Collection data of Tethya irisae sp. nov. and comparative material

A new species of Tethya irisae sp. nov. is described from 1000 m depth on the continental slope of the Great Australian Bight (GAB), southern Australia. Three molecular markers were obtained from one specimen: COI, 28S (D3-D5) and ITS1-5.8S-ITS2.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Sorokin, Shirley J, Ekins, Merrick, Yang, Qi, Cárdenas, Paco
Format:	Dataset
Language:	English
Published:	PANGAEA 2018
Subjects:	Accession number genetics Andaman Sea Area/locality BEAM Beam trawl BIO Biology BMNH1957_7_15_1 BPZ_1000 Collection Comment DATE/TIME Deep-sea Sponge Grounds Ecosystems of the North Atlantic DEPTH water G_9069 Great Australian Bight IN2015_C01 IN2015_C01_110 IN2015_C01_114 IN2015_C02 IN2015_C02_131 IN2015_C02_167 IN2015_C02_196 IN2015_C02_292 Investigator (2014) LATITUDE LONGITUDE Name New South Wales Australia New Zealand Reference/source Species SponGES Station label Type UAZA9_7 UAZA9_8 Z5074 North Atlantic
Online Access:	https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.894720 https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.894720

Description
Summary:	A new species of Tethya irisae sp. nov. is described from 1000 m depth on the continental slope of the Great Australian Bight (GAB), southern Australia. Three molecular markers were obtained from one specimen: COI, 28S (D3-D5) and ITS1-5.8S-ITS2.