Aphroceras

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leucosoleniida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Classis: Calcarea Subclassis: Calcaronea Ordo: Leucosoleniida

Familia: Grantiidae
Genus: Aphroceras
Species (8): A. alcicornis – A. caespitosa – A. cataphracta – A. cladocora – A. corticata – A. elongata – A. ensata – A. seychellensis

Name

Aphroceras Gray, 1858

• Type species: Aphroceras alcicornis Gray, 1858, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Cyathiscus Haeckel, 1870
  • Type species: Cyathiscus actinia Haeckel, 1869, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1858. Description of Aphroceras, a New Genus of Calcareous Spongiadae brought from Hong-Kong by Dr. Harland. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 26: 113–114. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Klautau, M., Lopes, M.V., Tavares, G. & Pérez, T. 2022. Integrative taxonomy of calcareous sponges (Porifera: Calcarea) from Réunion Island, Indian Ocean. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194(3): 671–725. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab014 Reference page.