Vulcanella (Vulcanellidae)

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Vulcanellidae
Genus: Vulcanella
Species (18): V. aberrans – V. acanthoxea – V. bifacialis  – V. commander – V. cribrifera – V. cribriporosa – V. doederleini – V. gracilis – V. grebelnyi – V. horrida – V. koltuni – V. netheides – V. orthotriaena – V. osculanigera – V. porosa – V. stylifera – V. theneides – V. tricornis

Name

Vulcanella Sollas, 1886: 186

• Type species: Vulcanella cribrifera Sollas, 1886, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Sphinctrella Schmidt, 1870: 65 [preoccupied by Sphinctrella Schmarda, 1870]
  • Type genus: Sphinctrella horrida Schmidt, 1870, by monotypy.

• Sphincterella de Laubenfels, 1936: 180 [replacement name for Sphinctrella Schmidt, 1870]
  • Type genus: Sphinctrella horrida Schmidt, 1870, by original designation.

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. 1886. Preliminary account of the Tetractinellid sponges Dredged by H.M.S. ‘Challenger’ 1872-76. Part I. The Choristida. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society. New series 5: 177–199. BHL
• de Laubenfels, M.W. 1936. A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30): 1–225, pls 1–22.

Links

• Vulcanella (Vulcanellidae) in the World Register of Marine Species