Pipestela, a new genus of Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Halichondrida) and description of three new species

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-118

  Alvarez, Belinda ^a   Hooper, John N A ^b   Van Soest, Rob W M ^c  

^a MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Axinellidae; Coral reef sponges; Cymbastela; Demospongiae; New species; Pipestela n. gen.; Porifera; Revision

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; SPONGE; TAXONOMY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALASIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; QUEENSLAND; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA];

ANTHOZOA; AULETTA; AXINELLIDAE; CYMBASTELA; DEMOSPONGIAE; HALICHONDRIDA; PORIFERA;

EID: 49949109224     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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