Plakina nathaliae

Plakina nathaliae is a species of sea sponge in the order Homosclerophorida, first found in vertical walls of reef caves at depths of about 23 to 28 metres (75 to 92 ft) in the Caribbean Sea.[1] It has a leaf-like flat body, which is loosely attached to the substrate and a perforated, unlobate surface; it contains two bacterial morphotypes and is characterized by two mesohylar cell types with inclusions.

Plakina nathaliae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Homoscleromorpha
Order: Homosclerophorida
Family: Plakinidae
Genus: Plakina
Species:
P. nathaliae
Binomial name
Plakina nathaliae
(Ereskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014)
Synonyms
  • Oscarella nathaliae Ereskovsky, Lavrov & Willenz, 2014

In March 2017, the species was reassigned to Plakina Schulze, 1880.[2]

References

  1. Ereskovsky, Alexander V.; Lavrov, Dennis V.; Willenz, Philippe (2013). "Five new species of Homoscleromorpha (Porifera) from the Caribbean Sea and re-description of Plakina jamaicensis". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 94 (2): 285–307. doi:10.1017/S0025315413000295.
  2. Ruiz, César; Muricy, Guilherme; Lage, Anaíra; Domingos, Celso; Chenesseau, Sandrine; Pérez, Thierry (2017). "Descriptions of new sponge species and genus, including aspiculate Plakinidae, overturn the Homoscleromorpha classification". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179 (4): 707–724. doi:10.1111/zoj.12480 (inactive 2021-01-15).CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2021 (link)

Further reading

  • Domingos, Celso, Anaíra Lage, and Guilherme Muricy. "Overview of the biodiversity and distribution of the Class Homoscleromorpha in the Tropical Western Atlantic." Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: 1-11.
  • PINZON, César Augusto RUIZ. "Archives pour la catégorie Bourses."


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