Clathria hillenburgi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Poecilosclerida
Family: Microcionidae
Genus: Clathria
Subgenus: Axosuberites
Species:
C. hillenburgi
Binomial name
Clathria hillenburgi
Annunziata, Cavalcanti, Santos & Pinheiro, 2019

Clathria hillenburgi, also known as Clathria (Axosuberites) hillenburgi, is a species of sea sponge in the family Microcionidae. It is endemic to the coast of Brazil.[1][2]

It has been documented in mangrove habitats off the coast of Paraíba, where it has been found growing on Rhizophora roots in the Mamanguape River estuary. Despite being found off the coast of tropical Brazil, this species closely resembles C. (Thalysias) mauriceburtoni (formerly C. flabellata)[3] and C. (Axosuberites) georgiaensis, two species found off the coast of Antarctica.[1][4]

This species was named in honor of Stephen Hillenburg, an American marine science educator and creator of the famous animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, who had died several months prior to the species' description.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c ANNUNZIATA, BRUNO B.; CAVALCANTI, THAYNÃ; SANTOS, GEORGE GARCIA; PINHEIRO, ULISSES (2019-09-19). "Two new Clathria (Axosuberites) Topsent, 1893 (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida) from Northeastern Brazil". Zootaxa. 4671 (4): 500–510. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4671.4.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31716030. S2CID 203882016.
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Clathria (Axosuberites) hillenburgi Annunziata, Cavalcanti, Santos & Pinheiro, 2019". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
  3. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Clathria (Clathria) flabellata (Burton, 1936)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
  4. ^ "Reference Summary - Annunziata, B.B., T. Cavalcanti, G.G. Santos and U. Pinheiro, 2019". www.sealifebase.ca. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
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