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Genus of sponges For a synonym of a subgenus of butterflies, see Codatractus.

Heteropia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Leucosolenida
Family: Heteropiidae
Genus: Heteropia
Carter, 1886

Heteropia is a genus of sponges in the family Heteropiidae, and was first described in 1886 by Henry John Carter. The type species by monotypy is Heteropia ramosa (Carter, 1886), which he first called Aphroceras ramosa in the very same publication.

Distribution

GBIF with just 37 georeferenced specimens in this genus, shows it having perhaps a world-wide distribution. The Australian Faunal Directory shows as being found on/off the coast of Western Australia, in the IMCRA regions of Central Western Shelf Transition, Central Western Shelf Province, Northwest Province, and the Central Western Transition.

Accepted species

(according to WoRMS)

References

  1. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Heteropia". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  2. ^ Henry John Carter (1886). "Description of a new species. The First Report upon the Fauna of Liverpool Bay and Neighbouring Seas". Liverpool Marine Biology Committee Report. 1: 92–94. Wikidata Q100998684.
  3. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Heteropia Carter, 1886". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  4. "Heteropia Carter, 1886". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
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