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Stupenda

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Stupenda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Tetractinellida
Family: Stupendidae
Kelly & Cárdenas, 2016
Genus: Stupenda
Kelly & Cárdenas, 2016
Species:
S. singularis
Binomial name
Stupenda singularis

Stupenda is a genus of sea sponges. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Stupendidae and is represented by a single species, Stupenda singularis.[1]

Habitat

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Stupenda singularis is found near the Colville Ridge, in the waters of the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Cárdenas, Paco (2016). 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.). "Stupenda Kelly & Cárdenas, 2016". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
  2. ^ Michelle Kelly; Paco Cárdenas (20 May 2016). "An unprecedented new genus and family of Tetractinellida (Porifera, Demospongiae) from New Zealand's Colville Ridge, with a new type of mitochondrial group I intron" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (2): 335–352. doi:10.1111/ZOJ.12365. ISSN 1096-3642. Wikidata Q55868779.