Pipestela terpenensis

Pipestela terpenensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Axinellida
Family:	Axinellidae
Genus:	Pipestela
Species:	P. terpenensis
Binomial name
Pipestela terpenensis (Fromont, 1993)
Synonyms [1]
Amphimedon terpenensisFromont, 1993 Cymbastela terpenensis(Fromont, 1993)

Holotype site'"`UNIQ--ref-00000007-QINU`"'

Pipestela terpenensis is a species of sponge belonging to the family Axinellidae. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The species was first described in 1993 by Jane Fromont as Amphimedon terpenensis from a specimen collected at a depth of 19 m on MacGillivray Reef, Lizard Island in the Great Barrier Reef. ^{[1] [4]} The species epithet, terpenensis, was given because of the large proportion of terpenes in this sponge. ^[4]

Description

P. terpenensis is a red-brown sponge with a thin maroon band due partially to the sponge's pigment but also to a symbiont cyanobacteria. ^[4] It is tall and sometimes the branches look like flattened organ pipes. ^[4]

Habitat

It grows on reefs in full light, on dead coral or rock at depths of 10 to 20. ^[4]

References

1. "Australian Faunal Directory: Pipestela terpenensis". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 7 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 terpenensis Fromont, 1993". World Porifera Database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 7 March 2022.
3. "Pipestela terpenensis Fromont, 1993". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 7 March 2022.
4. Jane Fromont (1993). "Descriptions of species of the Haplosclerida (Porifera: Demospongiae) occurring in the tropical waters of the Great Barrier Reef". The Beagle. 10: 7-40 [23]. ISSN   0811-3653. Wikidata   Q108329552.