Biology:Staurocalyptus

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Short description: Genus of sponges

Staurocalyptus
Amerikanische Hexactinelliden. Nach dem Materiale der Albatross-Expedition (1899) (18158651782) (Pl IX Fig 1).jpg
S. dowlingi
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S. glaber
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Hexactinellida
Order: Lyssacinosida
Family: Rossellidae
Subfamily: Acanthascinae
Genus: Staurocalyptus
Ijima, 1897
Type species
Rhabdocalyptus dowlingi
Lambe, 1893

Staurocalyptus is a genus of sponge. It was circumscribed in 1897 by Isao Ijima.[1]

Taxonomy

S. pleorhaphides

Ijima circumscribed Staurocalyptus as a genus in the family Rossellidae. His initial taxonomy included three newly described species and two transferred from Rhabdocalyptus.[1] Ijimi did not designate a type species; in 1967 V. M. Koltun designated Rhabdocalyptus dowlingi Lambe, 1893 as the type species. A 2002 revision of Rossellidae by K. R. Tabachnick demoted Staurocalyptus to be a subgenus of Acanthascus and designated a new type species: Staurocalyptus glaber Ijima, 1897.[2] However, (As of 2017), WoRMS still classifies Staurocalyptus as a genus and follows Koltun's type species designation, not that of Tabachnick.[3]

Distribution

Its species are found in the Pacific Ocean, at a depth of 30–1,700 metres (98–5,577 ft).[2]

Species

(As of 2017), WoRMS recognizes the following seventeen species:[3]

  • Staurocalyptus affinis Ijima, 1904
  • Staurocalyptus celebesianus IIjima, 1927
  • Staurocalyptus dowlingi (Lambe, 1893) Ijima, 1897
  • Staurocalyptus entacanthus Ijima, 1904
  • Staurocalyptus fasciculatus Schulze, 1899
  • Staurocalyptus fuca Tabachnick, 1989
  • Staurocalyptus glaber Ijima, 1897
  • Staurocalyptus hamatus Lendenfeld, 1915
  • Staurocalyptus heteractinus Ijima, 1897
  • Staurocalyptus microchetus Ijima, 1898
  • Staurocalyptus pleorhaphides Ijima, 1897
  • Staurocalyptus psilosus Reiswig & Stone, 2013
  • Staurocalyptus roeperi (Schulze, 1886) Ijima, 1897
  • Staurocalyptus rugocruciatus Okada, 1932
  • Staurocalyptus solidus Schulze, 1899
  • Staurocalyptus tubulosus Ijima, 1904
  • Staurocalyptus tylotus Reiswig & Stone, 2013

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ijima, I. (1897). "Revision of Hexactinellids with Discoctasters, with Descriptions of Five New Species". 日本動物學彙報 / Annotationes Zoologicæ Japonenses 1: 53–59. BHL page 44286148. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=7680. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Tabachnick, Konstantin R. (2002). "Family Rossellidae Schulze, 1885". in Hooper, John N. A.; Van Soest, Rob W. M.. Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. 2. New York: Kluwer. pp. 1451–1453. doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_148. ISBN 978-0-306-47260-2. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Dohrmann, M.; van Soest, R. (2013). "Staurocalyptus Ijima, 1897". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=464585. 

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q22942633 entry