New carnivorous sponges (Porifera: Cladorhizidae) from Western Australia and Coral Sea, collected by the RV Falkor Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV).

Three new species of carnivorous sponges from the family Cladorhizidae from the Great Barrier reef, in Queensland, Australia: Abyssocladia falkor sp. nov., Abyssocladia jeanvaceleti sp. nov. and Axoniderma wanda sp. nov. They were collected by ROV during the expedition Fk200802—Seamounts, Canyons & reefs of the Coral Sea Cruise on the RV Falkor from the Schmidt Ocean Institute. Six new species of carnivorous sponges from the family Cladorhizidae Dendy, 1922 from the western continental margin of Australia. The specimens were collected by ROV during expeditions FK200308 to the Ningaloo Canyons expedition off the mid-west coast near Ningaloo, and FK200126 to the Southwest Australian canyons expedition, in Western Australia.

Citation: Ekins, M., Wilson, N.G. New carnivorous sponges (Porifera: Cladorhizidae) from Western Australia, collected by a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). Sci Rep 14, 22173 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-72917-8 and Merrick Ekins and John N. A. Hooper (2023) New carnivorous sponges from the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia collected by ROV from the RV FALKOR. Zootaxa 5293 (3): 435-471. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5293.3.2

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