Carteriospongia | |
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Carteriospongia cf. foliascens at Baa Atoll in the Maldives | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Dictyoceratida |
Family: | Thorectidae |
Subfamily: | Phyllospongiinae |
Genus: |
Carteriospongia Hyatt, 1877 [1] |
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Carteriospongia is a genus of sea sponges in the family Thorectidae.
There is some debate around the taxonomy of the group, with a 2021 molecular and morphological assessment of the subfamily Phyllospongiinae suggesting that Carteriospongia should become a synonym of Phyllospongia, and reinstating Carteriospongia flabellifera to its original designation of Polyfibrospongia flabellifera. [2] The same study described 2 new species, designated Phyllospongia bergquistae sp. nov. and Polyfibrospongia kulit sp. nov.. [2]
Carteriospongia | |
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Carteriospongia cf. foliascens at Baa Atoll in the Maldives | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Demospongiae |
Order: | Dictyoceratida |
Family: | Thorectidae |
Subfamily: | Phyllospongiinae |
Genus: |
Carteriospongia Hyatt, 1877 [1] |
Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms | |
List
|
Carteriospongia is a genus of sea sponges in the family Thorectidae.
There is some debate around the taxonomy of the group, with a 2021 molecular and morphological assessment of the subfamily Phyllospongiinae suggesting that Carteriospongia should become a synonym of Phyllospongia, and reinstating Carteriospongia flabellifera to its original designation of Polyfibrospongia flabellifera. [2] The same study described 2 new species, designated Phyllospongia bergquistae sp. nov. and Polyfibrospongia kulit sp. nov.. [2]