Dercitus (Halinastra)

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: Pachastrellidae
Genus: Dercitus
Subgenus: Dercitus (Halinastra)
Species (6): D. (H.) arubensis – D. (H.) berau – D. (H.) exostoticus – D. (H.) japonensis – D. (H.) luteus – D. (H.) sibogae

Name

• Halinastrade Laubenfels, 1936

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. BHL 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

• Dercitus (Halinastra) in the World Register of Marine Species