Metschnikowiidae

Metschnikowia tuberculata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Metschnikowiidae
Genus (1): Metschnikowia

Name

• Metschnikowiidae Czerniawsky, 1880

Type species: Metschnikowia Grimmm, 1876, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Czerniavsky, V. [1879] 1880. [Spongiae littorales Pontis Euxini et maris Caspii. Continuatio] (In Russian). Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 54(3): 88–128, 228–320, pls I–IV.

Additional references

• Sokolova, A.M., Palatov, D.M. & Itskovich, V.B. 2020. Genetic analysis confirms the freshwater origin of the endemic Caspian sponges (Demospongiae, Spongillida, Metschnikowiidae). ZooKeys 915: 1–16. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.915.47460 Reference page.