Pipestela hooperi
# Pipestela hooperi

Pipestela hooperi is a species of sponge belonging to the family Axinellidae.

The species was first described in 1996 by Rob van Soest and others as Cymbastela hooperi from a specimen collected from Kelso Reef in the Great Barrier Reef. The species epithet, hooperi, honours John Hooper.

