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Calthropellidae

Łukowiak, Magdalena

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Calthropellidae

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Calthropella is a genus of sea sponges in the order Tetractinellida. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Calthropellidae.

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It is catalogued under topics including Taxa described in 1888, Taxonbars with multiple manual Wikidata items and Tetractinellida.

Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumPorifera
  3. ClassDemospongiae
  4. OrderTetractinellida
  5. FamilyCalthropellidae
Habitatmarine

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
17
Family
Calthropellidae
Collections
MAGNT, NHMUK, HBOI-FAU
Recorded in
Australia, Bahamas, United States, Portugal

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Astrophorina
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taxon name
Calthropellidae
taxon rank
family
topic's main category
Category:Calthropellidae
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Encyclopedic overview

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Calthropella is a genus of sea sponges in the order Tetractinellida. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Calthropellidae.

==Species== The following species are recognised in the genus Calthropella: Calthropella durissima Topsent, 1892 Calthropella geodioides (Carter, 1876) Calthropella enigmatica (Lévi & Lévi, 1983) Calthropella inopinata Pulitzer-Finali, 1983 Calthropella lithistina (Schmidt, 1880) Calthropella novaezealandiae (Bergquist, 1961) Calthropella pathologica (Schmidt, 1868) Calthropella pyrifera van Soest, Beglinger & de Voogd, 2010 Calthropella recondita Pulitzer-Finali, 1972 Calthropella simplex Sollas, 1888 Calthropella stelligera (Schmidt, 1868) Calthropella xavierae van Soest, Beglinger & de Voogd, 2010

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