Pipestela hooperi
Pipestela hooperi is a species of sponge belonging to the family Axinellidae.[1][2][3]
| Pipestela hooperi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Axinellida |
| Family: | Axinellidae |
| Genus: | Pipestela |
| Species: | P. hooperi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pipestela hooperi (van Soest, Desqueyroux-Faúndez, Wright & König, 1996) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cymbastela hooperi van Soest, Desqueyroux-Faúndez, Wright & König, 1996 | |
The species was first described in 1996 by Rob van Soest and others as Cymbastela hooperi from a specimen collected from Kelso Reef in the Great Barrier Reef.[1][4] The species epithet, hooperi, honours John Hooper.[4]
References
- "Australian Faunal Directory: Pipestela hooperi". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 7 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 hooperi (van Soest, Desqueyroux-Faúndez, Wright & König, 1996)". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- "Pipestela hooperi (van Soest, Desqueyroux-Faúndez, Wright & König, 1996)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- Van Soest, R. W. M.; Desqueyroux-Faúndez, R.; Wright, A. D.; König, G. M. (1996). Willenz, P. (ed.). "Cymbastela hooperi sp. nov. (Halichondrida: Axinellidae) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia". Recent Advances in Sponge Biodiversity Inventory and Documentation. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique. Biologie. (supplement). 66: 103–108.
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