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Clathrina Helveola
''Clathrina helveola'' is a species of calcareous sponge in the family Clathrinidae from Australia, found in coastal waters off Queensland. It was first described by Gert Wörheide and John Hooper (marine biologist), John Hooper in 1999. The species name, ''helveola'', means "pale yellow" in Latin and refers to the species' colouration. Description The cormus in the massive holotype is delicate, formed of large, irregular and loosely anastomosed tubes. In some parts of the cormus, a thin cortex can be seen. Cells with granules are present. The skeleton has no special organization. It comprises equiangular and equiradiate triactines. Actines are conical and sharp, and slightly undulated at the tip. References Clathrina Animals described in 1999 Sponges of Australia Taxa named by John Hooper (marine biologist) Taxa named by Gert Wörheide {{calcarea-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gert Wörheide
Gert Wörheide is a German marine biologist who works mainly on marine invertebrates. He earned his doctorate in geobiology from Georg-August-Universität, following this with a post-doctorate at Queensland Museum (1998-2002), where he worked with John Hooper on sponges, a collaboration which continues. Following his postdoctorate in Queensland, Wörheide returned to Germany to become a junior professor in molecular geobiology at Georg-August-Universität (2002-2008), and in October 2008 was appointed Chair of Geobiology & Paleontology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ... (University of Munich) (his current position), where he continues to work on evolution and genomics, and all things pertaining to marine invertebrates. His m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |