Vetulina

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Vetulinidae
Genus: Vetulina
Species (5): V. incrustans – V. indica – V. rugosa – V. stalactites – V. tholiformis

Name

• Vetulina Schmidt, 1879: 19

Type species: Vetulina stalactites Schmidt, 1879, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Schmidt, O. 1879. Die Spongien des Meerbusen von Mexico (Und des caraibischen Meeres). Abtheilung I. Heft I. Pp. 1–32, pls I–IV. in Reports on the dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the USCSS ‘Blake’. Gustav Fischer: Jena.

Additional references

• Pisera, A., Łukowiak, M., Fromont, J., Schuster, A. 2017. First record of the genus Vetulina Schmidt, 1879 (Porifera: Demospongiae: Sphaerocladina) from the Indian Ocean with the description of two new species: biogeographic and evolutionary significance. Marine Biodiversity. 48(3): 1529–1539. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-017-0658-7 Reference page.  [as Vetulina p. 1530]

Links

• Vetulina in the World Register of Marine Species