Plakortis communis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Homoscleromorpha
Order: Homosclerophorida
Family: Plakinidae
Genus: Plakortis
Species:
P. communis
Binomial name
Plakortis communis
Muricy, 2011

Plakortis communis is a species of marine sponge in the order Homosclerophorida, first described in 2011 by Guilherme Muricy.[1][2]

Distribution

The holotype was collected off Cartier Island, Western Australia,[1] and the species is found in the IMCRA regions of "Timor Province", "Southwest Shelf Transition", and "Northeast Shelf Province",[1] that is, off the Queensland coast and the North & South-west coasts of Western Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Australian Faunal Directory: Plakortis communis". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
  2. Guilherme Muricy (30 June 2010). "Diversity of Indo-Australian Plakortis (Demospongiae: Plakinidae), with description of four new species". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 91 (02): 303–319 [7]. doi:10.1017/S0025315410000743. ISSN 0025-3154. Wikidata Q56044141.


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