Pipestela occidentalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Axinellida
Family: Axinellidae
Genus: Pipestela
Species:
P. occidentalis
Binomial name
Pipestela occidentalis
Alvarez, Hooper & van Soest, 2008

Pipestela occidentalis is a species of sponge belonging to the family Axinellidae.[1][2][3]

The species was first described in 2008 from a specimen collected off the western shore of Barrow Island, Cape Poivre, Western Australia.[1][4]

Description

P. occidentalis is an orange, upright, tree-like sponge, 6.8cm in height and 7.9cm in width, with solid cylindrical branches. It is very like P. candelabra but the distribution is disjunct.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Australian Faunal Directory: Pipestela occidentalis". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  2. ↑ 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 occidentalis Alvarez, Hooper & van Soest, 2008". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Pipestela occidentalis Alvarez, Hooper & van Soest, 2008". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  4. 1 2 B. Alvarez; J.N.A. Hooper; R.W.M. Van Soest. (2008). "Pipestela, a new genus of Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Halichondrida) and description of three new species" (PDF). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 52 (2): 105-118 [114-115]. ISSN 0079-8835. Wikidata Q111097358.
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