Pipestela hooperi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Axinellida |
Family: | Axinellidae |
Genus: | Pipestela |
Species: | P. hooperi |
Binomial name | |
Pipestela hooperi (van Soest, Desqueyroux-Faúndez, Wright & König, 1996) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Cymbastela hooperi van Soest, Desqueyroux-Faúndez, Wright & König, 1996 |
Pipestela hooperi is a species of sponge belonging to the family Axinellidae. [1] [2] [3]
The species was first described in 1996 by Rob van Soest and others as Cymbastela hooperi from a specimen collected from Kelso Reef in the Great Barrier Reef. [1] [4] The species epithet, hooperi, honours John Hooper. [4]
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