta. GeoB 14914-1-3, ROV dive 12 17°08.196'N, 16°49.466'W, 17 November 2010, 512 m water depth, Tiguent Mound Complex, two of which consist of several coalesced individuals, attached to dead framework portions of a live Lophelia pertusa colony, originally inhabited by amphipods. One separate specimen (SMF11489) and approximately five individuals on one live Lophelia pertusa colony (SaM-ID 1 430, GenBank nr. KU508386 /389/392), Timiris Mound Complex, sta. GeoB 14873-1-5, ROV dive 5, 18°57.765'N, 16°52.151'W, 10 November 2010, 485 m water depth, basal portions of sponge inside coral skeleton (coral overgrowth), co-occurring with gastropod Calliostoma ... : Published as part of Göcke, Christian, Hestetun, Jon T., Uhlir, Carolin, Freiwald, André, Beuck, Lydia & Janussen, Dorte, 2016, Cladorhiza corallophila sp. nov., a new carnivorous sponge (Cladorhizidae, Demospongiae) living in close association with Lophelia pertusa and Madrepora oculata (Scleractinia), pp. 512-524 in Zootaxa 4168 (3) on pages 514-517, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/267817 ...