Echinospongilla

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Potamolepidae
Genus: Echinospongilla
Species (1): E. brichardi

Name

• Echinospongilla Manconi & Pronzato, 2002: 1004 [nomen substitutum]

Type genus: Echinospongia brichardi Brien, 1974, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Echinospongia Brien, 1974: 605 [preoccupied by Echinospongia Gray, 1870]

Type genus: Echinospongia brichardi Brien, 1974, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Brien, P. 1974. Deux éponges nouvelles du lac Tanganyika. Histologie - Embryogenèse - Parenchymula. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 88(3): 585–624, pls V–VI.
• Manconi, R. & Pronzato, R. 2002. Suborder Spongillina subord. nov.: Freshwater sponges. Pp. 921-1020 in Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.). Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow. ISBN 978-0-306-47260-2 Reference page. 

Links

• Echinospongilla in the World Register of Marine Species