Calthropella (Corticellopsis)

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 (Corticellopsis)
Species (3): C. (C.) novaezealandiae – C. (C.) recondita – C. (C.) stelligera

Name

Calthropella (Corticellopsis) Bergquist, 1968: 62 [nomen substitutum]

• Type species: Corticium stelligerum Schmidt, 1868, by monotypy.

Combinations

• Corticellopsis Bergquist, 1968: 62 [original combination, as full genus]
• Calthropella (Corticellopsis) — Van Soest, Beglinger & De Voogd, 2010: 5 [subsequent combination, reduced to subgenus]

Synonyms

• Corticella Sollas, 1888: 281 [preoccupied by Corticella Ehrenberg, 1872]
  • Type species: Corticium stelligerum Schmidt, 1868, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Sollas, W.J. 1888. Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 25(part 63): I–CLXVIII + 1–458, pl. 1–44. BHL Reference page. 
• Bergquist, P.R. 1968. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae. Part 1. (Tetractinomorpha and Lithistida). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 37: 1–105. Full article (PDF). 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 (Corticellopsis) in the World Register of Marine Species