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Calyx (sponge)

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Genus of sponges

Calyx
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Haplosclerida
Family: Phloeodictyidae
Genus: Calyx
Vosmaer, 1885
Synonyms
  • Calyxabra De Laubenfels, 1949 (junior synonym)
  • Lieberkuhnia Balsamo-Crivelli, 1863 (junior synonym)
  • Vagocia Laubenfels, 1936 (junior synonym)
Specimen of Calyx imperialis found near Twilight Beach in Cape Reinga, New Zealand
Specimen of Calyx imperialis found near Twilight Beach in Cape Reinga, New Zealand

Calyx is a genus of sea sponges of the family Phloeodictyidae.

Species

Species accepted within Calyx:

Species brought into synonymy:

  • Calyx nicaensis accepted as Calyx nicaeensis (Risso, 1827) (misspelling of species name)
  • Calyx poa de Laubenfels, 1947 accepted as Halichondria poa (de Laubenfels, 1947) (genus transfer)
  • Calyx santa (de Laubenfels, 1936) accepted as Neopetrosia carbonaria (Lamarck, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
  • Calyx stipitatus Topsent, 1916 accepted as Calyx arcuarius (Topsent, 1913) (junior synonym)

References

  1. ^ "Calyx". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
Taxon identifiers
Calyx


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