2008/04/18 by Jean Vacelet · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · #Marine Sponges and Natural Products #Marine Biology and Ecology Research #Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
paper · doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1752.1.3
openalex publication_date 2008/04/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
A new sponge collected from 2,024 m depth on the Vance Seamount in the north-east Pacific by the ROV ‘Tiburon’ is described in the family Cladorhizidae as a new genus and new species, Lollipocladia tiburoni. The sponge, 112 mm in total height, is in the shape of a pedunculate disc, like several cladorhizid sponges of the genera Abyssocladia and Neocladia. It differs from these genera and from all carnivorous poecilosclerids by its microsclere complement, consisting of palmate isochelae, sigmancistras, and strongly curved anchorate isochelae superficially resembling those of Neocladia. A re-examination of the holotype of Neocladia indicates that it is a valid genus different from Chondrocladia.