Desmoxya pelagiae van Soest & Hooper, 2005
(a sponge)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDesmoxya pelagiae (a sponge)
OrderHALICHONDRIDA (an order of sponges)
SubclassTETRACTINOMORPHA (a subclass of non-calcareous sponges)
ClassDEMOSPONGIAE (a class of sponges)
PhylumPORIFERA (sponges)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
van Soest, R.W.M. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2005 Resurrection of Desmoxya (Porifera: Halichondrida), with the description of a new species from Rockall Bank bathyal coral reefs, North Atlantic JMBA Vol 85: 1367-1371.

Desmoxya pelagiae (a sponge) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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