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Carteriospongia
Sign in to saveCarteriospongia is a genus of sea sponges in the family Thorectidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumPorifera
- ClassDemospongiae
- OrderDictyoceratida
- FamilyThorectidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 120
- With media
- 33
- Family
- Thorectidae
- Collections
- CAS, NMV, YPM, SAMA, QM, AM
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Indonesia, Vanuatu, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Bahamas, Malaysia, Dominican Republic
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Thorectidae
- Image
- Carteriospongia cf foliascens Maldives.JPG
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- taxon name
- Carteriospongia
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon author citation
- Hyatt, 1877
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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. The same study described 2 new species, designated Phyllospongia bergquistae sp. nov. and Polyfibrospongia kulit sp. nov..
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