Plenaster

Plenaster
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Axinellida
Family:	Stelligeridae
Genus:	Plenaster Lim & Wiklund, 2017
Species:	P. craigi
Binomial name
Plenaster craigi Lim & Wiklund, 2017

Plenaster is a monotypic genus of sponges in the family Stelligeridae. ^[1] Plenaster craigi is the sole species. It lives on rocks on the Pacific Ocean seafloor. ^{[2] [3]}

Plenaster craigi have been named after the star like skeletal spicules inside their bodies. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. "Plenaster". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 13 June 2021.
2. Lim, Xiaozhi. "New Species of Sponges Found on the Pacific Seafloor". The New York Times . Retrieved 25 October 2017.
3. "Newly Discovered Deep-Sea Sponge Could Be the Canary in the Seabed Mine". News Deeply . Retrieved 25 October 2017.
4. "Discovery of a new group of sponges could help measure impact of deep-sea mining". Science Daily . Retrieved 25 October 2017.
5. "New deep-sea sponge could play a starring role in monitoring ocean health". Science News. Retrieved 25 October 2017.