Cladocroce pansinii is a species of sponge discovered in 2023 in Vietnam.[1][2] The species is "rather common in Hạ Long Bay".[3] Samples of the same species may have been collected in Hawaii around 2020.[3][2]

Cladocroce pansinii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Haplosclerida
Family: Chalinidae
Genus: Cladocroce
Species:
C. pansinii
Binomial name
Cladocroce pansinii
Bertolino & Calcinai, 2023

References edit

  1. ^ Aspen Pflughoeft (June 29, 2023). "'Massive' creature found lurking in underwater tunnel and discovered as new species". Miami Herald – via Yahoo! News.
  2. ^ a b Steve Weinman (June 28, 2023). "Divers discover new purple & green sponges". Divernet.
  3. ^ a b Bertolino M, Cerrano C, Bavestrello G, Thung DC, Núñez-Pons L, Rispo F, Efremova J, Mazzella V, Makapedua DM, Calcinai B (2023), "New Insight into the Genus Cladocroce (Porifera, Demospongiae) Based on Morphological and Molecular Data, with the Description of Two New Species", Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11 (6): 1240, doi:10.3390/jmse11061240

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