First records of Asbestopluma hypogea Vacelet and Boury-Esnault, 1996 (Porifera, Demospongiae, Cladorhizidae) on seamounts and in bathyal settings of the Mediterranean Sea

Aguilar R, López Correa M, Calcinai B, Pastor X, de la Torriente A, Garcia S (2011)


Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2011

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Publisher: Magnolia Press

Book Volume: 2925

Pages Range: 33-40

URI: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/

Abstract

The carnivorous sponge Asbestopluma hypogea, was known only from shallow submarine caves (-15 to -26 m) in the Western Mediterranean Sea and the Adriatic. Herein A. hypogea is reported from outside of caves, on seamounts in the Alboran Sea (-167 m), off the Balearics (-100 m) and north off Sicily (-660 m), and along steep bathyal escarpments in the Strait of Sicily (∼700 m). These deeper ROV-based findings of A. hypogea are conform to the typical deep-sea occurrence of the Cladorhizidae. Copyright © 2011 Magnolia Press.

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APA:

Aguilar, R., López Correa, M., Calcinai, B., Pastor, X., de la Torriente, A., & Garcia, S. (2011). First records of Asbestopluma hypogea Vacelet and Boury-Esnault, 1996 (Porifera, Demospongiae, Cladorhizidae) on seamounts and in bathyal settings of the Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa, 2925, 33-40.

MLA:

Aguilar, Ricardo, et al. "First records of Asbestopluma hypogea Vacelet and Boury-Esnault, 1996 (Porifera, Demospongiae, Cladorhizidae) on seamounts and in bathyal settings of the Mediterranean Sea." Zootaxa 2925 (2011): 33-40.

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