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Stupenda singularis

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The single holotype specimen of the new family, genus and species of Stupenda singularis Kelly & Cárdenas, 2016 from Colville Ridge, Kermadec Volcanic Arc, 387–422 m: A whole specimen & B showing the interior of the sponge, scale bars = 10 mm. Taken from Fig. 5 in Kelly & Cárdenas, 2016. Collected by NIWA on Nascent Inter-Ridge Volcanic And Neotectonic Activity (NIRVANA) voyage, funded by the Ministry for Primary Industries, in collaboration with Auckland University, GNS Science (New Zealand), and the University of New Hampshire (USA).