Calyx (sponge)

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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)

Calyx is a genus of sea sponges of the family Phloeodictyidae.[1]

Species[edit]

Species accepted within Calyx:[1]

Species brought into synonymy:[1]

  • 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[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Calyx". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 December 2020.