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Porifera taxon details
Porifera taxon details
Plakortis bergquistae Muricy, 2011
Plakortis bergquistae Muricy, 2011
Porifera (Phylum) > Homoscleromorpha (Class) > Homosclerophorida (Order) > Plakinidae (Family) > Plakortis (Genus) > Plakortis bergquistae (Species)
Status : Accepted
Original Name: Plakortis bergquistae Muricy, 2011
Environment: Marine
Taxonomic edit history: 17 October 2022 by Singgih A. Putra
Plakortis bergquistae Muricy, 2011. (A) Preserved specimen (GQM-301163); (B) ectosome (tangential section); (C) choanosome and ectosome (transverse section); (D) small diods; (E) large diods; (F) triods. Source: Muricy, 2011
Habitat
Habitat
Patch reef, inner reef slope, from 24 –38 m depth.
Distribution
Distribution
Sulawesi Sea/ Makassar Strait
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Exmouth to Broome
Specimens
Specimens
Holotype QM 312579, geounit Sulawesi Sea/Makassar Strait
Paratype QM 301163, geounit Exmouth to Broome
Sources
Sources
[original description] Muricy, G. (2011). Diversity of Indo-Australian Plakortis (Demospongiae: Plakinidae), with description of four new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 91(2): 303–319. page(s): 311-313; fig 7-8.
[additional source] Pereira, P.; Raghunathan, C. (2020). New records of Indo-Pacific sponges from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Zootaxa. 4894(1): 81-97., available online at https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/ page(s): 93
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