Metania
Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Spongillida |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Metaniidae
Genus: Metania
Species (13):
M. fittkaui –
M. godeauxi –
M. kiliani –
M. madagascariensis –
M. melloleitaoi –
M. ovogemata –
M. pottsi –
M. reticulata –
M. rhodesiana –
M. spinata –
M. subtilis –
M. vesparioides –
M. vesparium
Name
[edit]- Type species: Spongilla reticulata Bowerbank, 1863, by subsequent designation by de Laubenfels (1936: 37).
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- 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. BHL Reference page.
- Laubenfels, M.W. de. 1936. A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30): 1–225, pls. 1–22. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Manconi, R., Cadeddu, B. & Pronzato, R. 2015: Adaptive morpho-traits, taxonomy and biogeography of Metania Gray, 1867 (Porifera: Spongillina: Metaniidae) with the description of a new species from Madagascar. Zootaxa 3918(1): 39–56. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3918.1.2. Reference page.