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Six new carnivorous sponges from Western Australia

Added on 2024-09-29 10:46:27 by Cárdenas, Paco
Ekins, M.; Wilson, N.G. (2024) New carnivorous sponges (Porifera: Cladorhizidae) from Western Australia, collected by a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). Scientific Reports, 14(1), 22173.
The last two decades have reinvigorated systematic research on predatory sponges, mainly fuelled by advances in technology that have facilitated collection in deep-water habitats. This research presents six new species of carnivorous sponges from the family Cladorhizidae Dendy, 1922 from the western continental margin of Australia. The new species are Abyssocladia johnhooperi nov. sp., Abyssocladia aurora nov. sp., Abyssocladia janusi nov. sp., Axoniderma challengeri nov. sp., Cladorhiza vanessaekins nov. sp. and Nullarbora ningalooa nov. sp.. This material was collected by ROV during expeditions FK200308 to the Ningaloo Canyons expedition off the mid-west coast near Ningaloo, and FK200126 to the Southwest Australian canyons expedition, in Western Australia. These and other expeditions by the Schmidt Ocean Institute in 2020–21 formed a campaign around Australia’s deep sea and mesophotic environments, which has vastly increased our understanding of biodiversity in these habitats.

Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-72917-8



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