Leiodermatium

Leiodermatium

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Azoricidae
Genus: Leiodermatium
Species (12): L. colini – L. crassiusculum – L. dampieri – L. deciduum – L. heteroforme – L. intermedium – L. linea – L. lynceus – L. marginatum – L. paniceus – L. pfeifferae – L. tuba

Name

Leiodermatium Schmidt, 1870: 22

• Type species: Leiodermatium lynceus Schmidt, 1870, by subsequent designation.

Synonyms

• Azorica Carter, 1873: 439
• Coscinospongia Bowerbank, 1869
• Heterophymia Pomel, 1872
• Tretolophus Sollas, 1888: 325
  • Type species: Tretolophus paniceus Sollas, 1888, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Schmidt, O. 1870. Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des atlantischen Gebietes. Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig. iii–iv, 1–88, pls I–VI.
• Sollas, W.J. 1888. Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 25(part 63): I–CLXVIII + 1–458, pl. 1–44. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Carvalho, F.C., Cárdenas, P., Ríos, P., Cristobo, J., Rapp, H.T., Xavier, J.R. 2020. Rock sponges (lithistid Demospongiae) of the Northeast Atlantic seamounts, with description of ten new species. PeerJ. 8: e8703. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8703 Reference page. 
• Kelly, M. 2007. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera: lithistid Demospongiae (rock sponges). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 121: 1–100. ISBN 978-0-478-23277-6 Reference page. 

Links

• Leiodermatium in the World Register of Marine Species

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