Corbitella
Illustration by A. L. Clement: glass sponges (skeleton).-1. Alcyoncellum speciosum. (Quoy et Gaimard).-2. Euplectella aspergillum (Owen), in Filhol, H. (1885) Vie au Fond des Mers : les Explorations Sous-Marines et les Voyages du Travailleur et du Talisman, Paris: G. Masson, Editeur
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Hexactinellida
Order: Lyssacinosida
Family: Euplectellidae
Subfamily: Corbitellinae
Genus: Corbitella
Gray, 1867[1]
Species
  • Corbitella discasterosa Tabachnick & Lévi, 2004
  • Corbitella elegans (Marshall, 1875)
  • Corbitella pulchra (Schulze, 1887)
  • Corbitella speciosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Synonyms
List
  • Alcyoncellum Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Eudictyon Marshall, 1875
  • Eudictyum Marshall, 1875
  • Habrodictyon Thomson, 1868
  • Habrodictyum Schulze, 1887
  • Taegeria Schulze, 1886

Corbitella is a genus of glass sponges (Hexactinellids) belonging to the family Euplectellidae.

References

  1. ↑ Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII
  • Media related to Corbitella at Wikimedia Commons
  • "Corbitella" at the Encyclopedia of Life
  • "Corbitella". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
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