Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Astrophorina 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Classis: Demospongiae
Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha
Ordo: Tetractinellida
Subordo: Astrophorina

Familia: Pachastrellidae
Genus: Dercitus
Subgenera: D. (Dercitus) D. (Halinastra) D. (Stoeba)

Overview of species

D. arubensis  D. bahamensis  D. berau  D. bucklandi  D. fijiensis  D. japonensis  D. senegalensis  D. sibogae  D. verdensis  D. xanthus
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Name

  • Dercitus Gray, 1867

Synonyms

  • Battersbyia Bowerbank, 1874
  • Stoeba Sollas, 1888
  • Calcabrina Sollas, 1888
  • Dercitancorina Topsent, 1902
  • Halinastra de Laubenfels, 1936

References

Primary references

  • Sutcliffe, P.R.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Pitcher, C.R. 2010: The most common sponges on the Great Barrier Reef seabed, Australia, include species new to science (Phylum Porifera). Zootaxa, 2616: 1–30. Preview
  • Van Soest, R.W.M.; Beglinger, E.J.; De Voogd, N.J. 2010: Skeletons in confusion: a review of astrophorid sponges with (dicho–)calthrops as structural megascleres (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida). ZooKeys, 68: 1–88. ISSN: 1313-2970 (online) ISSN: 1313-2989 (print) DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.68.729
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