Trikentrion muricatum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Raspailiidae
Subfamilia: Cyamoninae
Genus: Trikentrion
Species: Trikentrion muricatum

Name

• Trikentrion muricatum (Pallas, 1766)

Neotype: BMNH 1872.10.19.1; designated by van Soest, Carballo & Hooper, 2012.

Type locality: Volta River, Fantee, Ghana, presented by Gov. Ussher.

Mentions

• Spongia muricata Pallas 1766: 389 (referring to Seba 1734–65, volume III pl. 99 fig. 7, Ghana); Esper 1794: 185, pl. 3 (Ghana).
• (not: Linnaeus 1759: 1348; 1767: 1298 = unrecognizable; nec: Lamarck 1814: 448 = Raspailia hispida, cf. Topsent 1932: 107).
• Unnamed branched tuberculated sponge; Ellis, 1766: pl. 11 fig. F (West Africa).
• ? Spongia echidnea Lamarck, 1814: 448 (West Africa).
• Trikentrion muricatum Ehlers 1870: 6; Carter 1879: 293, pl. 27 fig. 13 (Ghana); Burton 1956: 133, 142 (Ghana); Hooper 2002: 499, figs 18A-G; van Soest, Carballo & Hooper, 2012: figs. 17A–D , 18A–E , 19A–D , 20A–D.
• Plectronella papillosa Sollas 1879: 17, pls 4-5.
• ? Ptilocaulis echidnaeus Topsent 1932: 108, pl. III fig. 3.

References

• Pallas P.S. 1766: Elenchus zoophytorum sistens generum adumbrations generaliores et specierum cognitarum succinctas descriptiones cum selectis auctorum synonymis. P van Cleef, The Hague, 451 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.6595.

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• van Soest, Rob W.M., José L. Carballo & John N.A. Hooper, 2012: Polyaxone monaxonids: revision of raspailiid sponges with polyactine megascleres (Cyamon and Trikentrion). ZooKeys, 239: 1–70. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.239.3734.