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Description The encrusting sponge Hymedesmia (Stylopus) methanophila sp. nov. and the branching sponge Iophon methanophila sp. nov. colonize asphalt seeps at Campeche Knolls. a Geographic location of Campeche Knolls and the sponge collection sites, Chapopote and Mictlan. b MARUM-QUEST ROV image of H. (S.) methanophila and I. methanophila at Chapopote. Galatheid crabs graze on the sponges.

Figure 1 from Rubin-Blum et al. (2019) Author Cárdenas, Paco JPG file - 779.84 kB - 1 995 x 1 033 pixelsmore
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 added on 2022-10-19114 viewsPorifera taxaDigital photo, entire species Hymedesmia (Stylopus) methanophila Cárdenas, 2019checked Cárdenas, Paco 2022-10-19 Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License
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