Species of sea sponge
Clathria hillenburgi , also known as Clathria (Axosuberites) hillenburgi , is a species of sea sponge in the family Microcionidae . It is endemic to the coast of Brazil .[1] [2]
It has been documented in mangrove habitats off the coast of Paraíba , where it has been found growing on Rhizophora roots in the Mamanguape River estuary . Despite being found off the coast of tropical Brazil, this species closely resembles C. (Thalysias) mauriceburtoni (formerly C. flabellata )[3] and C. (Axosuberites) georgiaensis , two species found off the coast of Antarctica .[1] [4]
This species was named in honor of Stephen Hillenburg , an American marine science educator and creator of the famous animated series SpongeBob SquarePants , who had died several months prior to the species' description.[1]
References
^ a b c ANNUNZIATA, BRUNO B.; CAVALCANTI, THAYNÃ; SANTOS, GEORGE GARCIA; PINHEIRO, ULISSES (2019-09-19). "Two new Clathria (Axosuberites ) Topsent, 1893 (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida) from Northeastern Brazil" . Zootaxa . 4671 (4): 500–510. doi :10.11646/zootaxa.4671.4.2 . ISSN 1175-5334 . PMID 31716030 . S2CID 203882016 .
^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Clathria (Axosuberites) hillenburgi Annunziata, Cavalcanti, Santos & Pinheiro, 2019" . www.marinespecies.org . Retrieved 2021-12-04 .
^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Clathria (Clathria) flabellata (Burton, 1936)" . www.marinespecies.org . Retrieved 2021-12-04 .
^ "Reference Summary - Annunziata, B.B., T. Cavalcanti, G.G. Santos and U. Pinheiro, 2019" . www.sealifebase.ca . Retrieved 2021-12-04 .