Cymbastela lamellata

Cymbastela lamellata is a species of marine sponge in the family Axinellidae.[1]

Cymbastela lamellata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Axinellida
Family: Axinellidae
Genus: Cymbastela
Species:
C. lamellata
Binomial name
Cymbastela lamellata
Synonyms.[1]

The sponge was first described in 1961 by Patricia Bergquist as Axinella lamellata,[3][4] However the name had already been used, and she renamed it in 1970 as Axinella tricalciformis.[3][1][2]

It is known from both the Chatham Islands and from waters around Tasmania, where it has been found at depths of 6-90 m. It is a sessile, filter feeder.[3]

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cymbastela lamellata (Bergquist, 1961)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  2. Bergquist, P.R. (1970). "The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Porifera,Demospongiae, Part 2 (Axinellida and Halichondrida)" (PDF). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 51: 9–85.
  3. "Australian Faunal Directory: Axinella tricalyciformis Bergquist, 1961". AFD. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
  4. Bergquist, P.R. (1961). "Demospongiae (Porifera) of the Chatham Islands and Chatham Rise, collected by the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition" (PDF). Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 139: 169-206 20 figs [188].
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