Tethya aurantia

Taxonavigation edit

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Parazoa
Phylum: Porifera
Classis: Demospongiae
Subclassis: Tetractinomorpha
Ordines: Astrophorida – Axinellida – Hadromerida – Lithistida – Spirophorida

References edit

  • Bergquist, P.R. 1968. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae. Part 1. (Tetractinomorpha and Lithistida). New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research bulletin (188)
  • Bergquist, P.R. 1970. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae. Part 2. Axinellida and Halichondrida. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research bulletin (197)
  • Cárdenas, P., Menegola, C., Rapp, H.T. & Díaz, M.C. 2009. Morphological description and DNA barcodes of shallow-water Tetractinellida (Porifera: Demospongiae) from Bocas del Toro, Panama, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 2276: 1–39. Abstract & excerpt (PDF). PDF
  • Kelly, M. 2000. Description of a new lithistid sponge from northeastern New Zealand, and consideration of the phylogenetic affinities of families Corallistidae and Neopeltidae. Zoosystema 22(2): 265–283.
  • Kelly, M. 2003. Revision of the sponge genus Pleroma Sollas (Lithistida: Megamorina: Pleromidae) from New Zealand and New Caledonia, and description of a new species. New Zealand journal of marine and freshwater research 37: 113–127.
  • Kelly, M. 2007. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera: lithistid Demospongiae (rock sponges). NIWA biodiversity memoir (121).
  • Kelly, M., Ellwood, M., Tubbs, L. & Buckeridge, J.S. 2007. The lithistid Demospongiae in New Zealand waters: species composition and distribution. Pp. 393–404 in: Custódio, M.R., Lôbo-Hajdu, G., Hajdu E. & Muricy, G. (eds). Porifera research: biodiversity, innovation and sustainability. Série Livros 28. Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro.