Psammochela

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Myxillidae
Genus: Psammochela
Species (6): P. chaliniformis – P. elegans – P. fibrosa – P. psammodes – P. rigida – P. tutiae

Name

Psammochela Dendy, 1916

Type species: Psammochela elegans Dendy, 1916 (type by monotypy).

Synonyms

• Anomomyxilla Burton, 1934 (junior synonym)
• Psammodoryx Burton, 1934 (junior synonym)

References

• Dendy, A. 1916a: Report on the non-Calcareous Sponges collected by Mr. James Hornell at Okhamandal in Kattiawar in 1905-6. Report to the Government of Baroda on the Marine Zoology of Okhamandal in Kattiawar, 2: 93–146, pls I-IV.
• Burton, M. 1934a: Sponges. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29. 4 (14): 513–621, pls 1-2.