Clathria matthewsi

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Clathria matthewsi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Family: Microcionidae
Genus: Clathria
Subgenus: Microciona
Species:
C. matthewsi
Binomial name
Clathria matthewsi
Goodwin, Brewin & Brickle, 2012

Clathria matthewsi is a species of sea sponge first found on the coast of South Georgia island, in the south west Southern Ocean.[1]

References

  1. ^ Goodwin, Claire, Paul E. Brewin, and Paul Brickle. "Sponge biodiversity of South Georgia island with descriptions of fifteen new species." Zootaxa 3542 (2012): 1-48.

Further reading

  • Goodwin, Claire, et al. "Sponge biodiversity of Beauchêne and the Sea Lion Islands and south-east East Falkland, Falkland Islands, with a description of nine new species." Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: 1-28.
  • HOOPER, JOHN NA, et al. "SPONGES OF THE LOW ISLES, GREAT BARRIER REEF: AN IM POR TANT SCI EN TIFIC SITE, OR A CASE OF MIS TAKEN IDEN TITY?."