Cladorhizidae (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) of the deep Atlantic collected during Ifremer cruises, with a biogeographic overview of the Atlantic species

• Published in: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
• Main Authors: Hestetun, J. T., Fourt, M., Vacelet, J., Boury-Esnault, Nicole, Rapp, H. T.
• Other Authors: Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale (IMBE), Avignon Université (AU)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Institut de recherche pour le développement IRD : UMR237-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Diversité, évolution et écologie fonctionnelle marine (DIMAR), Université de la Méditerranée - Aix-Marseille 2-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2015
• Subjects: [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology; Antarc*; Antarctic; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-01445167; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315413001100

International audience The study presents Cladorhizidae collected during Ifremer cruises in the Atlantic Ocean from 1981 to 2004. Fifteen species are described from the genera Abyssocladia, Asbestopluma, Chondrocladia and Cladorhiza, with complete descriptions of five new species. While a couple of...