Uruguaya corallioides

Uruguaya corallioides

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Potamolepidae
Genus: Uruguaya
Species: Uruguaya corallioides

Name

Uruguaya corallioides (Bowerbank, 1863)

• Holotype: BMNH 1931.4.23.4, collected by W. Bragge.
• Type locality: “River Winguay [=Uruguay], near Salto Grande, South America”.

Combinations

• Spongilla corallioides Bowerbank, 1863: 460 [original combination]
• Uruguaya corallioides — Carter, 1881: 100 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Bowerbank, J.S. 1863. A Monograph of the Spongillidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863: 440–472, pl. XXXVIII. BHL Reference page. 
• Carter, H.J. 1881. History and classification of the known species of Spongilla. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 8(5): 77–107.

Additional references

• Wolkmer-Ribeiro, C. & Pauls, S.M. 2000. Esponjas de agua dulce (Porifera: Demospongiae) de Venezuela. Acta Biol. Venez. 20(1): 1–28.
• Volkmer-Ribeiro, C. & Rosa-Barbosa, R de. 1979. Neotropical freshwater sponges of the family Potamolepidae Brien, 1867. In: C. Levi. & Boury Esnault (eds.) Biologie des spongiaires Colloques Internationaux du C.N.R.S. 291: 501–511.

Links

• Uruguaya corallioides in the World Register of Marine Species
• Uruguaya corallioides – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).