| Cladocroce pansinii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Haplosclerida |
| Family: | Chalinidae |
| Genus: | Cladocroce |
| Species: | C. pansinii |
| Binomial name | |
| Cladocroce pansinii Bertolino & Calcinai, 2023 | |
Cladocroce pansinii is a species of sponge discovered in 2023 in Vietnam. The species is "rather common in Hạ Long Bay". Samples of the same species may have been collected in Hawaii around 2020.
References
- Aspen Pflughoeft (June 29, 2023). "'Massive' creature found lurking in underwater tunnel and discovered as new species". Miami Herald – via Yahoo! News.
- ^ Steve Weinman (June 28, 2023). "Divers discover new purple & green sponges". Divernet.
- ^ Bertolino M, Cerrano C, Bavestrello G, Thung DC, Núñez-Pons L, Rispo F, Efremova J, Mazzella V, Makapedua DM, Calcinai B (2023), "New Insight into the Genus Cladocroce (Porifera, Demospongiae) Based on Morphological and Molecular Data, with the Description of Two New Species", Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11 (6): 1240, doi:10.3390/jmse11061240
Further reading
- "Cladocroce". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
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