Pipestela hooperi
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| Pipestela hooperi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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] | |
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Cymbastela hooperi van Soest, Desqueyroux-Faúndez, Wright & König, 1996 | |
Holotype site'"`UNIQ--ref-00000007-QINU`"'
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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