Deep-Sea taxon details
Cladorhiza methanophila Vacelet & Boury-Esnault, 2002
168237 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168237)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2002). A new species of carnivorous deep-sea sponge (Demospongiae: Cladorhizidae) associated with methanotrophic bacteria. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 43: 141-148. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 142-147 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 142-147 [details] Available for editors
Holotype MNHN D JV 57, geounit Eastern Caribbean
Holotype MNHN D JV 57, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Cladorhiza methanophila Vacelet & Boury-Esnault, 2002. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168237 on 2026-06-09
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Cladorhiza methanophila Vacelet & Boury-Esnault, 2002. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168237 on 2026-06-09
original description
Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2002). A new species of carnivorous deep-sea sponge (Demospongiae: Cladorhizidae) associated with methanotrophic bacteria. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 43: 141-148. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 142-147 [details] Available for editors
additional source Vacelet, J.; Fiala-Medioni, A.; Fisher, C.R.; Boury-Esnault, N. (1996). Symbiosis between methane-oxidizing bacteria and a deep-sea carnivorous cladorhizid sponge. <i>Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 145(1-3)</i>: 77-85 (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Hestetun, J.; Fourt, M.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Rapp, H.T. (2015). Cladorhizidae (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) of the deep Atlantic collected during Ifremer cruises, with a biogeographic overview of the Atlantic species. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 95 (7), 1311-1343., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315413001100
page(s): 1335-1337 [details] Available for editors
additional source Boury-Esnault, N.; Bellan, G.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Boudouresque, C.-F.; Chevaldonné, P.; Dias, A.; Faget, D.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Harmelin-Vivien, M.; Lejeusne, C.; Pérez, T.; Vacelet, J.; Verlaque, M. (2023). The Station Marine d'Endoume, Marseille: 150 years of natural history. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5249(2): 213-252. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.3 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 142-147 [details] Available for editors
additional source Vacelet, J.; Fiala-Medioni, A.; Fisher, C.R.; Boury-Esnault, N. (1996). Symbiosis between methane-oxidizing bacteria and a deep-sea carnivorous cladorhizid sponge. <i>Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 145(1-3)</i>: 77-85 (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Hestetun, J.; Fourt, M.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Rapp, H.T. (2015). Cladorhizidae (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) of the deep Atlantic collected during Ifremer cruises, with a biogeographic overview of the Atlantic species. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 95 (7), 1311-1343., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315413001100
page(s): 1335-1337 [details] Available for editors
additional source Boury-Esnault, N.; Bellan, G.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Boudouresque, C.-F.; Chevaldonné, P.; Dias, A.; Faget, D.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Harmelin-Vivien, M.; Lejeusne, C.; Pérez, T.; Vacelet, J.; Verlaque, M. (2023). The Station Marine d'Endoume, Marseille: 150 years of natural history. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5249(2): 213-252. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.3 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MNHN D JV 57, geounit Eastern Caribbean [details]
