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Plenaster
Scientific 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. Plenaster craigi is the sole species. It lives on rocks on the Pacific Ocean seafloor.

Plenaster craigi have been named after the star like skeletal spicules inside their bodies.

References

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.

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