Plenaster

Plenaster
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

  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.