Biology:Corbitella

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Short description: Genus of sponges

Corbitella
FMIB 47014 Eponges siliceuses (squelette)--1 Alcyoncellum speciosum (Quoy et Gaimard)--2 Euplectella aspergillum (Owen).jpeg
Illustration by A. L. Clement: glass sponges (skeleton).-1. Alcyoncellum speciosum. (Quoy et Gaimard).-2. Euplectella aspergillum (Owen), in Filhol, H. (1885) Vie au Fond des Mers : les Explorations Sous-Marines et les Voyages du Travailleur et du Talisman, Paris: G. Masson, Editeur
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Hexactinellida
Order: Lyssacinosida
Family: Euplectellidae
Subfamily: Corbitellinae
Genus: Corbitella
Gray, 1867[1]
Species
  • Corbitella discasterosa Tabachnick & Lévi, 2004
  • Corbitella elegans (Marshall, 1875)
  • Corbitella pulchra (Schulze, 1887)
  • Corbitella speciosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Synonyms
List
  • Alcyoncellum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Eudictyon Marshall, 1875
  • Eudictyum Marshall, 1875
  • Habrodictyon Thomson, 1868
  • Habrodictyum Schulze, 1887
  • Taegeria Schulze, 1886

Corbitella is a genus of glass sponges (Hexactinellids) belonging to the family Euplectellidae.

References

  1. Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4124289 entry