Calthropella (Pachataxa)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Astrophorina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Tetractinellida Subordo: Astrophorina

Familia: Calthropellidae
Genus: Calthropella
Subgenus: Calthropella (Pachataxa)
Species (3): C. (P.) enigmatica – C. (P.) lithistina – C. (P.) pyrifera

Name

Calthropella (Pachataxa) de Laubenfels, 1936: 179

• Type species: Pachastrella lithistina Schmidt, 1880, by original designation.

Combinations

• Pachataxa De Laubenfels, 1936: 179 [original combination, as full genus]
• Calthropella (Pachataxa) — Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2010: 5 [subsequent combination, reduced to subgenus]

References

Primary references

• Laubenfels, M.W. de. 1936. A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30): 1–225, pls. 1–22. Reference page. 
• Van Soest, R.W.M., Beglinger, E., De Voogd, N.J. 2010. Skeletons in confusion: a review of astrophorid sponges with (dicho–)calthrops as structural megascleres (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida). ZooKeys 68: 1–88. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.68.729 Reference page. 

Links

• Calthropella (Pachataxa) in the World Register of Marine Species