Pipestela occidentalis
| Pipestela occidentalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Axinellida |
| Family: | Axinellidae |
| Genus: | Pipestela |
| Species: | P. occidentalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pipestela occidentalis | |
Holotype site[1]
Pipestela occidentalis is a species of sponge belonging to the family Axinellidae.[1][2][3]
The species was first described in 2008 from a specimen collected off the western shore of Barrow Island, Cape Poivre, Western Australia.[1][4]
Description
[edit]P. occidentalis is an orange, upright, tree-like sponge, 6.8 cm in height and 7.9 cm in width, with solid cylindrical branches. It is very like P. candelabra but the distribution is disjunct.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Australian Faunal Directory: Pipestela occidentalis". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J, eds. (2022). "Pipestela occidentalis Alvarez, Hooper & van Soest, 2008". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Pipestela occidentalis Alvarez, Hooper & van Soest, 2008". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ a b B. Alvarez; J.N.A. Hooper; R.W.M. Van Soest. (2008). "Pipestela, a new genus of Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Halichondrida) and description of three new species" (PDF). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 52 (2): 105-118 [114-115]. ISSN 0079-8835. Wikidata Q111097358.
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