Pipestela is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Axinellidae.[1][2] The species of this genus are found in Australian waters, New Guinea and other countries to the north of Australia.[2]
| Pipestela | |
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| Pipestela candelabra | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Axinellida |
| Family: | Axinellidae |
| Genus: | Pipestela Alvarez, Hooper & van Soest, 2008 |
| Type species | |
| Pipestela candelabra | |
| Species | |
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5 species (see text) | |
Species edit
This genus contains the following five species:[1]
- Pipestela candelabra Alvarez, Hooper & van Soest, 2008
- Pipestela hooperi (van Soest, Desqueyroux-Faúndez, Wright & König, 1996)
- Pipestela occidentalis Alvarez, Hooper & van Soest, 2008
- Pipestela rara Alvarez, Hooper & van Soest, 2008
- Pipestela terpenensis (Fromont, 1993)
References edit
- ^ a b 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 Alvarez, Hooper & van Soest, 2008". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Pipestela Alvarez, Hooper & van Soest, 2008". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Pipestela". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ^ 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 [107]. ISSN 0079-8835. Wikidata Q111097358.
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